I am a disabled vietnam era veteran. About two years ago I suffered two strokes and saw first hand the obstacles that people and families in need go thru when they are struck with an unforeseen incident. The world can turn into a cruel and cold and lonely place. It seems that the only visitors that approach you are people that want to take their pound of flesh. All the collectors come to collect their debts and there is no way of holding them off. Sometimes families are forced to make harsh and rash decisions just in order to survive the tradegy.

I do not want anyone to feel the way that I did when I had my strokes. Dealing with the feeling of complete loss and disarry of your life only compounds itself on your situation. It harms both you and the family around you in so many ways. The emotional, physical and financial strain can become unbearable. Along with the illness and long sleepless nights you are also plagued with the ever approaching feeling of doom. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO SURVIVE!!!

I was able to first hand experience this and to speak with others that have gone through these incidents also. There are a few basic needs that must be met in order to get through this crisis safely and remain in a stable environment.

Basic needs include but are certainly NOT limited to:

Food / Shelter / Medical Care

Knowing that someone cares and that there are people who can or want to help, makes a big difference in bridging the gap to becoming healthy and viable again.

What I have decided to do and wish to attempt to pass on to people are both the basic needs and the knowledge that there are others that care and sympathize with people in need.

I hope to help bridge the gap between the needs and the needy!

I am starting a non-profit organization to help veterans and their families cope with the difficult and rocky time between receiving either their benfits or their pension. I wish to exted this service also to the homeless in need.  

I need help to get this venture started. Any help from you would help out the cause greatly!!!  One of the things that we need too do is purchase wholesale/discount/surplus items to raise  funds for the cause.  
  We can't do this without you and there are people waiting to be helped. Please help us bridge the gap between the needed and needy.

I want to be an organization that ACTUALLY helps, not just a name that people are turned away from when they are in need.

I am a mother of a 2 year old son.  My husband and I try very hard to make a home for our family.  He lost his job the day after Christmas and has had trouble finding another one.  I have picked up some contract work, and am now working two contract jobs in addition to my full time job.  I was diagnosed 2 years go with multiple sclerosis, so the extra work is not an easy task.

Anyway, we got behind one month on our house payment and have been unable to catch up.  Our bank is demanding two months (the behind month plus this month) payment within 48 hours.  I don't have it and don't know what to do.

PLease help me finding a schlarship to continue my masters in occupational therapy or neurorehabilitation !!! or help me finding people who make neurological researches and need a research assistant

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i LIVE IN JORDAN MY EMAIL: OTRTHERAPY@YAHOO.COM

MY MOBILE NO: +962 79666 5936

I'm in pain physically and emotionally while I'm typing this so I'm hoping what I have to say comes out right. I'm going through a tremendous amount of issues right now and I really need some help but have the most trouble finding somewhere to turn. I have a rare pain syndrome that is not commonly heard of. It's called vulvodynia. It causes me excruciating  & debilitating pain. At one time I experienced it almost every second of every day for the last several years. There's no cure or even any sure way of knowing the exact cause....it makes you miserable and unsure of ur life from day to day. I also suffer from depression.

 The vulvodynia pain, I guess u could say is comparable to nerve damage pain (which is in fact what it seems to be in my case). I don't know if I'll ever be free of this situation again but for the time being the only thing most recently that has been helping me to function enough and not suffer this every single day as before is the Cymbalta medicine I've been taking. I also believe in holistic methods but nothing else so far helped relieve the extreme pain and I have a young child to care for. I have tried many many medications & have been & felt like somewhat of a guinea pig. This situation started for me around the age of 19 and I am now in my 30's (Off and on during that period of time). I cannot work because of these disabling situations and I receive SS disability once a month.

 I tried to fill my prescription for my medication and for reasons beyond my control (some error of some sort), my insurance that covers it was off and will take at least a month to be corrected. My medicine costs $163 that I don't have. Making matters worse, I am in a period in which the pain is at it's worse (which happens sometimes) and this is the worse time for me to be without my medicine. I can't find anyplace to get it free or get samples. I NEED HELP.

 I am behind in my rent $227. I have bills I am behind in that is $191. My glasses are old and broken (I'm very nearsighted and the type of glasses I get cost me $350-$400), My child's birthday is here, I have no money to give him anything right now and that in and of it self is so hard (he's a great kid and I love him dearly)and I have little money for the basics of food (which has just been getting more and more expensive). My medicaid was cut a long time ago because they sent the recert to the wrong address, I've tried to apply since then and all I get is the run around. Food stamps is the same thing. I'm just TIRED and I neeed HELP PLEASE SOMEBODY. If u hear me and u can, please help. I am humble and appreciative. Thank You

I have recently fell on some hard times, in February of 2007 I fell and broke both of my knee's and had to have a double knee surgery. While re-habbing in a nursing home the job I had for 18 years went away the factory closed and my job went over seas. I have spent all the money I had put back including my retirement. I have no income while I am trying to re-hab myself because I no longer have insurance so it is very hard to return to the work force with 2 bad knee's! I'm at the end of my rope I have no clue where my are my daughters next meal may come from! I have made to much money in the past they tell me for any kind of assaintance from the State so I ask you what should I do or can you help us?

