Learning to ask for help.

This has been one of the toughest lessons I have learned over the past year. I was raised to be very independent, to take care of myself, my household, and all of my high maintenance health needs. Recently, I am not able to balance everything that must be done in my life. There just isn’t enough time in the day and enough money in my wallet to take care of it all. I have had to learn that it is okay to ask for help.

Not wanting to be seen as week, needy or incompetent, it has been a very difficult for me to do. I have worked very hard to make a good life for myself, graduating college, getting a good job, all the while balancing my health care needs. Now that I am getting older and having more health issues, I am finding I can’t do it all. My family works hard to support me when they can, but they too can’t do it all either.

I have medical insurance but it does not cover 100% of my many expenses. Often avoid going to the doctors, and avoid treatments, just because I do not want to deal with the financial problems that arise from them. Unfortunately I fall in the middle when it comes to getting help. I make to much to qualify for assistance, yet I do not make enough to pay for all the expenses. This has caused me to not take the best care of myself.

Beyond the expensive medications and therapies, once or twice a year I have a three week IV tune-up, which would be best done in a hospital. I can not financially afford to take three weeks off from work, so I do my tune-ups at home where I do not get the best treatment.

There are many many other day to day medical expenses I incur that even sometimes I don’t even realize. Eventually, I will no doubt need a double lung transplant. I have realized I can not afford all of my out-of-pocket expenses by myself. I am asking for your help. All donations will go only towards my medical expenses.

If you would like to assist in my fight against Cystic Fibrosis and CF related diabetes, please consider opening your heart with a donation in support of my website raising awareness. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

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