chibi_trillian

Hey guys. Srs bsns for a few seconds here.

I hate doing this, because I've seen fandom burned by "charities" before and begz0ring is kind of lame anyway, but I've got a favor to ask of you all.

My good buddy blodhemn, as some of you may recall, spent three weeks of quality time in the hospital last month. He's been diagnosed with, to quote his oncologist, "an exceptionally aggressive form of Hodgkin's lymphoma." The good news is that it was caught relatively early and he's responding remarkably well to chemotherapy.

The bad news is that he's uninsured and, thanks to his immune system tanking, narcotics impairing his ability to drive, and nerve damage in his left shoulder from a surgical biopsy, currently out of a job. He's a prudent guy and had a couple grand in savings, but between bills and prescriptions that's pretty much gone. He's applying for temporary disability, but as anyone who's done it knows, that takes time.

His medical bills are way too big for anybody who's not independently wealthy to make a dent in ($30K and counting, last time he opened his mail), but if people have ten bucks to spare so a very sick complete stranger can afford groceries, it'd be appreciated. His PayPal's bio_virus (at) hotmail (dot) com. If you wanted to send him a buck or two or even just a get-well card via snail-mail, poke me and I'll give you his address.

Hell, I'll even do the retarded publicity stunt thing and dye my hair whatever color you guys want if you sling him $100. Shouldn't be hard--ten people donate ten bucks and I'll embarrass myself publically.

Please?

Behold, I actually do know this guy and he actually does have cancer. He's a twenty-six-year-old metalhead with a passion for H.P. Lovecraft and Terry Pratchett.



This was taken on Sunday. He hates me for approximately eternity (give or take a few eons) for taking this picture, hence the "JEEZUS WOMAN I NEED PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THIS STAGE IN MY LIFE LIKE I NEED ANOTHER HOLE IN MY SHOULDER" expression.

Reposted because I continue to abjectly fail at LJ.