One of our awesome santas from SanatsLittlehelpers, u/gladinthesameclothes is very sick in and is in the hospital. Had a fever of 104 degrees and they had to ice her down. It is very serious. She could use some love and even just a distraction at this point. Pleas send here a message of support and maybe something to make her laugh. She had helped so many and now she needs some support. She is an incredibly sweet lady. Let's show her our love.
This cat is my late mom's cat (and mine, when I was a minor living with her, but he's always been "her" cat). When she progressed to far in her illness, I took him in. He's sort of like the last little living part of her that I have.
The day before Thanksgiving my cat was rushed to the vet for an obstructed urethra. I applied for Care Credit, and was approved for an amount sufficient enough to cover the expense. He made a recovery and I thought everything was going to be fine. I put him on a prescription diet, and we never expected to have this issue again.
SURPRISE! Wednesday I noticed my cat was straining to urinate. Took him to the vet, and his bladder was fine (last time, his bladder got very swollen) but they said to watch him and bring him back in today. Today, I notice that he's not feeling himself. Tired, lethargic. When we get to the recheck at the vet, his bladder is larger, but not yet at a life threatening stage. The vet leaves me with 2 options- leave him overnight and see what the cause is, maybe get him to urinate and go from there -OR- take him home, wait and see what happens, and if he doesn't urinate, then it's euthanasia or another crazy expensive bill like the first go around. So obviously I left him at the vet. IF have to put him down, (because I cannot afford a repeat of Thanksgiving), that will happen tomorrow or Sunday (my birthday).
What I need are internet hugs, prayers for my cat (if you believe in praying for animals), and if someone feels generous enough, help with the Care Credit bill/possible upcoming euthanasia bill.
For whatever reason, GoFundMe is not wanting to let me post anything, so I don't even know how one would donate... because of course. Why wouldn't something else go wrong!? I need a hug.
Hello community. I need you to understand what i´m trying to do here, I live in Venezuela, my work depends mostly of writing articles, it´s not much but it let me pay some bills and food, im here just looking for some support, because my roommate stole most of my stuff and emigrate, i don´t have any more resources, and i still have the need of survive. I´m a writer in a very hard place, and i´m trying to make a dream come true. if you want to help me, i will accept even a motivational speech. I´m beated... Thank you. And sorry for the inconveniences.
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I grew up with my aunt as my parents were out of the picture at a young age. On a single income, she did everything she could to raise me and my 3 brothers and did a damn good job.
As we started to leave the house, she decided she wanted to have a kid of her own and went with a sperm donor. 9 months later my cousin Logan was born but not everything was exactly normal... The doctors eventually informed us that Logan was born with cerebral palsy as well as epelipsy.
After over 10 years of being in and out of the hospital for various reasons, Logan began to stabilize. We are approaching 2 huge milestone s of 5 years without a night in the hospital for her as well as her 16th birthday. But as kids grow they get heavier and she's just under 90 pounds and growing fast.
Watching my aunt devote her life to Logan has been one of the biggest inspirations in my own, but recently it's more than she can handle. Since Logan needs to be moved by someone, it's often my aunt lifting her.
She had no problems until this year. She went to pick my cousin up and pulled her own shoulder out of socket, requiring surgery. After missing almost 3 months of work she was cleared and lasted for about a month. This time she was trying to lift Logan out of the car, twisted her ankle and fell with Logan in her hands. Logan got by with just a bruise on her face and my aunt fractured her ankle. That is about as good as that could have turned out and being on concrete, it could have been much worse.
She has plans to get a wheelchair lift installed in her van later this year, but it will cost over $35,000. She has saved over $20,000, but with the medical incidents, saving was set back a little. I'm here pleading with you all to help one of the most important people in my life and appreciate anything you can do. If you are able to donate, the GoFundMe me an be found here
Thank you all for reading and I promise, when I am stable in my income I will.be revisiting this sub.
I honestly just need some encouraging words. I'm 4 years clean of self harm and ive been so depressed its all i want to do. I feel so weak.
Hey there,
I recently discovered after years of discomfort that I'm allergic to something in menstrual products that can be purchased at the store. Money's a little tight right now because of an unexpected visit to the doctor, so I'm hoping someone here had the spare cash to buy this menstrual cup off my amazon list: http://a.co/epm7WJG. Of course, always willing to pay it forward in a few weeks when my finances are in order again.
Thanks for your time!
Hi everyone, I apologize for the long block of text I’m about to post, but this is a rough situation I’ve gotten myself into. And I’m on mobile. I feel heartbroken and like my life is over.
I wanted to make an alternate account for privacy reasons but needed karma to post here, so I guess I’ll just have to take the risk since this is an immediate concern.
