Our swampyankee has had a brutal time these last few years.
She recently lost her husband (a veteran) after a long illness. She was his caregiver.
She has heart disease and is on SSDI -- very limited income.
She is sick, she is tired, she has a heavy sadness of heart after all she has been through, and she is having a hard time getting the social services she needs.
And she is seriously hard up for funds.
See her comment in the pootie diary today:
I need help.I don't know where else to turn, except here-I could'nt bring myself to write a kos-wide
'I need help diary'-pride maybe-but I need help.Things have not been good money wise especially since Lou went-
I spent 45 minutes on hold w/our local social services and finally hung up and cried in pure frustration.
Not a thing I do,normally.
I have Cardiovascular disease,I am on SSDI,I have spent since April in and out of the hospital w/angina and roto-roter jobs and more drugs tossed at me.Last straw was finding out-well the damn head ache I've had for the last month was caused by one of the meds the old cardiologist gave me.he's been fired.
Got behind on my bills,paid up everything,and I am stony broke.Overdrawn 216$ at my bank,nothing in til the last weds of the month-& that is only 200$-survivors benefits.
I was without hot water for a month,finally had to ask my sister for help-and I cannot do that again.She has her own things to deal with.
I am going to lose my home-I am reconciled to that.I kept the vultures from the door,and my husband died under his own roof.That was good enough.
But I find myself needing to ask for help.Embarassing and shameful.
I am sorry.this should only be a happy place
That can't have been easy for swampyankee to write. She is a strong person -- she has worked hard all her life, was strong for her husband, and has been handling her own illness now. But even the strongest person, when pummeled with so much grief and illness for so long, needs kindness, needs her community, needs to feel some respite! Swampyankee is so tired and she hurts.
Let's help her.
These are some things we can do to help.
First, if you can donate money to help cushion swampyankee for now, here is a PayPal link. Or message me or swampyankee for a snail mail address if you prefer to help by check.
Second, the lady needs some help getting the help she needs! If you are anywhere near Waterbury, CT, swampyankee could use some moral support in her effort to get through to social services -- maybe someone to hold her hand and buck her up as she wends her way through the red tape? Or if you know of some places she could turn to for help in that area, please let her know!
Third, kind thoughts are always helpful. Just tell her you care. It will help more than you know.
PAYPAL LINK TO HELP SWAMPYANKEE - THANK YOU!