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stewert

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Sat Mar 1, 2014, 12:54 AM Mar 2014

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My name is Steve, I am 54 years old and disabled with a bad back, diabetes, and other medical problems. I have been a member here since 2001, and I own and run oreilly-sucks.com.

My Father recently passed away in May of last year. I was living with my 89 year old Father who had alzheimers and Dementia, I took care of him and paid the bills with his social security and pension money. Now he is gone and I am all alone in his house with $700.00 a month in bills.

I am still trying to get over his death and a day rarely goes by that I do not cry thinking about him because I miss him so much. I lived with him since 1995, and I was in control of his entire life for the last 2 years, he was not just my Father he was my best friend too. We got about as close as a Father and son could get and I am still depressed from him being gone.

I am on food stamps and I get my medical care from the OSF community clinic, the state pays for it with a medical card that went into effect on 1-1-14, and they pay for my 5 prescriptions with a $2.00 co-pay for each one.

I got a law firm called myler disability to file an SSI claim for me in December of 2012, it was denied and we filed an appeal, the appeal was denied in December and we filed the next appeal for the ALJ hearing with a judge, where most appeals are won. But they tell me I can not get the hearing until December of 2014.

I do not have much of an income, I make $100 to $200 a month selling ad space on my website, but some months I do not make anything. So I need to raise some money to help me pay my bills until I get my SSI ALJ appeal hearing in December.

If anyone can help me and make a donation I would appreciate it very much. If I do not raise some money from donations by the 15th of this month, I will not be able to pay my bills for March or April. I have a $300 truck insurance bill due on April 1st, so I need to raise about $1,000 just to make it to April.

So please donate if you can, I have a paypal donation page on the website:

http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/donate.htm

And my paypal e-mail is: oreillyspins@yahoo.com

Thank you,

Steve

P.S. If you can not make a donation, please keep this kicked up so everyone can see it for a day or two.

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