Hi Everyone,
I have been fighting Ovarian Cancer since
1999. Three surgeries and 25 rounds of chemo later, I am still alive!
Praise the Lord! My picture is what I looked like befor the cancer.
Even though my body is infected with this disease and I am left with
terrible nerve damage and other ill side affects from the chemo, I am
just thankful to be alive and still ticking. I have a wonderful family
that I cherish every moment I can spend with them, and I have a new
grandbaby on the way that gives me hope to keep fighting this. The hard
part is getting up and having to go to work everyday. I am the only
breadwinner in my family. My husband is disabled. I can't just quit and
go on disability, because there is no money or anyone to support me
until I am approved. So everyday I struggle to continue my daily duties
until I can figure out a way to save some money. I live from paycheck
to paycheck like most people that are between low income and middle
income. I used to have excellent health insurance, now they are socking
us with $2500 deductible and out of pocket expenses before they will
pay 100%. One trip to my cancer specialist and one cat skan right there
is $2500. Where is someone like me supposed to get that kind of money.
I barely even make enough to put food on the table and get the utility
bills and rent paid.
Well my new insurance plan kicked in
March 1, 2007. I only hope someone on here knows of some places or
organizations of where i can get some help for the medical bills that
will soon be piling up. I am worried that I won't be able to keep up
with the excellent health care I was getting, and now I am worried I
won't be able to continue fighting this cancer as aggressively as i was
able to before the new health insurance took affect.
Hopefully someone here is feeling the same way I am and might be able
to help. Even if I know there are others out there in the same boat, it
might just even help me emotionally.
Thanks for listening and
God Bless to all of you. I hope someone can help me with information on
how I can obtain $2500 to pay for my medical costs or even have
information on even furnish information about the disability process,
like how long it would take, what all do i need, how do I support
myself until I am approved, are there any grant monies available for
this, where would I find it, etc?
Sincerely,
Jellsee