www.helpholly.com

Hello. I'm doing something I usually don't do. Asking for some help.

But not for me.

If I've done you a good turn in the past...and you've always wanted to repay me...or something schmaltzy like that...I ask you to take a look at my friend Holly's web donation site.

www.helpholly.com

I've known Holly the entire length of her illness...and it's 100% real. Unexplained growth of odd legions on in the area between her lung and the "lining" of the lung...that cause her sharp pain. Imagine going for the last six years with the constant feeling of a near-broken rib.

Yeah. I don't really want to imagine it either.

She's managed to stump the folks at the Mayo Clinic...and after losing her job...is getting ready to lose her health insurance because she took a "part-time" job not realizing the State of Illinois would recalculate her benefits.

The nerve block injections are similar to the ones they've done on my back...meaning they cost around $1500 each. On a part-time salary...she can barely afford food, rent...and her COBRA premium. Plus...she has fibromylagia...gets migraines...and one of the medications she was put on for her fibro caused a weight regain that I can completely sympathize with after my couple of years on Effexor. And let me tell you...it's always fun being a chubby girl with health problems. Cause I get the "fatty" looks every time I go to the doctor too. *sigh* Like losing weight will MAGICALLY make my not need antidepressants...and will make my spine shiny and new.

I digress.

She has some help from her family...but there's only so much money a cash-strapped Iowa family can send to a daughter with a severe illness.

So...if you could...either donate...or pass along her story by linking to her website in your blog...etc. Or...I know she could use some help with her website. Or with job leads if you're in the Chicago area and looking to hire an Office Manager.

If any of my friends from outside the USA want to know what it's like to NOT have socialized medicine...her story is a good place to start.