Hi!
Eight years ago our world fell apart when my son, my only child commited suicide. Within 2 months my husband, a stone mason, suffered a heart attack. While hospitalized, he was diagnosed with kidney disease, diabetes, and work-related lung disease. He was put on several medications and returned to work. The kidney function and his general health failed so quickly he was placed on permanent disability 18 months later. Although he wanted to continue working, it was impossible. He had to have a triple heart bypass, and that knocked out his kidneys completely. He was on kidney dialysis for over a year. Thankfully, a relative donated a kidney and he received a transplant 4 years ago. Of course, he no longer had work health insurance. He paid for COBRA for a year, but even that is no longer available. He is now on Medicare, but that doesn't pay for much. His medicine, which includes his rejection drugs, runs about $1200 a month. Medicare pays about $300 of this. He is ineligible for state aid because the state says he has too much money coming in from disability. They don't look at what is going out every month to pay for medicine, doctor visits, and past hospital bills. We have even had a doctor ask why he even had the kidney transplant if we were going to have trouble paying for the necessary rejection drugs. I helped as much as I could, working 2 jobs, until I also became disabled last year. Because of his diabetes, he has lost most of his teeth in the past 2 years. He is unable to eat most foods because of this, and certainly unable to enjoy what he does manage to eat. He is desperately in need of a dentist who can make him a set of dentures. We need one who is willing to take small monthly payments. We are in the Chicago area. I was hopeful, that after his transplant, things would get better. We are thankful for all our blessings, including the successful transplant , which we thank God for every day, but it is hard for me to see him suffer with his teeth, and be unable to help. He has gone through so much in the past 8 years, I'd like to see him at least be able to eat normally again. Please help if you are able. God bless you for reading this!
