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I know that I should have been on here months ago asking for help. I let pride get in the way. I didn’t want to admit to people that my life is a mess and I’m not doing well. I have worked hard my entire life, paid taxes, gave to charities, volunteered and tried to be the best person I could be. But now I desperately need help.

Several months ago I ruptured several discs in my lower back placing me in horrendous pain and barely able to walk. I am due for back surgery in about 3 weeks. By significant other has a full time job at Kohl’s, but supporting 2 people on his paycheck is, well next to impossible.

For the last several months we have been staying with a friend who was kind enough to be flexible with the rent due date, let us help around the house and the sorts. However, she is no longer able to help us. We are currently renting out a room over a bar till be can figure out how to save enough money just to get a studio apartment, which we know we can afford.
But when you’re living paycheck to paycheck, there just isn’t room to save up for first month’s rent and a matching security deposit.

Additionally, we don’t have enough money sometimes to eat or the get the medications I need. Like I said I worked hard my whole life until one day my health problems got so bad that I had no choice but to quit working & apply for disability. Since that day my health has continued to get worse, I depend on my cane to help me walk. I went from working hard everyday, getting paid around $18/hr, being able to buy anything my family & I needed & being a respectable member of society, then one day you wake up & your whole world is turned upside down. I’m forced to live way below poverty level now & worrying if you'll be able to even feed my family & still be able to have a decent life especially knowing that your deteriorating health prevents any chance of having a job. In addition to all the worries above, I also worry that I won't be able to pay for my prescriptions every month and that I won't be able to afford to see my doctor or another specialist when I need to. I have applied for Social Security Disability, but that is a long and slow process it seems.

I can't express the despair & hopelessness I feel everyday. Especially on days like today when I have $1.97 cents in my checking account and $5 in my savings account, so I don't know what we're going to do. It's sad when you have to think of reasons to stay on this earth. My health & excruciating pain prevents me from even working an easy part-time job & I can’t even tie my own shoelaces. It's humiliating to not be able to take care of yourself & especially when you're in your mid-thirties. Since I can't work to earn a decent wage & support my family, I've had to sell off things I own, to pay for bills, groceries, medications, taxes, etc., so many doctors/specialists I need to see tha