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I am the eldest daughter of two ill parents. I have 2 siblings who have been the caregivers to my parents for several years now. It all started when my father got ill in 2007 with a need of open heart surgery. After that surgery he was never the same. He was a very successful emergency room physician and made very good money. However, he was off for several months from work due to his recovery period. Much of his savings/investments were depleted as he was the only bread winner in the family. My brother and sister had just gotten an apartment and were to start college when my father got ill. They withdrew from school just as quickly as we moved them into their apartment in order to help my mother take care of dad. My father attempted to return to work, but he was still having chest pain and major depression. In September of 2008 he was in the hospital again and needed heart stents to open up blockages. After that situation he physically could not go back to work. He was weak, depressed, and very withdrawn from life. My mother, bless her heart, tried to find ways to make some cash. She sold many pieces of her jewelry to try and pay bills. Regardless of what she profited, she was unable to fulfill the mounting medical bills, credit card bills, car payments, insurance bills, etc.
It wasn't long before she became gravely ill. In the summer of 2010 my mother had succumbed to kidney failure and had to be on kidney dialysis permanently. She had neglected to take care of herself while trying to take care of my father and their financial woes. Along with the financial woes, there were back taxes that were still owed and of course were impossible to pay, their house was falling apart--still is. By the end of Spring 2011, my mother got so ill and was on a ventilator at least 4 times in a 2 week period due to her lungs filling up with fluid. Finally it was discovered that she had endocarditis (infection in heart)that had ravaged one of her heart valves. This required open heart surgery and replacement of the defected valve. The endocarditis stemmed from an infected temporary dialysis catheter. She was in the hospital for over a month and a half or so. Needless to say she was confused, lost tons of weight, and lost the ability to walk or care for herself. She was placed in a nursing home for rehab, but several more stays in the hospital only made her fall several steps back on her rehab and she never has fully recovered. It was discovered that she also had a tumor on one of her kidneys and her kidney was removed in the Fall of 2011 and supposedly it was all contained and it was early stage renal (kidney) carcinoma (cancer). While my mother was in the hospital my father had trouble breathing and I took him to the hospital. It as discovered he was in kidney failure and they both ended up in the hospital at the same time. Now my father is on permanent kidney dialysis.
Now fast forward to present day April 6, 2012. My mother's dialysis shunt would not stop bleeding and she was taken to the emergency room. She also complained of right leg pain and ultimately she ended up with a CT angiogram. This test revealed she not only had some blockage in one of her arteries in her leg, but that she had metastatic cancer to her liver, lungs, and a site near her spleen. Of course we are devastated.
They have no money. The money they do get is always depleted as soon as they get it from Medicare. My mother's social security check went straight to the nursing home and still was not enough to cover her bill. My father would have to pay over $1,000 a month because Medicare would only pay for several weeks. Since she has been in the hospital now for almost 2 weeks, we have pulled her out of the nursing home because the expected us to pay over $180 A DAY to keep her spot at the nursing home.
Now we are faced with a surgery to fix her leg, a plan for cancer treatment, and no suitable place for my mother to live. Their current home is in shambles and I mean SHAMBLES. Roof leaks and is falling apart. I assume there is some black mold lingering. No central air or heat as their units are broke. Plus large amounts of stuff--my mother also was a hoarder. The house is disgusting and it has been hard to clean up with out major assistance and with constant trips to the hospital who has ample time (?). They live in a small town and it is very hard to simply get a dumpster to throw many items away. The house would have to be completely gutted and redone. The floors are sinking in and it is very dangerous. They don't have the funds to fix any of it and nor do I.
I have missed work several times over the last year and more with FMLA, but never have enough PTO to fully cover my own losses.
My siblings have yet to start their lives. They have been with my parents ever since 2007 to help them with everything. Even when my mother was in a nursing home my siblings and my dad would go see my mom every single day--we just didn't trust the care of the nursing home and rightly so because she developed a bed ulcer on her heel after the wound care nurse said it was getting better--not even close! And yes the blocked artery in her leg and her bed ulcer on her heel are related. The wound care nurse and the Dr. for the nursing home should have caught this medical issue.
So life has been tough, but reading about it doesn't even give it justice. We need financial assistance, a new home or help to fix it--we need a lot of help. I want my brother and sister to finally get on their own feet and do what they want to do. I feel bad for them because I was able to finish college and have a career, a husband, and a home. They have yet to accomplish their goals and it makes me sad and sick to see them so depressed. They are in their late 20s and my parents are both 65 y.o.
If anyone has a kind heart, I promise you I'm not lying. I have proof of all I have written about and I swear on everything--my family, my husband, etc. that this is all real. Thank you for your time and interest. If you can't help at least please pray for us.

