Getting sick is expensive

In 2018, while dealing with a form of encephalopathy that was very similar to dementia, often called alcoholic’s dementia, I was fired from my job and lost everything. I am not alone in this struggle. The goal of this organization is to raise money to help working class families try to hold on to the things they have worked so hard for.

My Story

Growing up I was sick a lot. When I was born, my right eye never developed and I have had a glass eye since the 4th grade. As a kid, despite being fully vaccinated, I had the measles and the mumps and 3 or 4 bouts of chicken pox.

Also while I was in the 4th grade, I started getting crippling migraines and had to go to the doctor often with blinding headaches that would last as long as 4 or 5 days.

I started getting insomnia around this time and would go 4 or 5 days at a time without sleeping. This is a problem I still struggle with. I try pills and stuff but I am a 3rd shifter so it just makes things worse.

At the age of 17 I donated blood to the red cross and was called and sent to see my doctor. For the 2 weeks between seeing my doctor and the phone call, I just assumed I had HIV and was really worried. Turned out to be a chemical imbalance in my liver. The doctor called it a funny chemical imbalance but not much to worry about.

My 30th birthday. I am a father to a 6 year old, and I just had my gal bladder removed.