Hi there! My name is Rowan but most of you who know me, know me as 50s Girl Groupon.
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Look I’m a real person!
Since 2020 I’ve been posting in a PMF thread called
Passing Time In Chemotherapy: A Diary, which has been equal parts me talking about fighting Stage Four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and being given two months to live, and equal parts screaming about how horrible the American Healthcare System is and trying to make a case for universal healthcare.
Briefly I went into remission and then my cancer returned. I also have Stage 1 breast cancer. These last two weeks I have been in the hospital with a kidney disease likely brought on by my chemotherapy treatments, and a lung disease which I need tests to rule out that it’s lung cancer.
The problem is I need $4500 to continue receiving care because I am am
several hundred thousands dollars in debt due to my chemotherapy. Each chemo treatment cost me $50k after insurance, which no sane person has, so the debt has built up to the point where I am being held hostage for micropayments in the thousands of dollars range in order to receive life saving treatments.
I received mod approval to post a GoFundMe I set up in order to pay just for December healthcare bills. I will either lose treatment or lose my home, and I was recently homeless over a year a few years ago and would not like to repeat the experience. My wife is permanently disabled after her battle with Ovarian Cancer (and needs another $800 down payment foe a surgery but that’s ANOTHER can of worms).
Basically, without goon help, I am fucked. I have zero plans for Christmas or any holidays this season because I’m too busy fighting to keep my home and my health. My GFM is nearly halfway funded as it is, and on the off chance that it gets overfunded the excess will go towards my wife’s surgery.
Both my GFM page and my PMF thread show I am very transparent with where the money goes and what it’s spent on, so no worries there.
You can find my GoFundMe here! I intent to post an update to it this evening to keep everyone up to date with health stuff.
If you would rather donate something other than money, which I totally get, I have an
Amazon wishlist here which is mostly household things we need and food for the cats. I will happily post pictures of them in the thread. They are very sweet baby who cry if a stranger comes to the apartment and doesn’t pick them up. I’ll try to stay on top of removing items from the wishlist as they get bought.
I’m not very good with signing off posts, but if anyone has any questions about Lymphona or chemo or the american healthcare system (or just want to see cat photos!) please feel free to ask and I’ll answer as best I can!
Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness. Bless.
Edit 12/10: It was suggested that I throw my Venmo in the OP for those who would rather donate that way!
Venmo: @moringottos
Paypal (please ignore my deadname it’s a nightmare to change): paypal.me/necromancermoons
Edit: July 10: Apparently venmo is being weird so if it asks you to confirm the last four of my phone number it’s 3114.