I'm trying this BegsList as desperation as I don't know what to do. My wish is to get them a nice clean place to live and live their last years worry free.

First I want to say thank you for reading my post.This is my first time trying anything like this. I am that person who helps everyone around me no questions asked. I have never been well off,but now I am the one asking.I have no insurancae and have called every dentist around and no one is willing to help me.Everyone wants payment up front and I cannot afford it. I have three teeth that need to be pulled. They are infected and killing me.Even my local hospital will not pull them. My face is swollen and I cant eat or even function because I am in so much pain.Please can anyone help.If you have ever had a tooth ache you can imagin the pain I am in.Please

I need help with getting dental done, have been putting this off since '04, as I don't have the money. The problem of course is only getting worse.

If you are wondering, I have a dead tooth that is infected.

Desperate can't describe how badly I need just a small helping hand! I have nowhere else to turn to. Life has really taken a toll on me and I am slowly sinking deeper into depression that I just can't shake.

Well where do I start. I just found this website earlier today. I am about to graduate in the spring of 2013 with a bachelors in Computer Science. I work a 9.00 an hour job through college and still currently hold this job, helps me pay for tutition/books etc. The problem I have that causes me severe self esteem problems that get worse and worse are my teeth. They are horrible and gross and are only getting worse. This causes me to be extremely anti social, when presentations are to be done in class I have to explain my situation to my professor and they typically allow me to do my presentation just to them. I have a huge problem going on interviews. As soon as I am done with school I am sure I will be going on a lot of interviews and want to be able to do this with confidence. I can't talk to a girls at all that is out of the question. I just want to have fresh teeth. It is not as bad as a lot of the stories on here but it really does seriously affect me. I have no dental coverage, I had to have emergency procedure done to have my wisdoms removed. They were so infected, I had let them go for so long and finally the pain began to be to unbearable. I went to the ER and now have about 1,000 in medical bills. I hope to pay this off in the future. I would really just like help having the work done on my mouth so I can feel confident again. The only thing that has gotten better is as I have gotten older is my fellow classmates do not abuse me for my teeth (as much) But my confidence is so in the gutter I can't even truly explain. So I am just looking for some assistance. I have a few places I can go to that do special procedures that cause me little pain and can give me a brand new mouth. I also do not qualify for any of the credit companies that would be able to help me. I know there are millions of people on here, if I could get 3,000 people to donate a dollar each I could probably cover the costs. I really appreciate it. Thanks.

I am very shocked to find myself in this position and would never have thought I would ever "beg" but I find I have to try everything possible. My job was outsourced to India and I suffered a HUGE loss in salary. I now have 2 low paying jobs and as luck would have it, everything possible has broke,leaked, or stopped up! My furnace in my house broke, the clothes dryer,dishwasher,stove have all broken in the same month. The toilet upstairs leaks downstairs and the only tub I have is now clogged so that it can't be used. I have already paid hundreds for plumbers and the only solution is now to rip out walls to remove the old pipes to find where clog is. I also now have 2 broken teeth in need of immediate repair before the roots becomes infected. So as I search for a new better paying job I am in desperate need of help. I now know how the early settlers felt having to take a "bath" in the sink. I certainly don't see an employer hiring a stinky 52 year old woman. This has caused me to be behind on my mortgage as well and I am in jeopardy of losing my home.
Any little bit you can give would be helpful and I fully intend to "pay it forward" once I am back on my feet. Thank you all from te bottom of my heart.

I am almost 23 years old. I lost my job the end of February. Don't have any money to pay bills anymore, no where to really live stay at a friends from time to time. this year has gone downhill went into depression can't pay any of my bills keep getting sick don't have money for medical bills. Have infected teeth can't get them fixed they hurt everyday don't have the money to get them fixed. I want to get over this sickness and work again. I don't want ti die young. I'm thousands dollars in debt I just dont know what to do anymore. My family would gladly help but they don't have much money and live a ways away.

