Update: Commenting to Bump but also to say I might end up in the hospital again this week. I have an infection and have been sick the last 3 days. The last two times I went in December and April were near death experiences for me so I'm trying my best not to go back. I really feel like Disability is trying to run the clock out on my life and I am so scared of being homeless again. It was the worst year of my life and just having a place to shower and shelter I am sure is the only reason I am still alive after how much I was hospitalized last year. Love and solidarity from NC ❤️
YoBippo
joined 2 months ago
UPDATE: I was just hospitalized again for sepsis and when I got home there was a notice on my door saying I need to pay what I owe.
I am disabled and homeless, currently living in a condemned motel that charges $140 a week for a room with a bed and a fridge. I have been fighting for my disability for 2 years now and despite having numerous conditions that should qualify me (porphyria, lupus, COPD, pulmonary arterial hypertension) i have yet to be approved. Last year I ran out of my savings in July and was forced to live in my car while driving for Lyft until I managed to find this motel in December. Since then my health is continuing to get worse and i have spent every other week being hospitalized. I am immunocompromised and working around people ensures I get sick often, even though I am wearing a mask.
Long story short my hospitalizations have caused me to fall behind on rent to the point where I now owe $1200. My landlord has been surprisingly patient but I don't want to lose this shelter because I am sure that if I have to luve in my car again I am only going to get even sicker. I have been a Chapo and Hasanabihead for about a decade now and I know the power and kindness of our community and I need help so bad. Please share this or donate if you can. I love you all and God bless.
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I am disabled and homeless, currently living in a condemned motel that charges $140 a week for a room with a bed and a fridge. I have been fighting for my disability for 2 years now and despite having numerous conditions that should qualify me (porphyria, lupus, COPD, pulmonary arterial hypertension) i have yet to be approved. Last year I ran out of my savings in July and was forced to live in my car while driving for Lyft until I managed to find this motel in December. Since then my health is continuing to get worse and i have spent every other week being hospitalized. I am immunocompromised and working around people ensures I get sick often, even though I am wearing a mask.
Long story short my hospitalizations have caused me to fall behind on rent to the point where I now owe $1200. My landlord has been surprisingly patient but I don't want to lose this shelter because I am sure that if I have to luve in my car again I am only going to get even sicker. I have been a Chapo and Hasanabihead for about a decade now and I know the power and kindness of our community and I need help so bad. Please share this or donate if you can. I love you all and God bless.
Venmo: YoBippo
Cashapp: $YoBippo
I am disabled and homeless, currently living in a condemned motel that charges $140 a week for a room with a bed and a fridge. I have been fighting for my disability for 2 years now and despite having numerous conditions that should qualify me (porphyria, lupus, COPD, pulmonary arterial hypertension) i have yet to be approved. Last year I ran out of my savings in July and was forced to live in my car while driving for Lyft until I managed to find this motel in December. Since then my health is continuing to get worse and i have spent every other week being hospitalized. I am immunocompromised and working around people ensures I get sick often, even though I am wearing a mask.
Long story short my hospitalizations have caused me to fall behind on rent to the point where I now owe $1200. My landlord has been surprisingly patient but I don't want to lose this shelter because I am sure that if I have to luve in my car again I am only going to get even sicker. I have been a Chapo and Hasanabihead for about a decade now and I know the power and kindness of our community and I need help so bad. Please share this or donate if you can. I love you all and God bless.
Venmo: YoBippo
Cashapp: $YoBippo
I haven't posted in here before but today I just needed a place to speak my peace and I hope that is alright.
I am 37 years old. I was a Chef for 15 years. My family was poor and when my father stole the savings we had for college I attended Job Corp to get my culinary degree. Seeing that they have now been defunded kind of made me think about where I am and how I was so grateful for that opportunity even if my body has fallen apart.
I have Porphyria, COPD, Heart Failure, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Lupus, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Many of these conditions were unknown to me until my state finally expanded medicaid. Since then I have undergone alot of testing and seem to be collecting new diagnoses like Pokemon.
I had filed for Disability 2 years ago and have many conditions that should qualify me according to their own website. Instead NC has given me the run around for years, denied me twice, i filed again and have now been waiting a year with almost no contact from them despite constant calls and messaging and emails.
Last July I became homeless due to my savings running out and being unable to work. I used the last of my money on a car so that I wouldn't be living on the street. I have been driving for Lyft to stay alive and afford my food, gas, and medicines. Constant doctor visits and hospitalizations have made it impossible to keep up with even those lately and my car is now falling apart as well. No AC with the Carolina summer coming up, a failing transmission, and god knows what else that is keeping me from passing inspection now and unable to renew my registration because of it. Even if I could afford it.
The system is literally killing me and Trump and the Republicans have made it somehow even more unforgiving. This month I even lost my food stamps as NC told me I didn't work enough to qualify.
As i type this I sit here feeling what I think is the beginning of blood clots forming again in my lung and leg and I don't know if I even want to go to the hospital again because I am not seeing a point.
I only keep going for my Partner, my Mother, and my little brother but I really don't feel anything for me anymore. I am so tired and don't see the end of this tunnel like I used to. All i see is the end of the month approaching while i am hospitalized and unable to work enough to pay for the impossible bills that have accrued from Disability constantly delaying my approval.
I see me, on the street because my car is unable to be registered, unable to work to afford my medicines, and still dying here either way.
Sorry for the downer comment but I needed somewhere to vent and I am sure many of you have seen similar struggles and I don't want to feel so alone.