Dear friends,
- During the pandemic, while working as an essential worker I suffered an adverse reaction to the COVID vaccine that damaged my kidneys, my autonomic nervous system and destroyed my life over night. I developed an autoimmune kidney disease (FSGS) and dysautonomia. I am now in the final stage of kidney disease. Even though I’m on the kidney transplant list, I will die before I receive kidney.
- As someone who has always lived paycheck to paycheck, I wasn’t prepared for the severe financial devastation my health crisis would cause. Without a support system, no financial compensation for vaccine injury victims, and unable to qualify for disability, I have relied on solely my ongoing crowdfunding campaign as a critical lifeline to survive this crisis which has been a never ending nightmare that has dragged on the last several years. I am so fortunate that I’ve had the support of friends, the community and incredibly kind strangers to help me survive my health crisis & shield me from as much harm as possible. I decided it was best to refocus my Spotfund specifically to raise funds for safe, permanent, and stable housing.
- Even though I’ve been battling this health crisis for five years, I have been fighting a terminal illness without stable housing for three years, and now I’m homeless. I want to spend my remaining chapter safe, secure, and free from harm. Renting my own apartment is the only way I can reliably protect my immune system, preserve access to care, and finally live without fear of further harm. Safe housing is a medical necessity I have been going without for the majority of my health crisis. My hope is with your support I can secure safe, stable, disability accessible and immunocompromised safe housing close to the hospital.
- Renting my own apartment is both a medical necessity and a desperately needed to because I am currently homeless.
- As a severely immunocompromised person in end stage kidney disease and on the kidney transplant list, safe housing is not simply about having a roof overhead. It means clean air, sanitary spaces, and living in an immunocompromised safe, disability accessible environment. Every shared space increases my risk of infection. Living in close quarters with others has repeatedly led to prolonged infections. I can’t live with roommates where other people’s choices determine whether I stay stable or end up hospitalized.
- Living as close as possible to the hospital removes physical and financial barriers to medical care. Since my kidney function is critically low, far distance from the hospital is not an inconvenience. It is a risk.
- Housing in the city is required for geographic eligibility for the medical and social support programs I depend on as a terminally ill, disabled, immunocompromised individual without an income or support system. A physical address is also needed to apply for disability benefits. Without a qualifying address, I lose access to critical resources.
- Living in the city reduces the financial toll of what is often called the “disability tax.” Transportation, food access, medical coordination, and basic survival already cost significantly more when you are disabled. Living further away in inaccessible areas multiplies those costs.
- After enduring the horrible brutal realities of housing instability that have been catastrophic for my health, the only way I can protect my fragile health from harm and keep safe is living alone.
- Healing isn’t possible without a home. My hope for this phase of my fundraiser is to raise enough funds to rent my own apartment; a an immunocompromised safe, disability accessible home close to my medical providers, and accessible the resources and services I depend on a disabled chronically ill individual to survive; Your support is crucial in helping me achieve these goals. Your generosity will provide the stability I need to spend my final chapter of life safe and free from harm. Every donation, no matter the size, will help me take another step towards ending this nightmare of simultaneously battling housing instability and a health crisis. My heartfelt thanks for your compassion and unwavering support throughout my health crisis.
Much love and gratitude, Chenoa
You can read my health story here: https://react19.org/testimonials/injury-stories/vaccine-injury-of-chenoa-elizabeth?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleAQQy5hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAadAa-_VkLVzhQRgml0v8HWCU5WAIBAOxB0lc4Qm0DCA8bbTMgBT8qtchcxNnw_aem_fov-Y56gXFWfkV2lVDgi-g
You can read more about my diagnosis and the unique barriers the vaccine injured face :
https://linktr.ee/chenoaelizabeth