I have a fiancee who lives in the Philippines. I have known her for the list three years.
About two years ago she hurt her eye when she ran into a metal object. There was bleeding inside her eye and they had to operate to get the blood out. And after that she had medicine to take to keep from to getting infected. And she took it for one month and then she stoped taking to for the next month and got an infection in it and I had to buy medicine again for her to stop the infection or she would go blind.
She has had trouble with that eye on and off ever sence she hurt her eye. I payed for all her medical expences,the operation,medicine everything with what was left over form my college loans and credit cards and other loans.Now I have no more money to help her and my credit score is so low that I can get no more loans.And the Philippine government is such a poor country that you can only get help if you are almost dead and by the time it goes through it would be to late any way.And I can ask the U.S. government for help because she doesn't live in the US and is not a citizen.
She is in pain from her eyes again and I she can't get medicine in time she will lose her eye sight.
This has all been very hard on me because I have no way to help her any more and I will have to be the one that will have to set over here and watch her go blind and there would be nothing I can do about. And adding to my stress is the fact that most of the people I talk to about it don't seen to care.
My mailing address is 225 N. Madison Ave.,Apt. 502
Richmond KY 40475.
Or you could send any donation by paypal. I got signed on to paypal when I was trying to find something on the net that I could help her with.

I am 59 years old with COPD have been taking medicine for it since 12/27/10 and am still sick. My husband lost his job in Texas in 2009 so he could go to work in the Oilfield which was good but about the time he got there he found out they were going to get a large paycut. My husband lost a testical in 2009 and now has the other one infected. We sure don't want to lose this so he had to go into the hospital for 4 days to get heavy duty antibotics. Which left him out of work. In 2010 He had a heart attack and a rotator cuff out and it has really thrown us behind on our bills. And I can't lose my house of 33 years. Small that it may be. I clip coupons...I price match everything..I can't work because of the COPD because I lose about 18 weeks a year from it. I am not asking for a lot and am actually embarrased to do this. But I think you for taking the time to read this. Just one dollar....50 cents anyting would help right now....

HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIA. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NON-HODKINS LYMPHOMA 3 YEARS AGO. DURING ONE OF MY MANY HOSPITAL STAYS I ALSO GOT MRSA, A HORRIBLE ANTI-BIOTIC RESISTENT BUG THAT CAUSES YOUR SKIN TO GET HORRIBLE HOLES THAT ARE INFECTED. I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH MY STRUGGLES WHO MY REAL FRIENDS ARE AND I DON'T HAVE MANY. NONE OF THEM CAN HELP ME WITH $ AS THEY ARE STRUGGELING TOO.I AM WAITING UNTIL I GET SSI BUT THAT WILL TAKES MONTHS AND I AM HOMELESS WITH A BEAUTIFUL SIAMESE CAT. NEVER IN MY LIFE DID I THINK IT WOULD EVER COME TO THIS. THE CANCER CAUSES ME TO BE TOO TIRED TO DO MOST DAILY ACTIVITIES YOU NEED TO DO TO LIVE. IF YOU CAN DONATE ANYTHING, EVEN A DOLLER I WOULD BE BEYOND GRATEFUL. MY MOTHER DIED LAST YEAR AND I HAVE ONLY A BROTHER WHO NOONE KNOWS WHERE HE IS. DONATIONS WILL GO TO PAY MY KAISER MONTHLY BILL OF $410.00, THANK YOU FOR READING THIS.

My brother(who lives with me) adopted a puppy from the humane society that had Parvo within 4 days at home his Sofie was very ill and taken to the hospital for 5-6 days and died today during the blood transfusion. His dog has infected my sweet little Chewbacca/Chewy Chihuahua and I took him in today! borrow a small down pymnt of $200 but the 3 day estimate is $1200 and then additional days will be more! I am a single mother with 3 small children down on luck at the moment and behind on rent and utilities.. broken car... unemployed... herniated disks ... and recently assaulted and beaten by a stranger. I am in great financial need to save my baby who turns 1 on March 20th and I've had him since the day he turns 6 weeks- He deserves to live a longer life! Such a Sweet Chewy- I am begging for any assistance I can get! I don't indulge in cable... and unnecisary things- I'm on state assistance and food stamps.(meaning 2 of my 3 children get medical benefits and we receive food stamps so we can eat) Please help and I will always be grateful and appreciative.

My brother(who lives with me) adopted a puppy from the humane society that had Parvo within 4 days at home his Sofie was very ill and taken to the hospital for 5-6 days and died today during the blood transfusion. His dog has infected my sweet little Chewbacca/Chewy Chihuahua and I took him in today! borrow a small down pymnt of $200 but the 3 day estimate is $1200 and then additional days will be more! I am a single mother with 3 small children down on luck at the moment and behind on rent and utilities.. broken car... unemployed... herniated disks ... and recently assaulted and beaten by a stranger. I am in great financial need to save my baby who turns 1 on March 20th and I've had him since the day he turns 6 weeks- He deserves to live a longer life! Such a Sweet Chewy- I am begging for any assistance I can get! I don't indulge in cable... and unnecisary things- I'm on state assistance and food stamps.(meaning 2 of my 3 children get medical benefits and we receive food stamps so we can eat) Please help and I will always be grateful and appreciative.

