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Colon cancer hospital stay

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Hi my name is Kevin Widhalm. I just turned 40 and I was just diagnosed with colon cancer on September 12th 2023. I went into my gastriology Dr for my annual review where I also let them know my current symptoms. That I've had for the last 9 months to 1 year. They were sure that it was hemorrhoids or pollips. This visit was in July. Since it didn't seem like it wasn't a big deal they scheduled for a colonoscopy 2 months down the road. Now that time came they found a mass that was 6cm wide and 20cm long. Then when they found that out it was a rush to hurry up and get all other tests done. After they did a CT scan of my chest down to my pelvis they found 2 mass things on my liver and 1 on my lung. I had a biopsy of my liver that came back as cancer also. The liver mass are 1cm and 1 1/2 cm. The 1 on my lung is 1mm and haven't done anything with it yet so I don't know what it is or if it's a concern. The oncologist and my surgeon talked about it and decided that the best thing to do to start is removing the colon mass before it completely blocked off the colon which would cause even more harm. I'm still in the hospital now 10-5-2023 and I'm worried about how much this is going to cost. I've asked family for help but none of them have any I can use. If I work 40hrs in a week after my taxes and deductions is around 350$ but if I get 50 or sometimes more it's around 750$. This barely pays my bills for the month. So i dont really know how much im really going to need. Im guessing a lot because i know im going to need another procedure. I have insurance so that helps but I know I still have to pay 20%. My short-term disability is only 2 weeks, the doctor said its going to be atleast 4 weeks to feel halfway normal and my job won't let me go back until I'm 100%. I'm a heavy duty tire tech and i mainly work on semi trucks. This is why I need to be completely healed. But i also work on about anything that has a tire. I'm trying to be 100% honest with this. I also have a website that I'm letting anyone see for updates. That website is caringbridge.org all my doctors and nurses say that I'm too young for this because I don't drink much at all, I don't smoke, I don't use illegal drugs, and I have no family history with this.
I don't have anything really of value I could sell to help me pay my incoming bills. My truck is a 2008 and is beat up so I know it's not worth much. I don't own a home. I have 3 kids that don't live with me that I also help take care of. I have 1 that lives with me.
I would really appreciate anything that is given to help me out no matter what the amount is. I hate asking for help but I don't know what else to do at this point.
I plan on using the donations for medical bills, or monthly bills depending on how long im off of work. I want to get back to work sooner than later.
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Kevin Widhalm
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Lincoln, NE

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