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My 48yr old friend has cancer, bad heart, and type 2 diabetes, how can she get help? |
My friend is 48 years old. She had a partial masectomy (both sides) several years ago, but they didn't remove them completely. About 4 years ago she had to have a quadruple bypass and now has a pacemaker to go with that. She was on the heart transplant list until about 6 months ago when the cancer came back. It is now in her lymph glands and may have recently come up on her spinal cord (the results are pending). The doctors couldn't do radical surgery because of the weak heart, or radiation because of the pacemaker, so the only thing they could do is chemo. Did I mention that along with this she also has type 2 diabetes? She's losing her house and has moved in with her mother, who only makes enough Soc Sec, to barely buy food. My friend is losing her house, and may lose her only source of transportation if she can't get disability. I've seen all these promotions for diabetes, wmn's breast cancer and wmn's heart health. How does a person get these people to help someone? help The fastest way for your friend to get help is probably going to be locally. It would be a great help for a friend like you to help her make the dozens of phone calls that need to be made. In most cases she is going to have to appear in person to fill out all the form and provide evidence of need. Every state is different, but I would advise to apply for Emergency Medicaid. In some states this can take as little as 2 weeks, and in others it can take months. http://www.benefitscheckup.org can help to get her started to find out what government programs are in her area. I would not waste a lot of time contracting the American Heart Association or other charity of this kind as you will find out that they do no benefit anyone directly. The funds they collect normally sponsor education programs, grants, and perpetuating their own existence. (no offense to any other answers) Call them and if they can even refer you to someone else it would be a success. Many churches will help people who are not even members, but it can take a lot of calling around. In my experience the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) will help the most, even if neither you or she is a member.(I am not a member either) Catholic Family Services is another charity that has helped some people in some states. There is less charity available in states with high transient levels. The Southern states can be void of almost any charity in my experience. Again no offense meant to anyone, but we are talking about human life here. It might be necessary for her to relocate to another state if this is at all possible. States who have consistently rated best in social services are Alaska, Montana, Maine, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Maryland. She should also apply for any disability benefits that she might have worked for as well as the federal disability programs that are based on need. Some of these government are based on income and assets though, "needs based programs". Federal programs can provide long term assistance to those in need, but they can take the longest to receive, as little as 6 months and as long as 5 years. There is a Yahoo Group called ssadisability that might be able to help more with the federal programs. I wish you the best. Source(s): sorry if the spell checker is not currently working Your friend needs to call her family physician or any of her specialists and get a number to contact the American Cancer Society or the names and numbers of supports groups for womens health and diabetes also research the internet for these also and Social Services may be able to help with things like housing assistance, Medicaid and food stamps......Hope something here is helpful Phone the hospital and ask to speak to someone on the subject. |
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