This is probably the hardest thing I have ever had to do but my circumstances dictate that I must do something. I find myself in a horrible bind and short of panhandling on the street I thought I’d give this a try.

So here is my story, on February 16, 2010 I suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow in my driveway. This was truly a traumatic experience because my son and daughter were with me when this happened. As a result of the heart attack I was forced to take a leave of absence from my job. I thought I would be off for a short time but that is not what happened.

I had the angioplasty procedure and then developed an infection at the site of the procedure which required some additional surgery to drain the infected area. This required another stay in the hospital for three days in May, Which in turn required more time off from work. Then, In June i developed a problem with my blood pressure which required another stay in the hospital.

After that stay my company fired me saying that they could no longer hold my position. As if that wasn’t bad enough they then refused to give me any unemployment stating that I had quit, because I had failed to submit a form. I realize that it was my responsibility to submit the form but in my defense I was dealing with some serious health issue and it just slipped through the cracks.

I was still under doctor’s care but I did not prevail in the attempt to get any benefits. So I began to live off my savings and going to my cardiac rehab. Then in October just after being released from doctor’s care I suffered a mild stroke. Which left me not only physically down but mentally depressed I spent 27 days in the hospital and have exhausted all of my savings.

I have now lost my home and the engine in my car blew out. Fortunately I have been able to receive VA benefits for my health issues which has been a huge help. But now I find myself in need of funds to get back on my feet. I need $5,000.00 to get my car fixed and to tide me over while I look for a job. I now live in the basement of my mother home and am desperate to get back on my feet.

I have donated plasma in order to give my kids some sibilance of Christmas, but I need help to move forward. This so embracing but I am at the end of my rope and don’t know what else to do, so anything you could donate I would be ever so grateful.

Thank you,

Wayne D. Shemwell, Sr.
502.632.1742

This is probably the hardest thing I have ever had to do but my circumstances dictate that I must do something. I find myself in a horrible bind and short of panhandling on the street I thought I’d give this a try.
So here is my story, on February 16, 2010 I suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow in my driveway. This was truly a traumatic experience because my son and daughter were with me when this happened. As a result of the heart attack I was forced to take a leave of absence from my job. I thought I would be off for a short time but that is not what happened.
I had the angioplasty procedure and then developed an infection at the site of the procedure which required some additional surgery to drain the infected area. This required another stay in the hospital for three days in May, Which in turn required more time off from work. Then, In June i developed a problem with my blood pressure which required another stay in the hospital.
After that stay my company fired me saying that they could no longer hold my position. As if that wasn’t bad enough they then refused to give me any unemployment stating that I had quit, because I had failed to submit a form. I realize that it was my responsibility to submit the form but in my defense I was dealing with some serious health issue and it just slipped through the cracks.
I was still under doctor’s care but I did not prevail in the attempt to get any benefits. So I began to live off my savings and going to my cardiac rehab. Then in October just after being released from doctor’s care I suffered a mild stroke. Which left me not only physically down but mentally depressed I spent 27 days in the hospital and have exhausted all of my savings.
I have now lost my home and the engine in my car blew out. Fortunately I have been able to receive VA benefits for my health issues which has been a huge help. But now I find myself in need of funds to get back on my feet. I need $5,000.00 to get my car fixed and to tide me over while I look for a job. I now live in the basement of my mother home and am desperate to get back on my feet.
I have donated plasma in order to give my kids some sibilance of Christmas, but I need help to move forward. This so embracing but I am at the end of my rope and don’t know what else to do, so anything you could donate I would be ever so grateful.

My mom is a great mom and i love her some much, but after California pulled dental care my mom had loss her front crown and I'm working to try to save money so the i can get her an implant for her front tooth. I'm the only one working i pay for everything and i have no family or anyone who can help me she her mouth is starting to get infected and i i don't even have had the money for the work to get done. Please Help I beg of anyone please i can't lose my my only family, she is all i have Please i can't do this on my own and i have ADHD and trying to deal with everything i need help really please i just want my mom to be healthy again so please ..please help me.

My name is Beverly I own a one family home in Boston, I am tired of been ripped off by crooked contractor, my bathroom and kitchen is infected by mold my electric & gas bill is sky high. My kitchen has a big mold infested area because of the water leak from the bathroom, my roof need replacing. there is so much going on in my life i do not know what else to do so i am begging for any little donation you can give. God bless

Due to a new baby and money issues, my root canal was left unfinished. I am uninsured (mainly because I don't have the money to pay for it), and now my unfinished tooth has recently begun to become infected. I am unemployed, have been searching for a job in vain in this terrible economy, but have thus far been unsuccessful. I'm in need of some money to be able to fix this infected tooth before it becomes dangerous to my health. I thank anyone in advance for caring about me (someone they don't even know) for any donations. Thank you.

