Help me fight breast cancer
Hi, I'm Debby - or Pinoo as most people know me. I hate doing this, but after everything I've been through and conquered so far, I'm currently facing my biggest challenge and battling cancer. I don't have a family to rely on.
After a lot of setbacks and medical problems, chronic illness, chronic pain, liver and kidney issues.. I was diagnosed with cancer in August. Already had 1 mastectomy and will need the other side done also. I'm going to have to get 6 months of heavy chemo despite my body not being able to take it.
Despite it seeming that I had a good staff supporting me at the hospital, I am now walking around with a hole in my chest as their lack to listen to me and their way of experimenting with the incision after surgery left me with a hole in my chest caused by necrotic tissue. Ontop of all the stress this situation is causing me, I now fear that there may be new tumors growing already because due to neglect and wrong treatment, the chemo I so desperately need, isn't started within the foreseen time window. I'm currently also fighting the hospital, have pressed an official complaint and am seeking compensation for all the extra costs their neglect has caused and is still causing. If you need an example of the neglect and malpractice, they wanted to close the wound last week despite there still being necrotic tissue present as well as infected tissue.
The medical costs are racking up quickly and I have literally nobody to fall back on. The worst part now is that there's now also a plastic surgeon involved to try and close that hole they created and that they cannot start chemo before this is done. I need to pay for transport to and back from the clinics, all the treatments, medication (on top of my 'normal' medical monthly cost of around 200€) and now also all the equipment that is necessary to care for the wound, I have nurses coming in every day of the week
All this together brings me to the point where soon I'll get to choose between being cured or be homeless. Even quitting my lease and looking for something cheaper will cost me roughly 2500€ in costs so it's more expensive than staying there as I also will need money for the move, the deposit.... It's insane
I've had a pretty rough life and when I finally thought I found peace, I'm facing the worst battle yet. 3 years ago I was homeless because I refused to get rid of my 13r old dog, she was all I had and had saved me from suicide several times, I owed her my life. Like I said, always had a hard life, going from child neglection to child abuse, which also explains the no contact with family. I admit I made stupid mistakes in the past, especially when it came to relationships, which is what left me broke and homeless.
And just as I gotten out of that mess, stopped having suicidal thoughts and was beginning a good life, disaster struck. I have little fighting spirit left in me tho... Any little bit you can spare can help. I hate having to do this but I don't want to lose my home because I can't keep up with the bills. This doesn't even cover reconstructive surgery, I don't care about that I just want to survive and not lose my home again. The stress of all this is making my recovery go slower, I'm barely sleeping, already have difficulties eating before this... It's not getting any better.