Donate to Please help our family with medical & Insurance, organized by Richard Gonzalez

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Dear Family and Friends, I’m Rick and my wife is Maureen. I never thought I would be in a position like this. It’s very embarrassing to have to ask for help with our medical bills. If this wasn’t extremely dire in a very short time, I would try to figure another way. My wife and I were always healthy and active, so I never imagined being in this position. I owned a thriving business for over 30 years. When the pandemic hit, things really started to fall apart. 8-9 years ago, I suffered four heart attacks in one week and underwent lifesaving surgery for 3 heart blockages (2 arteries were 100% blocked). This alone changed what I could do physically for my family. That seemed to be start of the decline of my health. After many strange symptoms, tumors were found in my inner ear, brain and lung, which required radiation treatments. I have type 2 diabetes with complications, including congestive heart failure, issues with my vision and peripheral artery disease. I have had surgeries on both eyes for detached retina and other issues, which affected my job as a graphic designer. I had surgeries on both knees, which were healing when I suffered a foot injury that ulcerated and became septic two years ago. Half of my right foot was amputated and the wound is still healing. It has become infected and septic multiple times, as recently as last month. In 2023, I had a 7 hour leg artery bypass surgery for a life threatening blockage. At the beginning of this year, when things seemed like they couldn’t get worse, I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. It progressed from Stage 1 to Stage 4 in less than 3 months. I underwent cryotherapy and several different chemo treatments. I recently was treated by what the doctors said is the best and last line of chemo treatment for me. The only option left after this is radiation. By the grace of God and some great doctors, the latest update is that my cancer is is reacting well to the treatment. The doctor says he hopes I’ll be close to remission if I can keep going in this direction. I currently have an implanted heart monitor due to heart failure symptoms and new blockages in my heart and legs. They are avoiding heart surgery until I am done with chemo because I am immune compromised. In the meantime, I am at the hospital/ER nearly daily for blood transfusions, iron infusions, clot busting and blood thinning IV meds and a myriad of tests. All of the these treatment copays wipe out my ENTIRE income. After that, we still have basic living expenses, not to mention our health insurance premium ($800) and insanely high monthly copays (over $700 minimum) for 16 oral medications, 2 insulin injections and a ton of supplies to clean and dress my foot wound. Even with health insurance, its impossible to live with the copays. My wife of 17 years (23 years together) is an extremely hard worker. Until the birth of our daughter, she was in the workforce at the top of her game. Just before and after her pregnancy she developed severe autoimmune arthritis which requires a monthly IV infusion as well as multiple medications and most of the time that barely allows her to get out of bed. She forces through tremendous pain and takes care of our daughter and our home while I work a fulltime job. She has been trying to get a job outside of the house but due to her arthritis sitting at a desk and commuting is nearly impossible. We are asking for quick short term help so we don’t lose our health insurance. We are at the tail end of our 3-month grace period and just received a letter stating that if we didn’t pay the entire past due bill of $2,400, we will lose our insurance at the end of the month. My family needs to have this insurance just to survive. We were previously near forclosure and worked a deal with our mortgage company where we cannot miss a mortgage payment for 12 months or we will lose our house as well. We’ve been just barely able to maintain our mortgage, but with these added medical expenses, things have become impossible and we are behind in this month’s mortgage as well. I have sold just about everything I can sell to raise money. We had an auction company sell a large portion of everything valuable we owned. What’s left, I do have is listed on Facebook Marketplace, but the health insurance premium is needed within 5 days or we will lose our family health insurance policy. I can provide a copy of the letter for anybody who would like to see it if they have any doubts of my sincerity. Any amount will help, but if you can’t afford it (we know times are tough all around), please send prayers and positive thoughts. Thank you all for listening. We appreciate you all so much. Sending positive thoughts, prayers and love to everyone. We’re all going through something. If there’s anything we can do for you (outside of monetarily at the moment), we are here with ears and arms wide open.

Donate to Please help our family with medical & Insurance, organized by Richard Gonzalez

Donate to Please help our family with medical & Insurance, organized by Richard Gonzalez

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