Thread by @FamilialGenes

My 1st cancer mutation erupted 2017, a 2nd eruption mid pandemic 2020. Every aspect of my personal life, health, my home, savings, possessions and income went into The C

The stats predict 1 in 2 people will get #cancer, my local #Tory MP & NHS know I’ve been homeless for 2 years

Not once have they offered me £350 with my housing costs, covid financially ruined my chances of housing myself and why I’m living in a motorhome fighting two genetic cancers and wrestling with three different councils and the nhs for help and support, they all know

That since 2017 my mental health has been battered by cancer and its after effects, I was self employed at the time and living my best life, worked hard and contributed to the government since 1985. Covid finished my finances off after paying for scans, a victim of business fraud

And the cost of having cancer has rendered me living in a motorhome full time, ive just done my 4th winter and this is my 5th spring, thankfully just in time its getting warmer as LPG 47kg bottles have tripled in price, my ESA and PIP hasn’t, I don’t get housing benefit for a

A motorhome and I cant get housed as im not classed as a priority by the three local councils housing departments despite living in Yorkshire for 52 years and being self employed at the time of getting cancer and covid happened my own company which I had founded myself in 2012

Didn’t qualify for any government grants because I hadn’t done a tax return in the last three years in 2020 to qualify as id be off sick due to cancer. In 2019 my father committed suicide and my mental health tanked to the floor and I was diagnosed with Complex PTSD and Bipolar

The latter gene can surface if your brain and heart is pounded with constant relentless trauma after trauma from birth to age 46 and then cancer hits, your family falls to bits, brings on the former complex ptsd, thats me living proof that having pathogenic genes can be just as

Damaging to your health and circumstances which are contumely over looked and swept under the carpet. Today decided to speak out about the reality of what can go wrong when those who you put your trust in let you down royally and no longer will i stay silent or be embarrassed.🙏

@threadreaderapp please un roll thank you 🙏