I’m from MO and I attended graduate school in another state, earning my Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Children and Adolescents. I graduated this past summer and moved back home to MO to begin work. I took the NCE and passed with flying colors. I interviewed for exactly one job, a full-time position as a therapist at a nonprofit agency that provides free therapy for children and their families in need around my county of residence. I began the job at the tail end of August.
The thing about my state is that I had to apply for supervision simultaneously with provisional licensure. So basically, I couldn’t be considered for licensure until I had a job with a supervisor, but I had to be approved for licensure to keep the job. I submitted all the necessary paperwork, including my NCE score, transcripts, background check, application fee, and application for supervision. It was all received at the beginning of October. The state board reviews applications once a month. I heard nothing back until around the end of November, when I called the board and asked about the status of my application. They said they “sent a letter” that stated I had to prove my graduate coursework was in-person and not online, since they are unfamiliar with the program seeing as how it’s in another state. I never received this letter, despite checking my mail daily. I contacted the director of my grad school program who emailed them a letter confirming my courses were in-person. Radio silence until December.
In the meantime, I have been building up a full caseload of families that I have been seeing, and attending weekly supervision with my designated supervisor. I receive a perfect evaluation from her at the 90-day mark and she consistently praises my efforts and progress. I absolutely adore my job and the flexibility and variety it provides. I have great health, dental, and vision insurance, which I need because I just aged out of my father’s insurance in November. I feel so happy and confident. Not to mention, the program is a nonprofit, so I will be able to take part in the federal program that forgives student loans after working at a nonprofit for 10 years and making payments all that time.
At the beginning of this month, January, I find out that apparently a class I submitted to be considered under the counseling theory portion of the educational requirements for my state was not eligible for that. So I submitted the syllabus for a different course, which they also denied. I sent them three separate syllabi over the past 24 hours hoping that any of those will qualify. I believe they should, but the wording on the syllabi has proven to be “unclear.” I have not yet heard back from the board or my professor despite multiple messages.
Basically, I’m not going to be eligible for provisional licensure in my state because the board does not believe I took courses in counseling theory. During the past couple of days I have been called into several meetings with my supervisor and the program director, and I have been in tears for a good portion of them. I have struggled with anxiety and depression for several years and despite taking medication (and being a therapist myself), it interferes with my life in many ways. This would be one of them. I’m told to “pull myself together” as we make frantic phone calls to the state board and to my grad school professor, trying to get my provisional licensure approved before next week, because apparently that’s when billing is due.
I’ve been told that because of this, I’ve lost the agency over $20,000 because they cannot bill for an unlicensed professional’s services. I’ve been told I put my supervisors’ licenses and the agency as a whole in jeopardy. I’ve been told this was “a breach of trust” and that I will be let go from the agency if this is not resolved. Which it probably won’t be, if I’m being realistic. I have always had this sense that good things just don’t last for me. The job was too good to be true.
I honest to God did not do any of this intentionally or maliciously. If the board had told me all of this back in October or November, it could have been resolved then. All I’ve ever wanted is a job like this, where I can put my skills and passions to work and help kids. Now I’m stuck with a degree that won’t even be approved for provisional licensure in my home state, funded by student loans which I will have to pay off anyway. But I can’t pay them off because I’m going to lose my job. Even if I get another job elsewhere, it may not be a nonprofit, so I won’t be able to take part in that loan forgiveness program. I have no issue with taking an additional class in theory at a local university if that’s what is necessary, but I will still lose my job.
I haven’t been able to stop crying for more than ten minutes at a time these past few days. I have no appetite, I can’t talk to anyone without tearing up, I honestly feel like this is the culmination of all of my mistakes coming to a head. I procrastinate, I’m anxious, I’m depressed - I feel like the way that I am, personally, has just ruined my life. This feels like a horrific nightmare.
Please, if anyone can offer some reassurance or encouragement or advice, I’m in desperate need of it. I’m terrified of what this will mean for my future - my career, my finances, my apartment and bills and living expenses, and perhaps most importantly my clients. My clients and their families are going to feel like I’ve abandoned them in their time of need. Please, if anyone has kind words or can relate to a huge screw-up that cost them their job, I would really appreciate knowing that I’m not alone.
Hello,
C5/6 quadriplegic here. While I appreciate having nurses willing to cook for me, I would really like to be more independent so that I can at least help. Can anybody share any adaptive assistive accessories or utensils for any type of cooking? I’m open to the everything, but I especially want to be able to cut or chop food, and even stir food and a part or skillet. It will be really helpful!
Thanks!
