I need money for both. And both existing bills and whatever the New York trip will cost in medical bills additionally.
And obviously death is worse, but I’d hate to think people only came to my funeral to piss on my grave. 😆
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grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What’s worse: Having your friends MAYBE “think less” of you for asking for money to fund your medical needs (and if they do think less, they weren’t your friends anyway)…or death? Because this sounds like life or death, dude. A Go-Fund Me isn’t asking 1 person to foot the bill for a large amount, it’s asking many people to give a small amount. My cousin did a Go-Fund Me when she had brain cancer and sent it to everyone she knew, and we all donated.
Do you need the money fir actual medical bills, the ticket to NY, or both? I guess an alternative is taking out a medical bill loan (a quick Google search says they exist), but I don’t know much about them. You said you have good credit, so you should be able to get one. Just because you have debt doesn’t mean they won’t give you the loan.
I’m sorry you’re going through this, and that our American health care system is such shit.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just do the Go-Fund Me. If you lose friends over it, those bastards shouldn’t be in your life anyway.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I can see you haven’t done this so it’s not “maybe my friends will think less” it’s"maybe my friends will find out the severity of my disease and abandon me completely because only one or two of them were actually friends" ask me how I know
grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t assume you know anything about me.
OP doesn’t owe their friends any medical information, even when asking for money for medical bills.