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Thank You so very much for your help. Heres my story. I am in my early 30s. I am a mother of two loving kids ages 4 and 9. My husband moved out a year ago after a bout of depression, stating "I love you thats why I cant stand to stay here n watch you die like this!" And it is true anyone who has watched a loved one waste away before thier eyes can tell you it eats your soul. In a way I cant blame him. I have hopes we will someday get our family back together. Untill then I am in this alone, and now find my self here asking you for help.
I have several cronic illnesses. Including scoliosis:Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty. While scoliosis can be caused by conditions such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, the cause of most scoliosis is unknown. My scoliosis curve got worse, the spine rotated and twisted, in addition to curving side to side. This caused the ribs on one side of the body to stick out farther than on the other side. Severe scoliosis can caused back pain and difficulty breathing. In my case In severe scoliosis, the rib cage may press against the lungs and heart, making it more difficult to breathe and harder for the heart to pump.I also experience harsh neurological affects of Muscle weakness, Numbness and Abnormal reflexes. To save my life I had to have surgery.
Surgery involves correcting the curve (although not all the way) and fusing the bones in the curve together. The surgeon lays bone grafts across the exposed surface of each vertebra. These grafts will regenerate, grow into the bone, and fuse the vertebrae together. The bones are held in place with one or two metal rods held down with hooks and screws, helping to support the fusion of the vertebrae.I went through all this at age 13. But now with the onset of sevral more cronic illness complication from the surgery that once saved my life now slowly kill me.
Years later I began getting sicker and sicker by the time I was 20 my spine was degenerating causing horrible pain, I had to have my appendix removed, then gallblader went bad. We never dreamed these all had a common factor. Doctors just shook their head proclaiming :you are just so young for your body to be failing like this". Eventually it was discovered I have Lupus and severe arthritus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease, meaning that the body' s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy organs and tissue. Lupus can affect any part of the body, causing inflammation and damage in joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, or the brain. More than 90% of people with lupus have skin rashes, often triggered by exposure to the sun, and about half have kidney and lung problems. Because lupus affects the joints, it is considered a rheumatic (arthritis) disease.
Upon this discovery things began to make sense. So doctors now knowing why began a body wide check up to see what all has been affected. One test was A bone mineral density (BMD) test measures how much calcium and other types of minerals are present in a section of your bone. Your health care provider uses this test, along with other risk factors, to predict your risk of bone fractures in the future and detect osteoporosis. Bone fracture risk is highest in people with osteoporosis. They found I indeed had osteoporosis at the age of 22. SO now My bones are weaking causing damage areas all over my body, but the most serious being in my spine. Now comes the arthritis/lupus, they see these damaged areas and my own imune system attacks. Eating at the damaged areas creating even more damage, which increases the area the lupus attacks. It is a vicious circle. I have now been treated with medication over 10 yrs. But they can only slow the illness there is no cure, and dure to my scoliosis and the metal rods in my back surgical treatment options are very limited.
The damage is so severe I was decared legally disabled by the age of 23. My only income is SSI. I have to support my children and I on 658.00 a month. Thank God the court issued my ex to pay my rent in lue of child support. I am asking for help to cover upcoming medical bills. In the last 14 months I have had 5 seperate kidney surgery. My right kidney is damaged and I will soon be having a 6th surgery. This one to remove damaged section of the tube that leads from the kidney to bladder. then they will reattach at a higher section of bladder. I will aslo be having several Jaw surgeries. Due to exposure to radiation, osteoperosis a excessive vomiting of stomache acid my teeth are breaking and falling out. The doctor needs to repair what they can and put in inplants for what they cant. This will slow the degineration of my jaw. Without this treatment my jaw is going to cave in. Currently I am only able to eat mushy foods. I have drastically lost weight and my body is stuggling to heal due to the stress, pain and infection. So I hunbly beg of you to help me 1.00 or 50.00 anything would help. These procedures will not only improve my quality of life but aslo help extend my time here on earth just a little ehile longer. I just want to be with my kids as long as I can.Whith each dollar you donate its like adding an hour to my life.....What would you give for a few more hours with the ones you love?

