March update 3/9/2024 one last push.

Hello friends. Firstly, thank you all so much for your donations here and elsewhere. Thank you for sharing. Thank you so much.

Here's where I'm at.

I thought I had a solution to pay off the bills in a way I can afford but it fell through and here's what I need.

I need to raise $3,000 more solid dollars. I want to use those funds to pay off my personal loan that I got to diversify my credit and then I can focus the income I use to pay that, to pay the med bills. My remaining medical bills are over 4K and feels like too big of a reach.

We do still have to move. I am hoping part of that cost will be defrayed by some relocation funding I applied for due to our apartment building not wanting to do low income housing anymore. I am likely not going to be able to have a real start over situation but that's ok. If I raise funds above another 3K they will go to the med bills or new things for a new home.

That's it my friends. My birthday is coming up 3/16 and for my birthday in lieu of gifts or anything, I need donations and shares.

Thank you so much.

Shannon

Update 2/16/2024

Hello everyone. First thank you all for the shares and donations here and elsewhere it has made a huge huge difference. Since the last update I have some not great news:

• We have to move this year. Gentrification is doing what it does. That is a huge expense I didn't plan for needing to address until the end of 2025. My calculations were wrong this time.
• My negotiation for my medical bills has ended and I got them down as much as they are willing to go. I can't afford to pay it biweekly, weekly or monthly. 

I've added more shops, more places for folks to buy literary stuff from me. I've done a bit of advertising for my patreon as I can afford it. I'm trying to bring in more income. I also need to figure out how to be able to work enough PT hours to pay these bills but not so many it makes me make too much to keep my current housing.

Or I need to redo this fundraiser to reflect how much I actually need because honestly y'all it is way more than a total of 6k. Currently I will say that if I can finish the last 2k of this fundraiser that will take care of about a quarter of what I need and that would also be helpful.

As things stand right now I'll leave the goal at 6K and leave it open until the wheels fall off.

Thanks again so much everyone.

Update 1/2/2024

Hello. I've not updated in a while. First, thank you so much for each donation and every share. I've struggled with getting this seen and every person who's shared has helped  immensely.

A bit of news briefly.

Not so great news. Real talk. In all actuality I need more than I've put as the top of the fundraiser. When this comes out you'll see I've increased the goal a bit. Due to some financial surprises I'm not in as good a position as I was hoping to be at the new year and the last three months of me building my side hustles hasn't gone great. 

Below is how I've re-evaluated my current needs and what will be best for me going forward.

Updated itemized goals-

350 transportation

150 meds/vits/protein

750 cc debt

All monies raised over those amounts will go towards my remaining medical debt. 

Good news:

Between this fundraiser, some hustling and a bit of random editing work I've been able to pay almost 3K of my medical bills as well as I was able to end the year fully caught up on bills I was behind on. Naturally I'm already behind again but, so it goes.

I will be raising the goal to 6k. As usual if you can't donate please share. No need to tag me or my stuff.

thank you again. Eternally.

Updates 9/22/2023

First wow thank you so much everyone for your help. I have cried a lot of ugly tears in gratitude. I've been in deep panic mode for a couple of months as my health has been up and down. Some updates.

So far I was able to get current on my regular bills and pay the late fees from when I was incapacitated. I was also able to restock on some household stuff (YAY BUM WIPES!) and then I got sick again. Rather I am sick again. I do still mask and take serious precautions but other people don't and I got coughed on. 

I've decided to up the goal as I've missed more income and the medical bills don't stop coming. 

Thank you everyone again from the bottom of my heart for your help and everything. 

Hi there I'm Shannon.

A couple of weeks ago I suffered an acute gallbladder attack that led to emergency surgery and more than a week of missed work. We have been able to pay most of our regular bills but I can't take any further time off to heal and it is not going well for me.

I'm in the process of waiting to hear if my surgeon will sign my leave form so I can take a week or so off of work without the stress of not knowing if we'll be able to eat or pay our bills. Ideally for me this is what it looks like. My goal is to take a full 2 weeks off to rest without stress. Post surgery recovery has been very stressful due to financial worries and the going is rough. For me to be secure in taking the time off I need to raise the funds.

Thank you for reading.

Shannon