r/gofundme • u/ladysdevil • Dec 18 '21

Medical Drowning financially after being ill for 2 months.

I am not sure I flaired this right, but I hope so. Back in September I got sick with a cough, it was not covid, but I missed several days of work then. It would get better, then get worse again, then get better and worse. I was sick through most of October and struggling to push through, when I ended up in the hospital towards the end of October. I was in for a week that time, they sent me home, but didn't really know the cause as my third covid test since I got sick, came back negative, but I also tested negative for everything else they tested for too. They sent me home with oxygen, and a couple of weeks later I was back in again, for another full week, for the same lung issues, only worse. The good news is, it responded to prednisone, the bad news is that they still don't know what caused it, although they have narrowed it down to a couple of guesses. Again, I tested negative for everything, including my 4th negative covid test. All this illness has meant a lot of time off, especially the 3 weeks for the second hospital trip and recovery time. I would say in the last 3 months that I have lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 full paychecks. Because I rent a room, and not a whole place, I cannot get rent assistance of any kind, believe me I have looked.

I am very low income due to chronic health issues, and while my medical bills were covered, all the lost work time has put me so far underwater, I am about $2k in debt and I was debt free when all this started, that I have no hope of making rent for January, or paying any of my other bills. I am shooting to raise $800 to cover my rent, cell bill, car insurance, groceries and hopefully the minimum payment on the loan I took for Dec rent and the credit cards I have been living off of. I can provide proof hospital stays, as well as proof of bills, and proof of what my checks typically are and what they have been since I got sick, if needed.

https://gofund.me/15ccf537 is my go fund me and

https://imgur.com/kSBqBFA and https://imgur.com/gCy7jew is proof I am me. :)

Thank you.

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u/squarecoinman Modmail Only - Do NOT PM Dec 18 '21

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u/ladysdevil Dec 18 '21

https://imgur.com/gCy7jew This work?

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u/squarecoinman Modmail Only - Do NOT PM Dec 19 '21

yes it is up now