I got really behind on my bill and now my internet is shut off. I can't afford to get it restored at the moment. The bill is $537 (rounded up from change). I've asked everyone I know for help and haven't had any luck yet. Any help at all would be so very appreciated. I would provide proof via screenshots that any money is going straight to the bill. Thank you.
Hello! I need to refill some prescriptions, and I won’t be able to afford them for a few weeks. I lost my health insurance in June when I lost my full-time job, so I’m private pay.
The pharmacist worked some online coupon magic, reducing the cost of one from over $3000/month to $133/month. The generic of this one had given me long QT syndrome (too long between heartbeats), and fainting spells, or has been ineffective, so I’m using the name-brand, which works very, very well. Because of that, agencies here that help cover the cost of meds can’t help with this one. My doctor had no more samples.
Private pay for the other is, thankfully, just $60.
These are psychoactive drugs, so it would be very harmful to just stop taking them.
I was just hired for a second job, so I could do a long-term loan if needed.
I have made a couple other requests recently for other things that were not fulfilled via reddit - just FYI in case you read those. After losing my job, the sale of our rental home required us to move, and I’m just making my way back from that one-two punch.
These medicines have made the biggest difference in my life! After searching literally years for medications that would work, we found this combo and it’s been a life saver!! Thanks for any consideration ~
So My daughter and I clash alot now.. Her sister left for marine boot camp in December. Since she left she had got worse. She was always so sweet to me. So here goes... She constantly argues with me, calls me names, and treats me like complete crap anymore. She picks on her 8 year old brother. She smokes pot, hangs out with the wrong kids, is promiscuos( which I try to talk to her about and she gets angry.) I try to guide her and tell her you don't boys only want one thing yet she still does it. I drive her 120 miles daily for school It's 60 miles round-trip twice a day. I do this because she made bad decisions at her old school with the boys and gave herself a bad reputation. I do this for her so she didn't have to take the scrutiny. I don't know what else to do. Please some words of wisdom. A concerned and out of options mother.
Recently four medical specialists stood at the foot of my hospital bed. “You have a rare manifestation of your rare disease”. I’d been admitted to the hospital four days prior after a trip to the Emergency Room after a week of an unrelenting and worsening headache and unexplained eye and eyelid swelling and inflammation. After three days of testing the specialists found that I currently have inflammation in my eyes, ocular nerve and aorta. The specialists then went on to explain the they have no guidelines for treating me. No clinical studies, no research, no protocol. The proposed treatment involves high risk drugs which have been developed to treat other diseases.
I have already lost two senses (hearing and vestibular) and I have impaired vision. I want to do all I can to save my vision, and ideally find a way to reverse any damage to my vision. I want to pursue an experimental treatment at a facility in Southern California. The two-week procedure will harvest stem cells from my own body and introduce them back into my blood stream. This treatment is extremely low risk as the stem cells are created from my own cells. The ideal outcome would be a reversal of the current symptoms and to stop the disease from progressing any further.
My family and I were interviewed by our local news stations yesterday. You can see the interviews at these two links:
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/01/10/kelly-conley-cogans-disorder-rare-disease/
I am asking for financial support to fund the procedure and refill my family's savings account as 2.5 years of this ongoing illness has been extremely expensive. You can donate via paypal if you pm me, or at the gofundme:
Hi there looking for help on how to raise money for my Dad - my parents are displaced in Florida for the next 4 months (no not snow birds). My dad has cancer. During this time they have no where to live and he will be undergoing 8 weeks of Chemo and Radiation. I am just trying to make things easier for them. But I dont even know how to begin. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I just dont want the added stress of him not working to take away from the positive energy needed to heal.
I'm asking for around $70 so I can fill my tank, get some toiletries and buy craft supplies for a project my son and I have to work on. I'm a struggling single mom and I had to quit my job for health reasons. Right now my tank is on E and I have a job interview and a couple doctor's appointments that I have to get to this week. I also need to buy some feminine toiletries (huge emergency), shampoo and a couple medicines. On top of everything, my son has a school project that we need to get supplies for. I feel so desperate right now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Yeah i get it, my post history shows pretty clearly that im a drug addict. If that turns everyone away immediately than thats perefectly understandable and i dont blame you. Anyways. So I've been staying with my girlfriend and her family, but due to her struggling with some pretty severe eating disorder stuff and also self harm/suicidal ideation we just took her to the psyche side of an inpatient treatment center last night. Her parents did say i could stay here but only have about a week until i need to start paying rent. I have applied and applied and applied and everything just falla through. I have a construction gig lined up in march but up until then it looks like im back out on the streets. Its fucking freezing here and im depressed and so fucking stressed and i dont know what to do. I dont even want money, i just want someone to tell me that everythings gonna be okay. Its been do fucking rough these past couple of years. I dont feel uncomfortable most everywhere i go. I feel like I've wasted so much potential. I feel like it isn't all that hard, I've just got weak knees and straw arms. I feel like a ghost, i feel devoid of life, i feel like theres a giant fucking hole in my chest that only 3 people have ever made feel more complete, now ones gone, ones dying, and the others too far out on tweak. Have i really dont this all to myself? Why cant i give up? Whats the point, where is the fucking punchline? If this is all a joke then why has everyone stopped laughing. Im suffocating in anxiety and despair. This loneliness bites like frost and freezes up this old playbox. They wont always miss you. Fuck. Help.
