Hi my name is Lori Wilson-McCarthy. I have been a self-supporting single mom all of my life, just to give you a little bit of my background. And I am once again, in the battle of my life. To my family and friends and friends of family and family of friends. To those that know me, I have spent the last 5 years and I'm continuing to battle my way back in recovery from Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh Eating Disease), where I spent 3 months in both Collingwood Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital. It truly was a condition that should have killed me, but it didn't. But unfortunately, between looking after my dying mom then being struck with this Life-Threatening Disease, my savings, all of it, got absorbed during my illness and my recovery. You would hope that these issues would have been enough, but on to the next chapter of my life. You see, because of my health conditions, I didn’t and still don’t qualify for the type of insurance I sell and working as an independent contractor, in other words, like being self-employed, I do not qualify for EI either. Never thought I would be left in this next position. Now, by the grace of God, I am in for the next battle for my life. I just have had a cancer diagnosis. Endometrial Cancer. I am lucky in that we believe I have caught it early. Hopefully! I am truly going to believe it. But I have been informed that I will need to take some time off. How long, we don’t know. You see, not until my surgery can they even determine what stage of cancer I am facing. I choose to believe, with all my heart that we are going to get all the parts and pieces removed and I will be on my way to remission. But the next while, however long it is, is going to be financially difficult, as I don’t have any type of backup/saving available any longer. I can’t stress how difficult of a decision this has been, to put my hat out to you all, for your support, however that looks. Yes, I still have my pride to contend with, but as a loving family member told me, I have nothing to be embarrassed about. He is right. Being sick is not something to be embarrassed about and needing support isn’t either. Great words, but there is still the guts turning with every word I type, but I don’t know another means to help me through. I have struggled with looking for another solution, but the diagnosis came quickly, the surgery has come quickly and needing to take time off as well. I argued with my doctor that I was going to need to get right back to work and the reasons why. She argued all the reasons why I will need the time off. Maybe it will be a short time, but it might be longer than I hope, depending on the outcome of the tests, after surgery. I may need other treatment afterwards, we don’t know, but that will mean a longer time out of commission. So with my head bowed, I turn to all of you for any help. A few dollars, or a simple share. I appreciated all your kindness and support.
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