Farker dj4aces has type 1 diabetes. He is suffering from diabetic retinopathy, which are burst blood vessels in his eyes.
His left eye has been blind since early February, but now he has also gone blind in his right eye.
He needs any and all help farkers can provide. Since he is blind he cannot work and as his work
has provided no insurance, he has difficulty even paying current bills.

An outpatient procedure is available that will cost around $5000.
The sooner he can pay for the procedure, the more chance he has of saving his sight.

His next doctors appointment is June 4th.


We have a paypal account set up for donations. Even if you can only throw in a few bucks, please do it.

Paypal address: sa­vealans­i­g­ht­o­o­hay­c­o­m

see if you can get him signed up for clinical trials, start here link

MissFeasance: Tried to toss a bit in, got a message that the recipient isn't registered?

I can check on that. It has proven a tough set up, with him being newly blind and all.

MissFeasance: bdub77: That email worked for me.

Did for me on my second time around, I must have typoed something. Also +1 for the thread.

Cool.

He is an amazingly nice guy, I met in way back in Atlanta in 2006.

There is a good chance your better half did as well, although the copious moonshine might have erased that night from his mind.

You're a good man, bunny.

unremarkable asterisk: i've never seen this person post
apparently, he'll never see me post either

I know this guy. He's good people.

joeycolby: You're a good man, bunny.

He is an awesome guy. We can literally save him from going blind.

how long will you be accepting donations for? end of the month will be the best time for me to toss in a couple bucks once I see what all my moving expenses are

YouWinAgainGravity: how long will you be accepting donations for? end of the month will be the best time for me to toss in a couple bucks once I see what all my moving expenses are

You do what you can when you can. It will be open and working.

Thank you.

mr_bunny: There is a good chance your better lesser half did as well, although the copious moonshine might have erased that night from his mind.

FTF you, feasy, and the lesser half.

/I'll give when I get home, paypal is blocked by work now, apparently. Stupidity knows no bounds here.

Sensei: skybreaker: You usually don't have to pay for medical proceedures up front........

Yeah, what's the deal with this? I can't imagine someone wouldn't have jumped on this already if he's losing his SIGHT, for Pete's sake.

Doctor office visits are usually paid up front and if he doesn't have insurance, that would be a barrier to getting to the procedure.

skybreaker: joeycolby: Sensei: skybreaker: You usually don't have to pay for medical proceedures up front........

Yeah, what's the deal with this? I can't imagine someone wouldn't have jumped on this already if he's losing his SIGHT, for Pete's sake.

Doctor office visits are usually paid up front and if he doesn't have insurance, that would be a barrier to getting to the procedure.

Then you go directly to a hospital. No health ministry will turn you away.

Hospitals also won't typically give you a referral for a procedure unless it's an emergency.

please post another thread at the end of the month if you can. i'm already scatterebrained and with everything going on, i'm liable to forget in 2 weeks.

YouWinAgainGravity: please post another thread at the end of the month if you can. i'm already scatterebrained and with everything going on, i'm liable to forget in 2 weeks.

No problem whatsoever.

MissFeasance: mr_bunny: There is a good chance your better half did as well, although the copious moonshine might have erased that night from his mind.

I asked.... he said "yup, i don't remember anything from atlanta except for moonshine and then the next day"

I was sitting at a table, sipping on a beer and chatting it up with some folks, and he shambles over, slams a half empty mason jar on the table and said, slurringly, "Drink this, bunny!"

"Nope, dude, I am so not gonna slam a bunch of clear whiskey. You enjoy your hangover."

I believe as he wandered away, mumbling something questioning my sexual orientation and associated manhood for not joining him, he indeed drank the whole thing.

I did see him face down in a hallway of the hotel at one point.

/good times

tell him to lose weight.

especially if he's actually normal weight.

/yes i know fat people get diabetes 2 (also)

I've been hearing that more and more for-profit hospitals will not to elective procedures without being paid up front. Does surgery for diabetic retinopathy fall into the "elective procedure" category? Unfortunately it can. Because you can live without your eyesight.

Bleh.