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Tim's Medical Bills
Donation protected
I am so embarrassed to have to do this, but my pride is so much less important than my family and my health. In late October I got ill with what I thought was the flu, but within two days I could tell it was something much worse. I ended up spending a few weeks in the hospital with severe pneumonia in both lungs and a blood infection. Since being released from the hospital I have been on constantly changing antibiotics, inhalers, pain meds, and constant doctors appointments, lab tests, and blood draws. One lung has shown improvement, but the other has not. The Pulmonologist had ordered a procedure to figure out what exactly is growing in my lungs, but insurance has denied the necessary prerequisite CT Scan because I have had too many already. My medical bills have topped the $100K mark, and while insurance will cover a bunch of that it is a new year and will once again have to meet my deductible. I have been unable to work, as I can not breathe, am running a constant fever, and suffer terrible vertigo. I have been receiving short term disability, but it is not much, and I have no idea when I will be receiving it, or when they will cut it off. With medical and household bills rolling in everyday I am so stressed that I am making myself even sicker. I pride myself on my hustle, and am taking any opertuniyy I can to make money, but odd jobs and Uber aren't cutting it, and are taking their toll. TL-DR version: Anything you can do to help will go to: Meeting my deductible, Paying outright for CT scan, paying down medical bills, keeping my family provided for.
Organizer
Tim Maietta
Organizer
North Fort Myers, FL