Thank You so very much for your help. Heres my story. I am in my early 30s. I am a mother of two loving kids ages 4 and 9. My husband moved out a year ago after a bout of depression, stating "I love you thats why I cant stand to stay here n watch you die like this!" And it is true anyone who has watched a loved one waste away before thier eyes can tell you it eats your soul. In a way I cant blame him. I have hopes we will someday get our family back together. Untill then I am in this alone, and now find my self here asking you for help.
I have several cronic illnesses. Including scoliosis:Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty. While scoliosis can be caused by conditions such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, the cause of most scoliosis is unknown. My scoliosis curve got worse, the spine rotated and twisted, in addition to curving side to side. This caused the ribs on one side of the body to stick out farther than on the other side. Severe scoliosis can caused back pain and difficulty breathing. In my case In severe scoliosis, the rib cage may press against the lungs and heart, making it more difficult to breathe and harder for the heart to pump.I also experience harsh neurological affects of Muscle weakness, Numbness and Abnormal reflexes. To save my life I had to have surgery.
Surgery involves correcting the curve (although not all the way) and fusing the bones in the curve together. The surgeon lays bone grafts across the exposed surface of each vertebra. These grafts will regenerate, grow into the bone, and fuse the vertebrae together. The bones are held in place with one or two metal rods held down with hooks and screws, helping to support the fusion of the vertebrae.I went through all this at age 13. But now with the onset of sevral more cronic illness complication from the surgery that once saved my life now slowly kill me.
Years later I began getting sicker and sicker by the time I was 20 my spine was degenerating causing horrible pain, I had to have my appendix removed, then gallblader went bad. We never dreamed these all had a common factor. Doctors just shook their head proclaiming :you are just so young for your body to be failing like this". Eventually it was discovered I have Lupus and severe arthritus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease, meaning that the body' s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy organs and tissue. Lupus can affect any part of the body, causing inflammation and damage in joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, or the brain. More than 90% of people with lupus have skin rashes, often triggered by exposure to the sun, and about half have kidney and lung problems. Because lupus affects the joints, it is considered a rheumatic (arthritis) disease.
Upon this discovery things began to make sense. So doctors now knowing why began a body wide check up to see what all has been affected. One test was A bone mineral density (BMD) test measures how much calcium and other types of minerals are present in a section of your bone. Your health care provider uses this test, along with other risk factors, to predict your risk of bone fractures in the future and detect osteoporosis. Bone fracture risk is highest in people with osteoporosis. They found I indeed had osteoporosis at the age of 22. SO now My bones are weaking causing damage areas all over my body, but the most serious being in my spine. Now comes the arthritis/lupus, they see these damaged areas and my own imune system attacks. Eating at the damaged areas creating even more damage, which increases the area the lupus attacks. It is a vicious circle. I have now been treated with medication over 10 yrs. But they can only slow the illness there is no cure, and dure to my scoliosis and the metal rods in my back surgical treatment options are very limited.
The damage is so severe I was decared legally disabled by the age of 23. My only income is SSI. I have to support my children and I on 658.00 a month. Thank God the court issued my ex to pay my rent in lue of child support. I am asking for help to cover upcoming medical bills. In the last 14 months I have had 5 seperate kidney surgery. My right kidney is damaged and I will soon be having a 6th surgery. This one to remove damaged section of the tube that leads from the kidney to bladder. then they will reattach at a higher section of bladder. I will aslo be having several Jaw surgeries. Due to exposure to radiation, osteoperosis a excessive vomiting of stomache acid my teeth are breaking and falling out. The doctor needs to repair what they can and put in inplants for what they cant. This will slow the degineration of my jaw. Without this treatment my jaw is going to cave in. Currently I am only able to eat mushy foods. I have drastically lost weight and my body is stuggling to heal due to the stress, pain and infection. So I hunbly beg of you to help me 1.00 or 50.00 anything would help. These procedures will not only improve my quality of life but aslo help extend my time here on earth just a little ehile longer. I just want to be with my kids as long as I can.Whith each dollar you donate its like adding an hour to my life.....What would you give for a few more hours with the ones you love?

I have awful teeth. It's so bad it affects my heath, and my confidence and social skills.

Please go to this website for more information and to donate.

http://www.gofundme.com/hs4is

*note* i will have a picture of my teeth up tomarrow when i have access to a camera.

Hi, im Patricio, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have a chronical disease that affects my body and brain, i have 30 years old and my brain is looking now like if i had 50 years old, the treatmeant is really expensive per month, and i really need to do it, i want to live. This is not begging for having fun, it is just that i cant work like how i am now, im living at my father house, i have no incomes and i need to do this treatmeant. I have a youtube video too which is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxkgsb2Z42o , so you know i didnt receive any help yet and almost no one watched my video, maybe this site helps me out. Any amount would help to my paypal account or via western union to: Patricio Hernan Rios , National ID: 28910069, Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I hope someone can help me out, thanks.

Any help with trying to raise $3600 t prevent forecloser would be appreciated, Hours at work have been reduced so it affects paycheck.

An American reject
Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing because I have found an injustice that it seems no one else has noticed. I know that I am only one person, but they say one voice CAN make a difference.