I am currently homeless and working, doing deliveries on my bike, but I havent been able to make enough to make it past tonight in my motel. This will be my last time asking for help as after tonight I will be back in my tent, with less available hours to work without help. It averages 80 dollars a night, or 525 a week for a motel here. Im looking into apartments, but it's cold and wet now, and apartment hunting is rarely an overnight thing. Thank you so much for your kindness.
Thanks to a very nice mod for some sound and kind advice, I am reposting :)
To make a long story short, we struggled for a long time and recently both my wife and I myself got much better jobs...hooray. But in catching up in bills, we overextended and then an auto-pay Bill for our water did us in finally today. I get paid on Wednesday but until then we’re pretty barebones in the gas tank (less than 15 mi to empty) and we both need to be able to drive about 220 miles (to and from work from tonight-Wednesday afternoon) and have only a little bit of food left. 45 dollars would put gas in our tank (about 30 dollars to fill our Ford) and $15 to buy some groceries at the dollar store. Thank you very much for any and all consideration. I would also be happy to pay anyone back on Wednesday evening!
Things fell behind after Christmas, 4 step kids, autistic brothers, cancer mother. Our gas will be shut off on the 16th. If anyone could please help with any ammount at all it would be greatly appreciated, and I could pay back interest. Any little bit helps, you could even pay straight to the account. Hopefully someone will be able to help, I'm at witends. If not it's okay. If you can please let me know. THank you everyone. God Bless.
I don’t wanna bore you with the details but a very good friend of mine. Has been hit with his fourth round of cancer. I was hoping you could retweet the link in the comments section in hopes of it reaching its destination. Thank you in advance.
My good friend Carmela and her family need what your generosity can do so they can afford expert medical care for their daughter Chloe while she still has a chance at the best long-term prognosis. Baby Chloe has Vtrial Septal Defect (VSD), a serious heart condition that's otherwise manageable with medications and/or surgery when caught and treated early (according to her doctor).
Chloe Rotahenes' medical records (**Edit** Carmela is showing Chloe's records with a handwritten note to prove authenticity as requested):
- Chloe's diagnosis (see bottom: "Congenital Heart Disease, Ventricular Septal Defect, perimembranous type, Pulomanry Artery Hypertension, mild")...she also took a photo with a different angle if that's easier to see
- Chloe's first echocardiogram and second echocardiogram
- Chloe's prescription medications page one and two
- Handwritten notes from her physician
Carmela must stay at home because of Chloe's medical needs in early child development, so she currently isn't earning her typical income and unfortunately isn't receiving maternal leave either. Her husband Richard has been out of work due to injuries on the job so this also places an additional unexpected burden on the family's finances.
Carmela's other children (aged 3, 9, 11, 14, and 16) now live in poverty and aren't eating properly because she has to instead spend that money on Chloe's medications to keep her heart in normal rhythm. The oldest (Aika) is in her last year of high school and skips lunches while also working for $5 a week to help pay for Chloe's medications.
The gofundme page lists the exact amount the family needs for Chloe's proper treatment and living expenses until Carmela and Richard can get back to earning their typical incomes. Please understand that your mall gift makes a big impact in rural Panabo because it instantly provides the proper medical treatment for baby Chloe and feeds these children.
https://www.gofundme.com/infant-child-needs-medical-care
Thank you for your kindness and support
Please someone help me with ideas on how I can support myself. I'm in the process of getting on disability but they gave me a time estimate of two years. I need to do something. I just want genuine advice.
I'm not doing ok mentally because of this. I'm already on medication and go to weekly therapy. Wednesday on my way to my therapy appointment my tire went flat and came off the rim, cuz why not right? If anyone questions the validity of this I can take a video to show you my tire. It's just one thing after another when I'm already drowning.
There has to be something I can do. SOMETHING. Please don't tell me to sell nudes or anything along those lines. I get told that all the time. I know there has to be SOMETHING else I can do. How have other people survived financially while waiting to get on disability?
