Save My Apartment: Battling Cancer's Aftermath

Hello, everyone. I’ve been in a cancer battle for 3+ years and it has been brutal. Good news first: I’M IN REMISSION. I don’t know how long I have to be in remission before I can say, “I beat cancer,” but I beat cancer. My oncology team and prayer team have both worked aggressively, and my scans have been clean for quite a while. However, I have not beat cancer treatment. The symptoms associated with that have kept me way down. I can’t share all of my symptoms because one of the symptoms is memory loss. I don’t remember trips I took, friends I have, and any number of things. I barely remember the past three years. Mom was telling me things I did in the hospital that I have no clue about. I was talking to one of my brothers on the phone, and he told me things I did that are completely gone. It was almost like he was describing a movie. Not a good one, but the sad foreign film about disease that gets nominated for an Oscar.

I was in the hospital for another symptom. The doctors determined I hadn’t eaten in four months. In addition to the symptoms I can’t remember, I’m currently suffering from fatigue, word slurring, and dizziness. I sound and walk like a drunk, but I’m clean. A recent hospital stay confirmed it’s not heart or circulation related, no brain cancer, and no stroke. I met with a couple of other docs, including a neurologist, who told me all of my symptoms are chemo and radiation-related side effects. The good news is, they are temporary. They will all go away. I’m already seeing a difference in memory. Old memories are popping up now. My activity level has increased dramatically. I’m starting to write again. Jokes are forming. It’s slow, but it’s happening.

The combination of these symptoms over the past three years has made it impossible to work. Cancer can rob you of everything and now it’s about to take my home. As much as it pains me to ask, I must embrace the humility and ask for help in keeping my apartment. If you can’t give, that’s OK. I don’t know your situation like you didn’t know mine. If you can give, I will be forever grateful. I’m hoping to raise enough to cover six months of rent. Enough to give time to find an online job or another means of support. Thank you and I love you all!