I know many people who have made their share of mistakes  we all have sinned no one is perfect. Some just get caught up, can't afford a lawyer and   And want to confess, hoping there would be some type of leniency.  Considering they were young and didn't realize this would affect them the rest of their life. and i have tried to correct each mistake i  have made. The question I pose is how long is a person supposed to pay for those mistakes? Everyday I see people who are doing there best to clean up there life and get a job; but because they are felons/ or have a heinous misdemeanor as society feels that is a liability.  they are turned away from having a better life. That not only affects them and their families but it also affects society. If a man or woman is trying to lead an honest life and jobs are turning those individuals away what’s left? Go back to “the block”? If they get back in the streets they take the risk of losing there *freedom* but if they keep being turned away from jobs because of their past they risk losing there homes and families too. So what is a person to do after all we make mistakes.  Some are just smarter, or maybe they just know how to hold a lie like Casey anthony. But how is it fair for an employer to turn me away for being honest about my past. After all it was 13 years ago and did I ever really know how hard of a punishment and debt that I would half to pay to society as well to my unthought of family at the time.  My decision as a child is affecting my now 10 year old.  I made a mistake i feel like I would of been better off stoned to death I'n the center of the city.  Than to go on continue getting turned down left and right I don't know how long I can go on like this.  Where is the justice for me? Do I no longer have rights.  Am I considered a worthless piece of trash now that I have a conviction a black cloud holding over my head? From 13 years ago I was 18!!  How fair is that for my family NOW! Something needs to be done.  Justice for all!!! These employers shouldn't have the right to go as far back and discriminate. There should be a 7 year law.  After all there is a clean sleight after bankruptcy.  There able to wipe their debt clean as if they owed nothing.  Why can't we. Why is there some type of stigma.  For people that have been convicted and have never gotten convicted again.  That's showing you were trying to live as productive as we can I'n society.  But trying is the key word here because I feel I can't even get a chance!  

Despite what people may think, individuals who have records also have families they have to care for. Once a person has paid there debt to society for there crime and is making noticeable effort to clean up and live right they should have the opportunity to do just that, not be sentenced to a life of crime because there is no other way to survive. I’m sorry but McDonalds and Burger King just isn’t going to cut it with a 30 year old man or woman with 3 kids. This is supposed to be America, the land of opportunity and justice for all, but where is the justice for these people?

I feel very strongly about this and I would love to see justice made true. I plan to write every address and person I can find. I plan to be that one voice that is letting as many people know that this is wrong and unfair according to plain ethics and the so called American Dream.

I truly hope this reaches out to you and I hear back from you soon. I don’t know if a 32 year old female who is living a life like the one I explained above is going to make a difference but I can say at least I am trying make a difference.

It's verry hard for me. I can't find work. I have no health insurance. And recently I need work done on my mouth that I can't afford to pay for. I don't know where to turn. I can't afford a Christmas for my daughter. And if unemployment dint get passed for 2012 were screwed. There's been days of me going without to bed hungry so my daugter can eat. Sometimes I think of ending my life cuz I'm some useless pice of crap that can't make it I'n this word. But my daughter gives me strength and with god I know all this are possible. I won't give up, I'll keep fighting. It's just so hard. Abd it doesn't get any Easyer I'n this small town. If you know of anything that can help me and my child please feel free to call. 484-560-0090. Something's gotta give there's gotta be a way out... -Ceecee

Please remember Gods loves everyone and gave his life for EVERYONE to live even convicted misdemeanors.

Yours truly an American reject

Never in all my lifetime did I even think for a moment that I would be the one asking others for help, but here I am, after a decade working in Public Safety, I have been left with no other course of action save to ask others to lend a hand where they can. I'm worn to the bone with worry, I've learned that I have no option to renew my lease the end of December and will thus find myself without a roof above my head in the dead of winter. I've been fighting for my disability now for just over a year, I am a sufferer of PTBC (Post Traumatic Brain Change) due to an accident in my youth, a condition that affects my ability now to work in any normal occupation or even manage my own emotions very well. I have managed to set aside a bit of the money I need to resolve my housing situation and have located a small Coachman Camper that, even though it requires a little TLC, would provide adequate housing for the winter. As of today I am roughly $1000 short of the needed goal - and as badly as I loath asking, any help no matter how small it may seem to you, would mean the world to me.
Thank You.

Never in all my lifetime did I even think for a moment that I would be the one asking others for help, but here I am, after a decade working in Public Safety, I have been left with no other course of action save to ask others to lend a hand where they can. I'm worn to the bone with worry, I've learned that I have no option to renew my lease the end of December and will thus find myself without a roof above my head in the dead of winter. I've been fighting for my disability now for just over a year, I am a sufferer of PTBC (Post Traumatic Brain Change) due to an accident in my youth, a condition that affects my ability now to work in any normal occupation or even manage my own emotions very well. I have managed to set aside a bit of the money I need to resolve my housing situation and have located a small Coachman Camper that, even though it requires a little TLC, would provide adequate housing for the winter. As of today I am roughly $1000 short of the needed goal - and as badly as I loath asking, any help no matter how small it may seem to you, would mean the world to me.
Thank You.

Never in all my lifetime did I even think for a moment that I would be the one asking others for help, but here I am, after a decade working in Public Safety, I have been left with no other course of action save to ask others to lend a hand where they can. I'm worn to the bone with worry, I've learned that I have no option to renew my lease the end of December and will thus find myself without a roof above my head in the dead of winter. I've been fighting for my disability now for just over a year, I am a sufferer of PTBC (Post Traumatic Brain Change) due to an accident in my youth, a condition that affects my ability now to work in any normal occupation or even manage my own emotions very well. I have managed to set aside a bit of the money I need to resolve my housing situation and have located a small Coachman Camper that, even though it requires a little TLC, would provide adequate housing for the winter. As of today I am roughly $1000 short of the needed goal - and as badly as I loath asking, any help no matter how small it may seem to you, would mean the world to me.
Thank You.

