Hello Legalfemme,

Sorry to hear of your overall situation; trying to recover and floundering financially.

There should be a social worker there at the hospital that you may be able to find some resources to help.

There also may be a support group attended by social workers.

I was only able to attend just the one and only cancer support group my brother was able to go to before he died of small cell lung cancer.

The social worker there had some good information and was resourceful in helping connect needs with solutions.

My brother never lived long enough to collect any of the social security he paid into his whole life; despite being terminal, you have to wait 6 months.

Perhaps a social security attorney? Get the ball rolling on that

We did set up a Go Fund me for he and his wife; I think that brought in about $15,000 from family and friends and a few strangers.

Pride can be a mean thing, of all the other stuff you can’t physically swallow, maybe consider letting go of some of your reluctance to let others help.


American Cancer Society may have some resources and ideas too.


Helping others is part of being human, and you said you’ve always been on the giving end, time to be open to receive a bit perhaps?

I hope you find some good solutions,
peace, pain relief, rest and healing.

Congratulations on the two times beating the cancer back.

There is a seperate forum for finances; you could browse through that for more ideas.