Friend became disabled and diving straight into poverty
A friend of mine had a botched spine surgery that went wrong after a severe discal hernia, and now lives with permanent debilitating back pain. She was studying to become a researcher. That's in the gutter now.
Doctors are giving up one after the other and they all say its permanent.
She can't take transports and walking has become very difficult. She requires specific medication, sometimes not covered by the system, and has lost any source of income. She has no family whatsoever that would take her in (they all basically said "that sucks, good luck tho").
So I went around and asked, and all she can ask for is a measly 1300€ a month to survive, that's if her file is accepted. That's a sum that is under the poverty line.
How is she supposed to live ? What the actual fuck ?
EDIT : The post is gaining a lot of traction which is really cool. Thank you for your recommendations. Anyone knows a patient kiné specialised in Ehlers-Danlos ?