I don't know how this really works, or if it even does, but at this point I've tried everything else, I've written to Dr. Phil, Opera, The Doctors, Maury and Steve Wilkos and I'm at my breaking point. My beautiful daughter who is about to turn 12 in January has had 1 wish since she was 2 years old. She wants to go to DISNEY WORLD. Her PaPa told her when she turned 5, he would take her, well here we are at almost 12 and he broke his promise to her and broke her heart. My daughter has CUSHINGS DISEASE, If you don't know what that is please google it, it is a terrible disease that is destroying my daughters body. It causes her to be extremely obese, muscle pain, thinning of the bones and so much more. This disease not only affects her body, it affects her in so many other ways, she just started 6th grade and already has several bullies making fun of her because of her appearance. This is a little girl who loves life! She loves to do so many things, sing, dance, and hang out with her friends. She has the biggest heart you'll ever know and would do anything in the world for you. She is my world. She has been through so much in the past 2 years. The loss of her grandmother, which whom we lived with, my mother was my daughters world. The loss of our home has also had a toll on her, us having to live in a motel or with a friend when they can have us, messes with her routine, having to up root her and go here and there. I just can't afford a place of our own right now, paying for medicines and doctors appointments for the both of us and my son whom has Tourrettes leaves me with very little. I am on disability and we have to live off of my check, which is not enough. I know the last thing I should think about is going to DISNEY, but It would make my daughter so happy, and for once, something she has wished for could possibly come true. I so desperately want to do this for her. What a wonderful gift it would be. If there is anyway anyone could help me with this request, please contact me via email @ dolfinfanatic@gmail.com as I do not have the funds to obtain a pay pal account. Thank you so very much for taking the time to read my plea. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND GOD BLESS.

I dont know how to make this stand out, to have someone witha huge heart read it and say thats the one, thats who I want to help this family....
We can all post anything and the huge hearted person may wonder is this true is this real...who knows I guess we have to trust. And me asking have to have faith...life is hard for us all and we all have struggles. But I cant stand to see my kids go without, I do my best and teach them right. I work part time in the evenings so I can homeschool my A.D.D son, he was falling behind in school and I cant bare to see him on the medication it changes him. My partime work pays for rent and food and gas and the occasional "going out" I have 3 boys 13, 11, 9 Christmas is around the corner and I may be able to get a toy each. I just put a fuel pump in my car last week (christmas money) I also was diagnosed with having Trans Ischemic Attacks (mini strokes) I was told I need a brain scan because something is going on with the left side of my brain. I was told this 6 months ago...I just had a birthday I am 33... Life is hard and I pray alot and blessings do come so I know god is listening....hopefully a heart happens to pass his or her eyes over this posting, I dont care right now about me I care about the boys....I know if something happens to me it affects them but i have to ignore my health problems for now what can I do....someone please help...pray for my family...we are good people and we are one of many needing help...I wish someone could help us all.......

I have three impacted wisdom teeth, I have an appointment to get them looked at, but I need gas money to get to my appointment on December 13th. I should be able to make it there and back on a full tank of gas which should be about $60, if I could get some help with this I would be so happy. It's hard for me to eat and that affects my ability to take care of my one year old daughter.

I have Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) which affects my hands especially. I am a 27 y.o. female, and been in and out of the hospital system in New Zealand for over 8 years now. I find it very difficult to write and use standard computer keyboards without severe pain. I receive an Invalids benefit in NZ, while I attempt to study part-time. I have tried getting as much assistance from government services here, but as I am trying to better myself by getting a higher education it feels like I am being penalised for this.
So while trying to study natural health, I have medical bills of my own to cover and do not even own my own computer to help me study.

We have no insurance that covers the work he needs. He needs his teeth extracted and 2 full plates. He has about 12 teeth left. We have been married for less than 1 year and he is so upset that he feels that he can not get a job because of his teeth. It affects his smile, his speech, his self-esteem. He feels so sub-conscious about this. He is unemployed and we are barely making it on my salary. We had to sell his car to pay bills, so we have one car between us. When he was a child he was calcium deprived and his parents were not into dental care. His parents had too many children and did not stress "taking care of ones health is important" I am afraid he is going to get sick. His teeth are falling out left and right and our dental insurance does not cover the cost. Please I beg, whoever reads this to donate something. My husband is now at the point where he is afraid that I will leave him if he does not look good. I tell him that I did not marry him for his outer shell, but for his heart.

I am battling depression from the stress and I really don't know what to do anymore. I pretend everything is ok, it's so hard to let anyone know otherwise. I just smile and say I'm fine. Most people don't know I have a disease that could stop my heart at any moment, it affects 6000 in North America so it's pretty rare. I have no insurance so I can't see a Dr. I'm only 25 and have a daughter to take care of. I want to see her grow up. My husband works all day to make our house payment, we get our bills paid every month, sometimes late but they get paid. We usually have $10-$20 left every week to buy food and gas. I know everyone is struggling right now and it's so hard and the stress from it all is making my health problems so much worse. I don't know what to do anymore, I just sit and cry. I hate for my child to see my like this. I hate the constant fights over money. I've tried working from home but because of my condition I don't have the energy to do anything other than care for my child. I am beyond frustrated. Please if you can, please help us. I can't take my daughter to the Dr to get check-ups.. I can't take myself to the Dr to prevent this disease from killing me. Every day of my life I have prayed for the world and I just need someone to please pray for me, I'm running out of strength. Thank you & God Bless you all.

