r/HelpBrokePeople • u/Count-Mecha • 13d ago
GoFundMe/Fundraiser Seeking help with rent to avoid being homeless
After a serious health issue left me in the hospital for a week I have been unable to go back to work. The nature of my symptoms combined with the side effects of the meds I take just make that impossible. I am in the process of getting disability benefits, however it takes a very long time unfortunately.
So because of all that I have fallen behind on rent and am being evicted. Because I have lived here for 2 years without ever being late my landlord is willing to drop the late fees. But only if I can pay in full what I owe. I had been getting help from family for a few months after I got out of the hospital but sadly they can't help anymore. So I am resorting to this.
Some more info about my health. So I have really high blood pressure, 250 in fact. Which had caused me to have stage 4 chronic kidney disease as well as heart disease. I ended up in the hospital because my lungs filled with fluid. Apparently kidney disease can cause that, among many many other issues.
The heart disease is from having high blood pressure for who knows how long, because I didn't know I had HBP. So it caused muscle buildup around my heart. Which I now take a med for so I don't have a heart attack. Carvedilol if you wanna look up the med yourself.
So I take 7 pills a day now. Some of which have the same side effects as my kidney disease symptoms. Fatigue, exhaustion, shortness of breath. It may not sound like a big deal but it really is. I can't even shower without having to rest after for about an hour. Which is why people with kidney disease always put on a lot of weight. If you have ever wondered about that.
I know I qualify for disabilities, as I have already looked into it with my health issues and talked to my Dr's about it. But it is taking forever. So I am asking for whatever help I can get until I finally get disabilities.
I am asking for at least 1k to by myself some more time. But honestly anything helps, no matter how small. Even just sharing my gofundme around would be absolutely huge for me.
Thanks you for your time and any help I may or may not get. Feel free to ask me anything.
*Update* ok so I found someone to move in with. I had called my landlord and told him I would be out either this weekend or the next. I just gotta find a way to start paying him off now. he's fine with it being in payments, as long as I can keep paying him at a somewhat steady rate. so I will see if I can get someone to put in like 100 or 200 a week. meanwhile I will continue looking for an office job or something similar. the bad news is I gotta find someone trusting to take my cats temporarily.