Disabled Homeless Man Seeking Government Disability Grant For Housing
by Rickey Drake
(Vancouver, WA, USA)
I had my own home since 1978. Then in 1999, I got sick with cancer after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Northwest Cancer Specialists in vancouver.
It was still growing, and the doctor gave me a 10% chance of beating the cancer. I talked with the doctor on how I see in the chemo lounge there people living with cancer until they finally die.
I asked him if there was anything else that i could try. Stem cell transplant was very new. I would have to pass a test to see if I was a candidate.
I am a shell of the strong my I once was, but now cancer free. I had to move out of my hone of 24 years, because I had refinanced four times over the four years fighting cancer.
Crying my eyes out, I was homeless for two years with my son for the first time in my life, choosing not to go on welfare.
My friend said I should see about disability. Then after a another biopsy, I was diagnosed with a rare disease called Castleman's. They gave no disability without a lawyer.
I long for and my heart still wants my own home. I'm looking for a down payment that could help me get back into a home. If there's a government disability grant for housing for the disabled, I would very much appreciate it.