After leaving catering college at the age of just 20, I embarked on my career, but it was taken away along with my life just a few months later, ( im now 55 ) during college my dad died of cancer, it had been my turn to watch over him that night, I was just 15 years old, and I awoke to find that he had died during the night, his hand had locked on to mine whelst I had been a sleep, and I had to have it removed by my big sister, I cannot forget this it broke my heart,my dad was just 47 when he died, it affected me for the rest of my life.

It also profundley changed my mothers demeaner, it changed her, and I was last to leave the family home, and it was so hard.

To make matters worse only a few years ago my mother passed on, and I was away dealing with my own medical problem at the time and missed her passing on, I wanted to say goodbye, it haunts me to this day, that my parents left this world in such a manner.

I am in my late 50s now, back in the early 70s, I was a passenger in a friends car, he pulled out into the path of another car, onto a fast piece of road, and our car was hit at over 90 miles an hour. My seat belt broke with the impact, and I was thrown through the cars windscreen. I, landed on the tarmac and next the car I had been in was bulldozed over my body.

It bulldozed the other car on to my neck and chest, trapping me under it. My arms were pinned to my chest by the cars sill, and my neck was bent up against a cold granite wall, my right leg was wrapped around the back axle. I was ready to die, but held on to life with every passing breath, god must have been watching over me that night.

It took the fire crew an hour to cut me out, then it was off to the hospital, on arrival all my clothes were cut from my body, on examination it was found that my right leg was near on severed from the knee, and was hanging on by a thread of my skin.

In addition I had 4 broken ribs, severe cuts and bruises everywhere and a small spilt in my skull, this skull spilt was not significant at the time, but would go on to ruin my entire life. My mouth was full of broken windscreen glass and I was vomiting blood because of it. Back in the 70s there was no MRI scanner so I was just given an X ray of my head.

Because my leg was the main problem the little split in my skull was just left then as being nothing, but it would play a big part in my life. After being cleaned up and admitted to the ward, I settled back to a 12 week stay, and Around the 3 week mark of being in hospital, the surgeon said there was now no chance of me being able to walk again on my right leg.

I broke down in tears, cried a river and could not understand why me. During my stay in hospital my boss came in and told me he could no longer keep my position open for me. This was devastating for me, I had worked so hard at college to be a chef, and had climbed my way up the ranks to be a chef in charge.

And was now at the age of just 20 cooking in a world famous Hotel, and it was my life, I had left school only 5 years beofre the accident, and had studied at college to be a chef, now because of this crash my career was finished in one hit, my employer had spoken to the drs, who had said working in a kitchen enviroment would be to dangerous for me, so my career was over right there right then.

I now lay in the bed stunned and deeply hurt that because of this accident, I had now lost everything at the age of just twenty!. Then one day I noticed some feeling in my right legs big toe, I screamed for the nurse, and she brought along a Dr.
Over the coming weeks I fully regained the use of my right leg. Of course I thought everything was going to be alright, but from the day I left hospital some 35 years ago now to this day, I have suffered so much.

You see the knock on the head I had during the car crash, damaged the cerebellum part of my brain, a part called the cerebellum tonsil. The severe knock to my head caused the tonsil, to drop out of the cerebellum part of my brain a few mm. And for the last 35 years this part of my brain as been dropping slowley a few mm each year towards my brain stem.

The affect it as is to disturb the cerebral spinal fluid that goes around my brain. The tonsil dangles into a space where it should not be, disrupting the flow of csf, which in turns gives me a wide range of medical disorders.

I suffer with ringing sounds in both my ears every day, 7 days a week, I have headaches daily, coupled with dizziness sickness, and pain in spine and neck, some days i cant feel my legs or walk on them, some days my arms dont work, my balance is hopeless, I cant sleep for severe pain, I cry all the time in private because of the situation I have been in these last 35 years.

To look at me I look like any normal kinda guy but life as been so tough these last 35 years.
The brain surgeons that I have seen have told me that to operate as a 75% chance of death for me, so they prefer me to live with the disabilities until such a time when I become in risk of death, and then they will operate on me seeing theres no other option, this means I live with countless medical conditions all of which I have had to live with for 35 years.

These medical conditions have made my life a living hell, for 35 years ive been dizzy off balance, severe headaces, and forced to go to bed every night knowing that I could die at any given time.
I lay in bed with symptoms of my brain damage rushing all over my body, trying to think positive for 35 years, im now 55, and wish so very very much that I could have given my wife and children a proper home to live in, one we owned, in a nice area, and not to have had to rely on handouts from the goverment merely to excist.

I cry, ive cried oceans of tears in despair in private, while Ive tried to work a way out of this hell for my family and me,but of course my disabilies dont allow me to get a break, so just had to live it for 35 years, ive never stopped trying, but ive made my illness well worse, and just cant do it anymore.