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 My blog about this is here.

On October 2, 2007 I was working and stopped at a Sonic restaurant to use the bathroom. It was early and apparently they had just sprayed out the bathroom with a hose and poured cleaner in it. No signs were available and I walked into the bathroom, walked towards the toilet, as I did my leg went out from under me and I fell to my left.

I am not sure if I blacked out or not, I just know I realized that I was laying on the floor, my glasses were bent and I was soaked all on my left side. I also smelled cleaner in my hair. My left arm hurt, my left knee hurt, my neck was killing me and there was a ringing in my left ear, well, not as much a ringing as a crackle.

I managed to get to my feet and open the door. There was an employee there and he helped me get to the front of the store. The manager on duty called an ambulance and took a brief report from me about what happened. The ambulance got there and took me to St. Josephs hospital where I was treated and given prescriptions for 3 days and told to follow up with my doctor. While there I called and reported the injury to my employer Coinstar.

In the following days I was bed bound and in excruciating pain. I received a phone call from the Workers Compensation insurance company the following day, AIG Inc. and was informed that using the bathroom was not part of my job description and that my workers compensation claim was denied. I had insurance through work, Cigna and I called to make an appointment with a doctor in their network. They would not see me because they said they believed it WAS workers comp!

So I was stuck, in pain and no one would see me. The following Saturday I went to the hospital ER again because I was in so much pain and no one would see me. They gave me three more days of pain medicine and muscle relaxants and told me to follow up with my doctor!

Well, I was still unable to get an appointment with anyone so I had to suffer for 5 more weeks while I waited for Brian Haynes at AIG insurance to finally deny the claim for good and get me the paperwork I needed to see someone of my choice.

In the meantime my little brother died from an accidental OD and I got an attorney to help me with all the problems I was having. He took the case but has not had any effect as of yet in helping me get financial aid. He did refer me to 1st Choice Wellness in Savannah, Georgia where I started seeing Dr. Bohnstengel. She has been wonderful. I now have pain meds and muscle relaxants. Also I have seen Dr. Martinez, also in her office.

They found that my vertabrae was out of whack in my lower back and neck. They conducted a nerve test and found I have a loss of nerve transmission in my left arm. The bones in my leg are also out of whack with my knee bone, causing the pain in my knee. They have not conducted any test to determine why I have the crackle in my ear however.

I had an MRI of my neck, which did not show the reason for the nerve problem in my left arm so now she wants me to have a myelogram to find out what is going on. That means a spinal tap and dye injected into my spine.

I found out that I had temporary disability from Cigna because they provide my health insurance. They have just denied it because the MRI came out okay, even though the nerve test came out showing a nerve problem in my arm and my doctor has major limitations on my work ability and has me out of work 100%!

SO, at this point I still have pain in my neck, knee and headaches. I have weakness in my left arm and can not lift much more than 3 pounds. Because of limping I have pain in my back and hip and I still have a crackle in my left ear. I take pain medication and muscle relaxants 3 times a day and can't stand or sit for along time without causing mucho pain.

AND ALSO, to this date the workers comp company AIG, has not helped me AT ALL! The insurance company for Sonic has sent a denial letter denying that they have any responsibility and has not helped me one bit. And even Cigna, my health insurance company has said the heck with you until your myelogram and can show you have nerve damage!

Rikki got a job, which was great, worked for 2 weeks and got layed off for 2 months! Everything is working against us and nothing is working out for us.

My sister Stacy and her husband have been a tremendous help. Without them
we would have gone hungry, lost our only vehicle and more. They have been our angels but even with their help we have fallen behind in many areas, and they can only help so much.

The county I live in has placed a lien on our property because we can not pay our property taxes and in 8 weeks will move to foreclose and auction off our property. My car payment is due on the 15th and I can not find a way to pay it. My electric bill is past due and my electricity will be cut off on the 16th. I feel like I am sinking and I am so depressed it is trying consume me. Everyday is a new challenge to make sure we have food, that we have gas for me to get to my appointments for physical therapy, which is 30 miles away, and fielding calls from bill collectors because I can't pay my bills!!