I've gone to the other subreddits where people pay you for tasks, but I can't design websites, I don't have Photoshop, and I can't create logos. The apps that pay you to buy things wouldn't work cuz I can't really buy things.
I'm tired of living like this. I need to do something. But I have no idea what I can do. Please give me real honest advice.
I moved to Chicago in 2017 to dedicate a year of volunteer service to Mercy Home for Boys and Girls and believe in the transformations in the lives of children and families who need it the most, especially here in Chicago. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a little less than 9 months away, but my goal is to fundraise as much as I can for this beautiful organization. Any amount helps and I hope you will consider not only supporting me, but the kids that stuggle to navigate the challenges we face while also working to overcome abuse, neglect, poverty, puberty and trying to explain themselves in a world that gives them no voice. I'd also appreciate your support in spreading this post now and in the months to come. With love, Narek.
Hello Reddit I don't have the 1000 karma required for r/borrow yet. I'm currently in between jobs and would like to borrow about $1000 to help with rent and bills until I get back on my feet, if anyone or multiple people would be willing to do that. I know I'm new around here so I was hoping someone would be willing to take the risk if I pay high enough interest. I'm currently not in a position to get a payday loan. If you are considering please let me know what rate you would like.
I can provide passport info, social media, phone no., Whatever you would need. Thank you.
My fiance and I have two beaters between us. An '05 Grand Am a friend sold us for a song when they moved out of state, and an '02 Volvo that belonged to my father. He passed nearly eight years ago and I've been keeping it going despite its many issues because it's the only thing of his I have left. Every time I see it I'm flooded with memories of our many adventures together in that car. I know I can't keep it forever, but it only has 75k miles or so on the current engine and considering these are supposed to last well beyond triple that with proper care and maintenance, I'd much rather keep it running than abandon it altogether and sell it for scrap.
A few months ago the dreaded check engine light came on, as luck would have it, appeared just before tackled registration for the new year. It required a smog check to register, and it currently has no less than 5 trouble codes. Yay. As a result I couldn't pass smog, and we don't even have sufficient funds to learn exactly how much a repair would be, if it's even possible (or for that matter, practical). I've been job hunting and I've had to flat out stop my search because we now only have one car between us, and I no longer can say that I have "reliable transpiration" while filling out future applications. Because I don't. Frankly it feels like creeping death at this point. I'm not comfortable driving it to the store and back in its current condition. A neighbor has been kind enough to allow us to keep it in her driveway so it's off the street so we won't receive a ticket.
I'm hoping someone in a position to lend a hand and help get us up and running again sees this and is able to provide a post Christmas miracle. I don't care about cars. Not my thing. Never has been. But I love that Volvo because it was my fathers, and I'm not ready to let it go. Especially if it can be saved.
We reside within the Inland Empire. If you feel you can help us, please reply. Thank you for your time.
Hi everyone, I'm usually on the giving side of things but this particular situation has me both giving (to my family) and requesting at the same time.
I knew my sister had been having issues with her roommate but I guess I didn't think it would come to her (my sister) being the one who'd have to leave. I think I had too much faith in humanity or something, I guess, because her roommate went completely psycho on Tuesday, my sister moved out, and the landlord can't end the lease unless the roommate moves out as well (which she won't, out of spite). I wish I had more specific information but I'm in CT and have been all week (I spend weeks with my boyfriend in CT closer to my job) and my sister and mom are in NY. But she did a really good job at outlining her story here:
https://www.gofundme.com/trying-to-leave-a-hostile-environment
I've contributed a bit to her, and will definitely be able to do more with the coming of my next paycheck, but I know I won't be able to come close to supporting her full goal anytime soon (I'm not doing badly, but I budget my money very carefully and I know I will be able to help my family more in the future, as well as help some of y'all on here, if I'm careful with my money for now). She has asked me - knowing I'm fairly active in gifting subs and have a history of both giving and receiving generous gifts - to "ask my awesome Reddit friends for help". Well my friends are on the gifting subreddits and posts of these kinds are strictly against the rules there, but I told her I'd see what I could do around Reddit anyway.
If you're active on social media and can share this within your social circles, that would be amazing. If you can donate a dollar or two, that would be EPIC. Anyone who donates and is comfortable PMing me their address will receive a handwritten thank you note and other small fun surprises in the mail (I'm moderately active on /r/randomactsofcards and snail mail is a hobby of mine. PS: Even if you don't have the funds to donate, if you want some kind of card from me, let me know!) I understand this is sort of a weird request because its on behalf of someone else but its really important to me, its my sister and I'd do just about anything for her <3
Thank you for taking the time to read this <3
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