About this fundraiser

Hi, My name is Kris. I'm hoping a few kind folks will be willing to help me out. I'm 47. About 17 years ago I just, out of nowhere, started feeling bad. Constant aches, pains, and lack of energy. Up to this point, I was fine and would often hike miles in the back country to find a new fishing hole. At first, I just pushed on and kept working. Within months, just standing and walking around for a few hours, and it felt as if my knee/shin bones were just going to snap. It continued to get worse until I couldn't work enough hours to pay bills. I had seen several doctors, and none could tell me what was wrong. Ended up having to move. I then worked odd jobs that had flexible hours, to support myself. After a while, even those became too much. I just continued to feel worse and worse. By this time, the exhaustion and constant pains had begun to get completely overwhelming. With the pandemic making remote jobs more normal, I was able to work a couple of those jobs. Unfortunately, with the exhaustion, comes a brain fog where It's hard to think fast and not get confused. The remote jobs had me taking a lot of calls back to back and would get to the point where I just had to stop and take a break to clear my head. Too many of those, too often, and the company lets you go. Between this, I had seen more doctors and had an MRI of my neck, as my neck had started to hurt and more and more over the last 9 years or so. The MRI shows degenerated disk and some other issues with my C3, C4, and C5. vertebrae in my neck. That explains some of the issues but not all. I am on some medications to assist with the pain, but they only do so much, and nothing for the exhaustion. I had saved as much money as I could with the last couple of jobs, and am looking for a new job. Unfortunately, I have gone through all of my savings and things are piling up. Any funds that I receive will be used to take care of bills and keep me going while I figure something out. Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you ! 

Organized by

Kristopher Croft

Smithfield, ME, USA

Organizer