I am a 38 yr old single mom of two. A couple years ago, a massage therapist overstretched my leg and tore cartilage, leading me to needing my first hip surgery. I thought everything was fine and then within two months, I started having pain. I went to see the orthopedic doctor that did the surgery. He brushed me off, made snide jokes, refused to take me seriously. For ten months I dealt with this, while begging for an mri. Finally, around Halloween, 2022, he allowed me a scan. The results were astounding and he not only did not have the courage to call me and read the report, but I received no calls from his office for the report results and next steps. I even got hung up on. I went to see another orthopedic and found out my hip was not only not fixable, but I had been walking around on a broken hip socket, deteriorating femur, full of bone spurs and cysts, and what had previously also not been there prior to the first surgery, now severe arthritis. I required a full hip replacement at 38. Due to the damage, I will likely meter be able to run again. I am a former college athlete, a coach, have a daughter that plays the sport I love, and other kids that depended on me to coach. I felt like part of my identity had been stolen from me.
During this time, I also had to live off of a very small amount while recovering out of work for four months. Soon after that, my then boyfriend and I split and I had no choice but to get a house and start a new job due to the abuse of the prior one. Unfortunately, starting with a new house and new job, I was already behind trying to play catch up from living off almost nothing a month for those four months.
Now, almost a year later with the economy getting worse every month, I am still working pretty much seven days a wk, on salary, which means no overtime. I am at a point of no return. I have already tried debt consolidation and cannot afford to file Ch. 13.
I am asking anyone for anything they can donate to help. I can't lose everything. My kids depend on it and I also cannot keep living in this hole, loan to loan with my check and it still not breaking even. My car is falling apart and I can't afford to get it repaired. I wouldn't ask if I wasn't desperate. Please, find it in your heart to help. This doesn't even get me out of my debt but it would give me enough to get out from under some of it, so I can try and start rebuilding and pay back some of the loans so at the very least, they won't be taking all of my income.
I give all I have to others and I am begging for help in return, which I never do. Please. Thank you.
