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Trig Apr 12, 2019 at 04:15 PM
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Between the breathing problems that I am suffering from due to lung cancer and the severe neuropathic pain that I suffer from, it's incredibly difficult for me to function. Even getting out of bed in the morning is a struggle, and while I am currently working, it's damn near impossible to continue to hold down a job despite all of this.

If my condition worsens, I could very easily lose my job and end up becoming homeless. Also, affording my treatment is extremely difficult at times, as the co-pays are often too much for me to afford. And the cancer treatment that I am receiving is often making it nearly impossible to even afford the basics, such as housing. Plus, on top of that I was recently diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and frequently am suffering from PTSD-related flashbacks.
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I'm sorry you are in the midst of such a difficult struggle. I hope that you are able to find your way through. My best wishes to you...

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I'm sorry you are in the midst of such a difficult struggle. I hope that you are able to find your way through. My best wishes to you...
Thanks so much. I hope so too. In the past few days, I've been noticing my symptoms appear to be getting worse unfortunately. I have found that getting up and down stairs causes me to feel more winded than it did even a few days ago.

I called my oncologist, and they said that they may need to change my treatment as the tumor may still be growing. I need to go to an oncology appointment tomorrow at 10AM to see if I need to get more tests to see if I need more tests to determine if it has metastized to more parts of the body than the lymph nodes near my lung.
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I'm sorry that I'm not living in the US and may not understand correctly. I did have a friend who lived in Georgia and know that for her it was a tough place to survive PTSD. I got the impression that services there were few and far between, so that she often found herself on the edge of homelessness.

Can you not apply for disability? Yes, that can take time but once it kicks in you should be secure about medical care and housing?

Is there a debt advice place that can help you to negotiate bills until you get disability? When I was laid off unexpectedly a debt advice place told me to contact utilities about my situation and they wrote their bills off short-term for a couple of months until the job that I was promised came through. I was shocked to find them behaving in such a reasonable manner, but the debt advice place told me that they have contingency funds for genuine cases!!!! Home loan and local tax was a massive battle, however.

It's important to keep reaching out - and that first step was crazy-making for me because I couldn't trust that anyone would be supportive.

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I'm sorry that I'm not living in the US and may not understand correctly. I did have a friend who lived in Georgia and know that for her it was a tough place to survive PTSD. I got the impression that services there were few and far between, so that she often found herself on the edge of homelessness.

Can you not apply for disability? Yes, that can take time but once it kicks in you should be secure about medical care and housing?

Is there a debt advice place that can help you to negotiate bills until you get disability? When I was laid off unexpectedly a debt advice place told me to contact utilities about my situation and they wrote their bills off short-term for a couple of months until the job that I was promised came through. I was shocked to find them behaving in such a reasonable manner, but the debt advice place told me that they have contingency funds for genuine cases!!!! Home loan and local tax was a massive battle, however.

It's important to keep reaching out - and that first step was crazy-making for me because I couldn't trust that anyone would be supportive.
I'm actually in New York now. I had forgotten to change my location, I had lived in Georgia for a time. But I was kicked out by my "family" and relocated. I have not begun to look into disability, but I definitely will. Never heard of debt advice, and I would be interested to learn more about that
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As Saidso also advises, it seems impossible to me that you wouldn't be eligible for some sort of government assistance. ((HUGS))
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I'm so sorry you're going through all fo this, Monkey1111, and that you're hurting so much! I completely agree with what all the other great, wise, wonderful posters have already wisely said better than I ever could! You've been given lots of great, wise, wonderful advice on this thread! I'd suggest to follow it as much as you can if you want to of course! Do that ONLY if you want to of course! Please do consider applying for disability if you can! I do believe you definitely qualify for it! Please try to look for ANY kind of government assitance like Mopey and saidso have already wisely said better than I ever could!! Please try to reach out for help as soon as you can! You WILL get through all of this one way or another! I promise you that! Keep fighting as much as you can! You're AWESOME! You're STRONG! You're a WARRIOR! I believe in you! We ALL believe in you! We're ALL rooting for you! We're ALL cheering you on! I hope you'll be able to believe in yourself as much as we ALL believe in you because YOU'RE AWESOME, YOU ROCK and YOU KNOW IT! We ALL know that! I'm sure you know that as well even if it's deep down! PLEASE REMEMBER THAT! Remember that we're here for you if you need it! Feel free to PM me anytime! Let us know if we can do something to help you! Wish you good luck! Let us know how it goes! I'm so sorry you have to deal with all of this, Monkey1111! You don't deserve to suffer AT ALL! Nobody deserves to suffer AT ALL, certainly not such a strong, wonderful persone LIKE YOU! You're a STRONG, WONDERFUL PERSON! PLEASE REMEMBER THAT! I'm so sorry you're going through all of this!
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