I was a young man of just 20 years old, and my whole life and anyone who would be with me, had changed in the blink of an eye. We got no compensation back when I was 20, and I was a passenger!!! I got shafted by the insurance company, with no dad, and mum still grieving his death, I got ripped off by the othersides insurers. If I was able to just change one thing in my past, it would be to not except that lift in my friends car.

The worst thing about all of what happened to me is, that for the first 12 years after my accident none of the medical people we went to see knew what could be making me so very very ill, so it was hard to get any help at all, after 12 years of seeing hundreds of doctors, one of them finally!!! decided to allow me to have a full brain and spine MRI, but this same doctor had been writing in my medical records that I was a waste of time and that nothing would be found wrong with my brain.

He, had written in my medical notes that there would be no scan because it would be a waste of time, He then reluctently gave me a brain scan, and reported it has normal to my family doctor.
My wife then ordered up copies of my medical records from that doctors hospital, and we found that he had lied about my brain scan, the brain scan records stated that I had a very rare brain damage that would be caused by a trauma such as a car crash.

We can only think like our family doctor does, that the dr who had written my brain scan results to be normal, was trying to cover him self after years of writing in my medical record rubbish about me, and now seeing that I had a rare brain damage had tried to cover it up"!!!!.
I was so angry after the last 12 years of hell, and to now see that this showed that my brain had been damaged severely all those years before, and that I had been made to live in terror all those years that had just passed.

My family said we should get a solicitor to champion our case, and we did, but the one we chose was a bad one, who during our legal case was struck off for mishandling another bigger case, it was in all the newspapers, and when that solicitor was barred from practising, our case was left in such a state that no other solicitor would touch it.
We took my case to 3 other solicitors, all of which said that the 1st soliictor had ruined of chance of winning, and we were left to suffer.

All of these things have mede me so very very tired, plus heavy debt, all my medical symptoms to cope with, and tring to live on pennies, the goverment gives very small amounts to live on, it just about covers food rent and some of the other costs of life. My life, and others with me as been so hard since 20 years old, thes last 35 years feel like 200 years to my body and soul.

So many horrable things have happend to me, my whole life as been blighted from such a young age, ive tried, ive tried so hard, im tired now so very very tired,
As I write this, I find it hard to think, motavation is so hard, each day is full with pain, grief, despair, money truly is the only way we can feel a little better, but we cant get any, so its bills bills bills, we live, but we dont do any more than that.

Now its just me and my wife, who means everything to me, I want holidays and nice things in our home, but we live on pennies and are feeling the affects of what happened to myself 35 years ago. I want my wife to enjoy life the way we were ment too.

My wife helped me through every year and we have 3 wonderful children, these days its been tough trying to make a living owing to my disablement, in the early days of my children growing up, I tried with every part of my determination to make a good home for them, but we could only ever live in social housing, and it was so so hard growing up in some of the areas we had to live in.
As my health as gotten worse we took on debt to keep above water so to speak, benefits were no where enough to live on. my wife and I now owe £50,000 in loans and credit cards, all of which over the last 35 years as built up just to roof and feed our family, and pay ever increasingley high water electric and gas bills.

I have had my dignity taken at the age of just 20, 35 years ago, and have lived a hellish life of pain, and tearful memories of what I use to be. none of what happened to me was my doing, just a passenger in a car.
Any help that anyone out their can afford will help us to live a little bit better. Thanks in anticapation of anything you can afford to give, it will be used to make a better life for me and my wife thanks and good bless.

I am a college student studying anthropology abroad in Spain for my last semester before graduating. Being as I come from a family of limited means, my trip here was only made possible due to the promise of financial aid in the form of federal grants. Upon my arrival in September, I was promised a certain stipend from the university which was to be paid to me in installments, and I budgeted accordingly. about 5 months into my stay, I was told that the original figure I had been promised was a mistake, and that I would be receiving no more financial aid for the rest of the school year. I have been trying my best to find work in madrid, but because I am not a citizen of europe, it is nearly impossible to do. My family has given me all the financial support that they can afford, but being as our house burnt down this past year, a vast majority of their very limited income has gone towards dealing with the after affects of having lost our home.
My flight home is scheduled for mid June but I do not have the financial resources to make it through to the end of my stay. If I leave now, I would need the money to pay for a flight change, which I barely have. This would also require that I drop out of school, ONE semester short of graduating. Any help that you might offer would make a world of difference. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Wishing you the best...

Ana

I am a 53-year-old divorced mom of two teenagers who is struggling to find work, keep my home, and pay my bills. 2010 has been the most difficult year of my life, as I have had to deal with three major sources of stress all at the same time. The first one (financial) actually began in April 2009 when I injured my right hand in a table saw accident which required hand surgery (almost $5000, which I am still paying off) and prevented me from being able to work for a couple of months. (I am self-employed and do minor home remodeling, as well as decluttering and organizing.) I got behind on all of my bills (two mortgages, medical bills and credit cards) and have been within days of my home being foreclosed upon on three different occasions since then. I have worked really hard to market myself and find enough work to get caught back up, working 10-12 hours a day six days a week when I had enough work to do so. This past May I finally managed to get completely caught up on all my bills, which was a tremendous relief.

