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Hello, I am a single mother who went
15 months without work. While I was on Interferon for
my Chronic Active Hepatitis C my company had a major
lay off. I had just moved 2 weeks prior.
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I was suppose to be able to work
from home part of the time. After I finished my
Interferon treatments (chemotherapy) I began to look
for work. NOBODY would look at me. I was too
experienced. There are no jobs that pay what I use to
make where I live now and no one will look at me for
lower paying jobs. I was unemployed for 15
months.
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I was so proud of myself before this
time because I had no debt & I was successfully
raising my 2 sons by myself. That all changed. I had
to use credit cards to survive to buy food and pay
whatever bills would take them. I finally got a job in
October but it only pays half of what I use to
make.
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I can almost make it every month if
I did not have my new bills from the period I was
layed off. The payments are killing me & I can not
catch up. I think about getting a second job all the
time but, the reality is that my body can not handle
that because of the Chronic Active Hepatitis C. I
barely manage 1 job and taking care of a
household.
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Fatigue is a major factor with
Hepatitis C. ( Hepatitis C was the only thing my
"ex" ever gave me while we were married
unfortunately) I don't consider myself unlucky for
this. It makes you take a look at the people who have
much worse health conditions and realize how licky you
are. I just fear the fact that I am 50% more likely to
get liver cancer & I would love to live long
enough to spoil a few Grandkids some day.
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I have a Bachelor's degree in
History which does me no good wihout a teaching
credential and the work I did since 1993 is in a slow
down. I would love to be able to go back to school to
earn a credential to be a high school counselor.
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It would only take about 20 months
but there are no state schools close by. I would have
to take online classes which cost more money that I do
not have. Online classes are a blessing for me though
because I would not be able to stay awake in a regular
classroom setting. ( You sit me down with nothing to
do & I fall asleep - it's the Hepatitis C). If any
one would be so kind to help out I can only hope that
I can return the favor for someone in the
future.
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When my health was better I did help
my church & my children's school raise $99,000
over three years. When I had success with my job I did
make small donations whenever possible.
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I just want to be able to pay off my
debt & and earn the counseling credential with
hopes that I may never be in this position again.
There will always be counseling jobs so it is a much
safer career. Thank You so much for your help!
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