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Hello! PLEASE READ MY STORY!
I have Lupus & suffer from severe arthritis. I never married, and never had kids. I receive poverty-level income and cannot afford a ramp for my front porch. I am not going to ask you to buy one for me. But you might know of a resource out there that might be able to help low-income disabled people like me. I not only have Lupus, but several other medical problems. I really need a motorized scooter too. But a ramp would be helpful so I won't fall as much going up/down the stairs to my porch to my little mobile home. Please let me know who might be able to help me. I am alone, have no savings, and am scared. I need someone to care. I am only 40. I live such a limited life for my age. I love animals. I care about people. I care about the Earth. I can do more to help if I can feel better and be more secure. Any info is appreciated. Will provide documentation of my situation. I really need someone in this world to care. I used to live with my parents, but they have both passed away from terminal illnesses. I have since been diagnosed with Lupus. I live in a 550 square foot trailor in Oklahoma City. It's all I can afford on Social Security Disability. It's poverty-level income. I wish I could do some legit work at home but I only know how to type with one finger. I am mildly autistic, but intelligent. I am bi-polar, have social anxiety disorder, Lupus, have severe edema, lower leg extremity incompetent valves, nerve damage, tic, disorder, mild OCD. sleep apnea, allergies & asthma, severe arthritis, IBS, and am on about 10 different prescription meds a day. I would like my mission to be to better the Earth and make the world a better place. I do so in little ways already, but unless my situation is better, I am limited as to reaching my true potential in life. I enjoy helping others and making others happy. THANK YOU SO MUCH! OKTuffyrascal@aol.com

Check out your local housing authorities and community action programs. I did a little online research and found this link:
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Thank you so much! I will check them out right away!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU! Kathy

With "Rebuilding Together", one must be 55 or over-I have a long way to go to reach 55 unfortunately. I will call Community Action on Monday. They have already done weatherization on my trailor several months ago. I don't know if they provide ramps, but I will ask! Thanks.
Kathy

Try calling 211. This is a national initiative driven by United Way agencies. The idea is that you call and are connected to a call center. These people are trained to help you find resources in your community. Just tell them your problem and they can find the solution. I checked online and it should be available in your area.

Sorry to hear about the age requirement for Rebuilding Together. We don't have the same rules here.

I checked Community Action's website, and they actually list building ramps, so hopefully they can help you out.

Trish

Thanks! I really appreciate it! I feel hopeful!

Keep me updated! I want to make sure everything came out happily!

try the department of assistive and rehabilition services D.A.R.S in your area. They will build you a porch, ramps widen doors, put up handles in bath and shower to hold and stedy yourself. They will come out and assess your home and see what is needed. If you are wanting to work, They will train you and offer a lot more things. like new chair, computer, ect. But they will do the things to your home if you are not wanting to work are not able. Hope this helps. Hugs Luene

Thank you for the information-I have been still working on finding help on the ramp issue! Thanks so much-

One thing I do in my spare time is enter sweepstakes online in hopes to win a big prize to help me with my financial sutuation. I have discovered that there were sweepstakes & contests online one year ago. Since I am limited to what I can do and I am in a financial bind I figure when I have extra spare time at home, I can enter free sweepstakes (they do NOT cost anything!) and maybe have a chance of winning something. I can't depend on that of course because thousands and maybe millions of other people are entering the very same sweepstakes. But I figure my chance is as good as anyone else's! It's fun, but is also tiring when you enter over & over as I do. I keep hoping to win something big. A person has no chance of winning if they don't enter at all. So far I won very small prizes such as a magazine subscription, a book, a small gift card, and lip balms. But I need to win a car I could sell or a big cash prize! lol! But it is a fun thought that I could maybe win something big one day, though one definitely should NOT count on it! I hope & pray my health does not get worse. I am too young and need to be here for whatever good I can do on this Earth. Thank you for reading my story, and I hope everyone has a great day!

Hi everyone!
It's been awhile since I've been on the forums! Just wanted to thank everyone who tried to help me. I wanted to let everyone know that I GOT MY RAMP!!!!!!!!!!! It did not cost me a penny. It took some research and I had to wait a little while, but I did get it, and it has helped me a lot. My Lupus has unfortunately started attacking my kidneys now, and my kidney function is slowing down. So I don't know what my future is going to be in 2009, but I live each day the best I can. I wish everyone the very best and a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuffyrascal

Hi there. I'm so glad to hear that you received a ramp. Can you share with us how you ended up with the ramp, so others in the same situation may be able to do the same? Also, if you are in need of any other items to assist you in your daily living, but cannot afford it, check out freecycle.org. It is a Yahoo news group set up in different places across the country. Plug in your zip code, and you'll see if there is a group near you. This group tries to give things away for free so that someone else may get use out of them and they don't end up in land fills. I've seen many postings for wheelchairs, disabled items, and more. Take a look!

Happy Thanksgiving to you also!

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Hello!
So far my kidney function is not worse. That is a blessing. I am tired a lot though, probably from the other autoimmune disorders. I am still entering sweeps, hoping to win that big one! I don't enter them every day, but as often as I can to increase my chances of winning something big. I figure, if I'm meant to win something, I'll win it. Hope everyone is doing fine! Check out "Chloe Monet" on You Tube for family videos! Thank you!

Hi, I am a Christian disabled woman who has a very hard time finding work because of my disabilities. I don't receive enough money from disability to meet my minimal monthly expenses. I have Lupus, Chron's, arthritis, bi-polar disorder, social anxiety disorder, chronic venous insufficiency, IBS, asthma & allergies, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, kidney function trouble, scoliosis, and other physical problems beside, and am on about 10 prescription medications a day. I have been having to do without some of my medications because I do not have the money for them. I cannot afford the $10.00 co-pay for counseling, so I have been having to do without counseling. I live in a very small trailor, am a homebody, and live a very simple life. I pray a lot. I don't ask for much, but bills have to be paid. I've been going to the food pantry to get food to help me out, and I received some pet food from caring strangers this week. It is not easy to have to beg for help. I wish I was healthy and didn't have all these medical problems and wouldn't have to ask for help. I am desperate because I really need some caring soul out there who has compassion and empathy to help me. My Lupus and medical problems will not go away. I have no family. I feel helpless right now. I have no savings, live in this 550 sq.ft. trailor, and live with my medical problems every day. I keep praying to God to please bless me with a miracle. If any one wants to help me, I will be very grateful. I know that when someone does something good, it comes back to them. I hope someday I am in a position where I can help someone in need. I hope & pray that I am blessed soon financially. I can show proof to anyone who needs it that I have these conditions and am disabled. Please be my angel and help me. I need some caring, loving soul to help me. Thank you. My story is posted on "Wish Upon A Hero" web site. My user name is Tuffyrascal.
You can find me there and see my picture and profile. Please care and help me! Thank you!
Wish Upon A Hero
Tuffyrascal

Thank you

I have a ramp now!

Katheleen Cannella