Throughout this time, both of my teenagers were living with me and since January I had been doing everything I could to help my 19-year-old son get into the Marines, as I felt it was the only thing that could get him back on the right track in life. I knew he had been drinking, smoking pot and doing some drugs throughout his high school years, but had no idea at the time how bad it was, so I ended up wasting six months taking him to work out with the Marines at the recruiting office five days a week in addition to many other Marine-related things. The last week of June, about a week after he failed his drug test at his Marine physical, I discovered that he had stolen several hundred dollars from my bank account. The next five weeks were utter hell. I managed to get him to admit to me that he was addicted to heroin. We have a tremendous problem where we live with teenagers getting hooked on OxyContin and then switching to heroin (both opiates) because it is about 1/10th the cost of OxyContin. Thank God, my son is scared to death of needles and never injected it (he was smoking five balloons of black-tar heroin a day). If you have lived with a drug addict, you know how it affects every single aspect of your life. Drug addicts are liars, thieves and master manipulators. They can’t help it because their brains have been hijacked by the drug and it is as though they are possessed. The only thing they can think about is how to get more drugs. My sweet, sensitive, smart, funny, loving boy was gone. You cannot reason with an addict and you cannot trust anything they say or do. It is the most unbelievably stress-inducing experience you can imagine. Until his father and I managed to get him into an inpatient rehab facility at the end of July, I spent most of my time dealing with him and trying to keep him from stealing everything in my house so he could either pawn it to get money for drugs or give the items to his drug dealer in exchange for drugs. Among many other things (I could type pages about just those five weeks of all the hell we went through), I had to buy my iPod back from his drug dealer after I discovered it was missing. During those five weeks, my son overdosed once and ended up in the hospital (this happened about a week after I kicked him out of my house). He had no place to go and I was scared to death he would die living on the streets, so I let him sleep on the hammock in my back yard (after I went looking for him and found him stumbling down a sidewalk in a heroin stupor) until he went to rehab (which he had been adamantly fighting against for the prior month) four days later. Because I was only able to work a few days during this period of time and had to spend almost $800 on repairs to my 16-year-old car, I got behind on all my bills again. I have been able to find an average of about 20 hours of work a week since then, so have fallen even further behind. I have been looking for a “real job” for months, without success so far.

Finally – the third source of major stress in my life this year. The love of my life, whom I had been with for 6+ years, ended our relationship in January. We grew up in the same town, went to jr. high and high school together, and I was head-over-heels over him then. We dated after high school, but he was too shy at the time to ask me to marry him, which I later found out he had wanted to do. After 25 years of not having any contact with each other, we reconnected almost seven years ago and it was as though we had never been apart. We were unable to marry at that time because we live in neighboring states and my two children were 11 and 12 then and my ex would not agree to me moving to Colorado and he was unable to move to my state because of his business. I have virtually put my life on hold career-wise for the past seven years, knowing that when my youngest turned 18, I would be moving to Colorado, and so I could have the flexibility in my schedule to make trips to see him every one to two months. Four months before her 18th birthday, he ended our relationship (which was a complete shock; I thought everything was great between us). Needless to say, on top of everything else, this has been very devastating and I am just now beginning to come to terms with the fact that my future with him that I had been working towards and looking forward to all this time is gone, besides dealing with the immense pain of a broken heart. I have felt utterly lost and alone, and very very sad. My wonderful 18-year-old daughter moved out of the house almost three months ago, so it has been kind of hard being in an empty house since then and not having my best friend to talk to every day on the phone like I had done for six years.

I have recently been working for a married mom of four boys, decluttering and organizing her house. Two days ago she called to tell me she had broken her foot and has to keep it elevated for two weeks, so she wants me to wait until after that before coming back to work. I currently have no other job prospects, am desperately looking for work, and worrying about the fact that I have to make two mortgage payments before the end of this month in order to keep from being over 60 days past due, in addition to being at least that far behind on my other bills. I have about $40 in cash, a quarter-tank of gas in my car, and my bank account is upside down.

I have always been a strong person and a survivor (having grown up with an angry alcoholic father). I have never sought any type of government assistance and never will. I have taken care of myself since age 17 and am a hard worker, so it is very difficult for me to ask for help and I apologize for doing so. I assure you that any money you choose to donate to me will only be used to pay bills, put gas in my car, buy groceries, or other similarly legitimate expenses. Thank you so much for helping me out (if you choose to do so). I am humbly grateful.

Dear Friends,

Our father Mr. Mangaloo Ram, belonging to Bilaspur city in the state of Chhattisgarh in India, is suffering from a very rare disease Mucormycosis. This disease is a fungal infection and affects the sinuses and invades the brain. It is life-threatening and the cost of treatment is highly expensive. He is currently undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur, India.

