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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy GoFundMe campaign. No pressure. Help if you want to, or not if you don't. <3
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I understand that some of you despise GFM threads. I understand why. But please just use the exit link above and don't hit me with negative comments about it. I am a real person suffering a lot of pain and immobility right now, and I am having a lot of trouble finding resources to help me. Yes, I HAVE already contacted the local Center for Independent Living and they are working to get me discounts on materials and help with volunteer labor for accessibility renovations. But I still need to pay for a lot of these things myself, and they are expensive, even at a discounted price.
So for those who are interested and who might want to help--here we go.
There is now a VIDEO uploaded so I could talk to you all in person. Check it out on my campaign page!
https://www.gofundme.com/justfivedollars
I am disabled, thanks to spinal nerve root injuries and leg muscle damage from Cushing's Disease. I need to use my donated wheelchair to get around, and since my mobile home is not accessible, I am forced to spend nearly all of my time at home bedridden. It is a depressing and unhealthy way to exist.
I would like to make my home more accessible, to repair my donated powerchair and buy it a new, working battery, and to (hopefully, if my dreams come true) purchase a used wheelchair-accessible van to be able to get my heavy powerchair around. However, I have very little income.
I was thinking about how hard it is to ask people to donate larger amounts of money. But almost everybody could spare at least a fiver, right? And if I could get thousands of people to give me a simple five dollars, it would add up to enough to make a huge difference for me.
So that's what I am asking.
Can I please have five dollars? Or more or less, if that's what you choose to give. But five would be enough.
I intend to use it to get functional mobility equipment, get my home's entrances made accessible, and get an accessible van. Any money that I receive beyond those basic urgent needs (not likely, anyway) will go toward other accessibility expenses--renovating my bathtub with grab bars and a seat, getting my self-propelled wheelchair repaired and upgraded, and all the other expenses that go along with disability.
I will, of course, provide updates and photos as we hit each goal. I hope you will consider joining in. It's only five dollars to you, but it's the difference between being simply being alive and truly having a LIFE, to me.
If you can't help monetarily, then please, please, please help by sharing this link around to as many people as you can. The further it goes, the better chance that I will get enough to meet my goals. Sharing is a huge gift, all by itself.
Thanks so much in advance!
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Lyric
(12,675 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)narnian60
(3,510 posts)Good luck to you, Lyric.
Thank you for letting me know who you are. And thank you for the help. It means the world to me. <3
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,738 posts)Lyric
(12,675 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,738 posts)Lyric
(12,675 posts)I need new armrests because the ones I have are broken, and the leg rests are totally broken off of it. We will either get it repaired or just buy a new one altogether if the repairs are going to cost anywhere close to the price of a new one. So we've gotten that much, at least! And I can also get a shower chair, which is soooo vital for me. I cannot stand up for very long unassisted, so sitting down while I bathe is essential.
I remain hopeful that we will manage to get enough to repair the powerchair that was kindly donated to me by somebody local, through Craigslist. It doesn't run because the battery is dead, and the control stick and knob are broken. It also needs a new seat. Until we get the battery, we won't know what else might be wrong with it. It's a Scooter Store brand chair. I really want to get it working because having a functional powerchair would increase my independence dramatically.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Done. Good luck with the campaign...
Great news on reaching the first goal
Lyric
(12,675 posts)The least I can do for people who have opened their hearts and wallets for me is to talk to them and thank them in person.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)It would mean so much to me and my family....
xmas74
(29,676 posts)Different Drummer
(7,652 posts)something of what you're going through. Spending so much time at home bedridden must be dismal.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)My Kindle and my laptop are the only things that keep me sane, most days. I only leave the house for doctor's appointments.
It will be wonderful to be able to get out of the house by myself. Just to sit on the porch! We need a small ramp from the doorstep down, because there's a bit of a drop, so I can't even get outside by my self.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Great video. Big vibes that your "jaded" heart feels lighter today ...
Lyric
(12,675 posts)I can't believe that I am only $110 from hitting the $1000 mark--in two days. Two days! God, I am just floored...humbled beyond belief.
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Lyric
(12,675 posts)I should make a video later of you, so they can meet you too
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Anything i can do to help your life become more 'livable' -- rather than just 'endurable' -- is nothing but a good thing...
Lyric
(12,675 posts)That $890 number is driving me crazy. I am anal retentive enough to want the numbers to be whole and round, lol. If I had $10, I'd donate it myself just to make it even!
Edit: Now it's $895. ARGH! I think someone is totally playing with me here, lmao.
democrattotheend
(11,607 posts)So if one more person chips in you will have a nice round number.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)but you are meeeeean to my poor little everything-has-to-be-perfect soul.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)Doing a major happy dance over here!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Lyric
(12,675 posts)There might be people on your friends list who want to help. You never know
steve2470
(37,457 posts)OK several thousand people on Twitter just got your message, good luck!
Lyric
(12,675 posts)And THANK you!
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)I am sorry you are dealing with all this, but so glad to see you're getting help...
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)If you can, also, give this a share on FB or Twitter or whatever other social-media platform you have access to...
Every bit of exposure helps!
tblue37
(65,502 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)PSUDem
(42 posts)n/t
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)mahina
(17,715 posts)Virginia who could come help with the entrance and hallway adaptation?
I would come over and supervise Just kidding, I have a purple thumb. (Can't hit a straight nail)
But I do have a couple of extra bucks as a rare coincidence and appreciate the link. It's not much but it's something.
Courage dear heart! Aloha no!
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)"Got a call from my spine doctor earlier and she said that I need to go to the ED as soon as I can, because apparently they can do expedited MRI's and she is afraid that I am developing Cauda Equina Syndrome. That would lead to even more disability than I already have. Please pray hard for me, consider donating, and pass this link around? We really need support right now. To tell you the truth...I am scared out of my mind."
From Lyric's FB page...
mentalsolstice
(4,462 posts)Hang in there! We've got your back!
mentalsolstice
(4,462 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Because her spine specialist's office could not get an MRI appointment scheduled for any sooner than the end of the month -- and because the pain, peripheral numbness, and other issues have become steadily worse -- her doc told her to go to the ED at the university hospital yesterday afternoon, because they could expedite the imaging from there.
All the while spending the evening dealing with the unsympathetic ED staff, she was also dealing with a barrage of slander from the right-of-center spelunkers over at that 'site which shall not be named' (but y'all all know the one), who coordinated to have her GFM 'reported', and her motives questioned.
Video she shot from the ED is added to this post here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028163249
She just got home this morning at around 8:30am, and she and Ben immediately crashed.
Her spine doc is reviewing the imaging results, and will decide from here what the best course of treatment will be.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Response to Lyric (Original post)
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Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)Good luck to you.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)I am knocked over by the love I've been receiving here.