My name is Ann.

My past:
I used to have 4 jobs and took care of myself and daughter. I fell in love with a man with maxxed out credit. That was 14yrs ago. After many promises to marry me I became ill. I had a birth deffect which caused weight gain, problems bending turning and lifting. Toxins filled my system until my bleeding in the embillical cord started. I became a prisoner in my non functioning body. After 6 months of bleeding and surgeries I was released but told I would have a long healing process. I am doing somewhat better but still cannot do alot of bending although I am proud to say I can tie my shoes :)

The Event that changed my daughters life:
My fiance and I had purchased a fixer upper and our family moved in and shortly after the economy messed up and so did our finances even more. My fiance left us with the mortgage and no car, no income, no food, no nothing. We lost our home and I was forced to move to the only place I could afford to move. I recieve $65 a month child support.

My daughter had spent her whole life going to the same school. She has dyslexia and is LD. She works hard and managed to be a honor student taking all honors classes. She plays 3 sports in hopes that she will be able to obtain a college scholarship otherwise she knows we will never afford to go. She was President of her class and Capt of her volleyball team when we had to remove her from her school. Her GPA dropped due to combining classes and classes where not on the same page. She lost a seal on her deploma because her new school didnt offer all the honor classes she needed. She is still working to get an advanced deploma and she just got back on the honor roll. She was lined up to get into the fire dept and to take lifeguard classes when her dad left. All things I couldnt afford to give her. :( I managed to sell half of our belongings to pay for drivers ed.

The home we moved into 8 months ago needed electrical work and more. We had no where else we could go so we had to take it. They agreed to let me move in for cheap if I could fix it. My brother pays my rent, phone and electric but I am still with out a car to allow me to get to work. We live about 20 minutes from town. Our driveway is 1/2 mile long and when we got 3 ft of snow this winter we walked out to get ride to the store. Our town has no job openings. I have no living room furniture, no tv and we have mattresses on the floor in the good part of the house.

Recently to add to the stress I had a tooth fall out and part of it remained. It got infected and when the gums swelled my tooth next to it broke out. :(

My future:
Right now I feel like I am losing the fight. I know my daughter deserves so much more and I am not afraid to work for it. I spent months online trying to make money online from home. No luck. I seriously dont know what else to do then to beg and pray. I spent many years volunteering my time and I was on many boards. I keep wondering why me and my daughter? Where is our help? I fear I will lose my home or even worse...my child. Please help.

I am looking for about $1000 to start my business which I can make my own hours and I have people lined up for business, I am a photographer.
I could seriously use a few thousand to get a reliable car.
I could use about $1000 for my daughter to go to camp and for much needed clothes.
I could use funiture, household items, towels, and a tv.

Thank you in advance, every dollar counts.

My life depends on a donation, which can be made directly to MEDICARE.

I am a 41 year old female who was in 1983 was infected with HIV virus. Within 10 years time was severely ill with plaque psoriasis plus full blown AIDS complications.

Began to receive disability & medical insurance through Medicaid & Tenn Care support (state based medical insurance)approx 1995.

In 2000, had an opportunity to start a fine jewelry business. Went to Social Security Department & was allowed to go back to work on TICKET TO WORK PROGRAM. In 2003-2004, Social Security Department cut off my disability benefits. Was allowed to keep my Medicare free for 4.5 years.

The jewelry business supported me from 2000- 2005. One year after losing disability benefits, in 2005/6, the business went on a steep decline. I struggled to reinvent the company and had to become a Jill of many trades to survive. My economic situation as self employed never fully recovered. Could not work a regular job because the injection medication causes severe injection site reactions which are very painful.

In 2009, lost my TENN CARE INSURANCE COVERAGE and the Medicare benefits because my TICKET TO WORK time had expired.Medicare offered me plan part D which costs approx $2600 a year including medications. But I was hit with a $600 premium right off the bat because my medicine is so expensive it immedietaly put me in the "donut hole".

I could not afford to pay it. I tried. No matter how hard I worked, could not get the Medicare premium money of $600 to give to Medicare.

This is how I have ended up without medical insurance.

As a person living with HIV/AIDS for 3/4 of my life, 27 full years total it is very worriesome to know I can not see a doctor or perhaps even get meds. The medicine I take is salvage treatment therapy. If I do not have access to this medicine, I can develop resistance to it. There are no other medication options for me as a long time survivor. Thank you for reading my need!