In our father’s case, it has already invaded the brain. The treatment involves the administration of anti-fungal and antibiotic injections. As I have mentioned, the cost of treatment is very high, which approximately is as high as $1000/day (One thousand dollars per day) and the treatment period ranges from 6 to 8 weeks. We have been getting him treated for the past two weeks. We are left with around $10,000 (Ten Thousand dollars approx.). The only positive thing we see now is that our father’s condition is improving, but the unfortunate aspect is that we are left with resources for a maximum of ten days. Beyond this we will not be able to continue the medication until unless some financial support comes to our rescue.

We need an assistance to treat him for a further period of 5 weeks which will involve a cost of $35,000 (Thirty Five Thousand Dollars), which to us is, at present, beyond imagination. Hence, it is our sincere request to the global fraternity to donate generously towards the treatment of our father. The entire funds received will be spent on his treatment. Surplus funds, if any, would be used to set up a charitable trust which will fund the treatment of the people in need.

We request you to donate not out of sympathy, but with the trust that your money is being spent towards a genuine cause. Those who are unable to contribute financially can contribute by sending their blessings and prayer for the quick recovery of our father.

The credentials of the patient can be verified with Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur by calling at the below mentioned contact number:

Contact No. : +91-7752-243300
In-patient ID no. : 61830
Patient Name: Mr. Mangaloo Ram Yadav

We will ensure an update to every contributor with the progress of our father’s condition on a weekly basis.

All donations can be sent via Paypal.
Our Paypal ID : uttamyadao@ymail.com

With Prayers & Gratitude,

Uttam Yadao
Nutan Yadao

I really never thought it would come to begging, but we are a family of 4 with 2 kids and with baby #3 on the way and I'm short $325 total for bills, with no way to pay that amount. I have no one else I can ask my family members are on section 8 and welfare. My husband is the only one working in our home because I’m on bed rest for a high risk pregnancy and have doctor’s orders to not work. My husband’s job is only a minim wage job and with the hours being reduced recently as well it has made it even harder to make ends meet. He has been looking for a better job, but with the economy as bad as it is we are lucky he even has a job right now. We have sold all the extra things we could do without already as well in order to just come up with the rest of the money we needed for our rent last month. We have paid all we could on our own for the bills and are behind on many bills, but if I don’t pay a total of $325 we won’t be able to keep the electric on or the phone connected. I have a child that goes to school so without a working phone my daughter’s school won’t be able to call me in an emergency also I have a 1yr old baby so without a working phone and electric I can’t call 911 in an emergency, not to mention I need electric to cook for my children and keep our home cool so as not to get heat stroke.

Please if you could just donate a few dollars every little bit helps! I need to come up with the $325 by the end of this week because they will be shutting off these things soon. We have 2 kids and 1 on the way we are supporting so it’s not just us that this affects it is them and I’m worried about them. September is right around the corner next month and the late fees and the bills are piling up. I’m a few months late on many bills, but these are the bills that will be shutting off their services soon! We can not keep up with all of the current bills as well as the past due bills. God bless you and thank you for what amount you choose to donate to our family!

I really never thought it would come to begging, but we are a family of 4 with 2 kids and with baby #3 on the way and I'm short $325 total for bills, with no way to pay that amount. I have no one else I can ask my family members are on section 8 and welfare. My husband is the only one working in our home because I’m on bed rest for a high risk pregnancy and have doctor’s orders to not work. My husband’s job is only a minim wage job and with the hours being reduced recently as well it has made it even harder to make ends meet. He has been looking for a better job, but with the economy as bad as it is we are lucky he even has a job right now. We have sold all the extra things we could do without already as well in order to just come up with the rest of the money we needed for our rent last month. We have paid all we could on our own for the bills and are behind on many bills, but if I don’t pay a total of $325 we won’t be able to keep the electric on or the phone connected. I have a child that goes to school so without a working phone my daughter’s school won’t be able to call me in an emergency also I have a 1yr old baby so without a working phone and electric I can’t call 911 in an emergency, not to mention I need electric to cook for my children and keep our home cool so as not to get heat stroke.

Please if you could just donate a few dollars every little bit helps! I need to come up with the $325 by the end of this week because they will be shutting off these things soon. We have 2 kids and 1 on the way we are supporting so it’s not just us that this affects it is them and I’m worried about them. September is right around the corner next month and the late fees and the bills are piling up. I’m a few months late on many bills, but these are the bills that will be shutting off their services soon! We can not keep up with all of the current bills as well as the past due bills. God bless you and thank you for what amount you choose to donate to our family!

I am 24 years of age & I have been struggling to pay for rent & food for myself for a while. My mother has a disease called virtigo, which affects her brain.

I am trying my best to work, do extra work, take care of my mom & get out of debt.

I know it is a part of life & everyone has ups and downs but lately everything has been very stressful for me and a main reason for that is finacial reasons.

If anyone has anything they can donate, it will be greatly appreciated by me & my family.

Thank you.

I am 24 years of age & I have been struggling to pay for rent & food for myself for a while. My mother has a disease called virtigo, which affects her brain.

I am trying my best to work, do extra work, take care of my mom & get out of debt.

I know it is a part of life & everyone has ups and downs but lately everything has been very stressful for me and a main reason for that is finacial reasons.

If anyone has anything they can donate, it will be greatly appreciated by me & my family.

Thank you.