and have your story appear on Wishadoo.

It has helped the last two DU'ers who needed help.

The whole situation has been a nightmare all along.

The last time I saw Cindi in person a couple of years ago, she was fit and healthy. She had her beloved service dog Spook with her when she and Kirk came up for HillbillyBob's and my commitment ceremony. (They only live a couple of hours from us.) Right after that, Spook crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Only days after that, in the midst of her grief, she found a lump in one of her breasts.

Since then, it has been surgery, chemo, juggling bills, grinding fatigue, and unending stress. Through it all, WellsFargo has refused to return phone calls, switched contacts on her when they have spoken with her, repeatedly lost paperwork and made her and Kirk start over numerous times... the whole familiar nightmare.

All of her friends are at wits' end trying to help. Pretty-much all I can do is to try and spread the word. Maybe someone who's far wiser than I will say, "I have an idea. Let's try this..."

Anything is worth a shot to give some dignity to a terminally-ill woman and her husband.

We've exchanged a couple of DU PM's and have "friended" on FB. She guided me to WishaDoo where I posted this wish.

I can't thank DU enough. Everyone is pitching in to keep this thread kicked. I hope that eventually someone who can move a mountain will see us "shouting".

Look at the number of FB "likes". People are tweeting. Cindi, Kirk, and I are very, very thankful for everyone's efforts in getting their story out.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

I hope things get better for your friends.

If you can bring it back Monday morning, there are lots more folks paying attention.

the squeaky wheel really gets the grease.

This should NEVER happen in America.

She's a miracle worker. All of my best to you.

I found her PM thanks to your suggestions and sent a note with links.

Right now my eyes are getting a little wet with gratitude for all the kicks.

I sent Cindi a quick email of encouragement. We're trying.

The only other thing I can add is "damn Wells Fargo". They've had scores of opportunities to do the right thing. They've even refused to respond to the media. It just sounds like one big "f*ck you all" after another.

The inquiry from the Treasury Dept will likely go nowhere, but hey, at least WF knows we're watching.

I admire your friends, and I admire you for being a great friend to them. I hope the pressure relents and life becomes easier for Cindi and Kirk -- and you.

the WH and DOT! That's promising, although it's appalling that Cindi is having to spend her last days living this additional hell. Please keep posting, and let Cindi and Kirk know that their friends on DU care and will do what we can.

Every word of encouragement means a lot to them right now. Cindi's a fighter. She's not going to fold up and accept defeat meekly either from cancer or WF. It has help her and Kirk immensely to know there are people in their corner.

Cindi was a school counselor for years. She gave of her heart to some really hard-core, troubled kids. When she was able, she made a difference in this world, put a lot of good in it. Kirk is a gentle giant who dotes on her, doing everything he can to get her through the pain and fatigue. Two kinder people I doubt I've ever met. When Amendment One (the anti-gay amendment) went on the ballot on in NC, they took the time to write letters and call their Assemblycritters out of love for HillbillyBob and me, never mind they had much bigger fish to fry.

That's the kind of folks they are. They don't deserve the hell that's been put on them. If there's anything at all I can do help them, I'll do it.

I'm glad they have you and HilbillyBob as friends.

Now. Not later. It has come to that. That is the message the monied and political classes need to hear and nothing else other than one more betrayal of the former will trigger the latter.

are going through such such a hard time. I don't remember seeing your post the first or second time. I hope your post gets more attention this time around so more people see this.

the worst. My cousin died and they started repossession paperwork within a week even through I had contacted them almost immediately and there was plenty of money in his accounts to make all necessary payments. It was, as in your friends case, a matter of stalling and lost paperwork, etc. If I hadn't known a local Wells Fargo bank officer personally, it would have been a real nightmare.

Kick.

WF took over Wachovia where there original mortgage was. Until Cindi got sick again they were current.

It's a shitty think about American "healthcare" (if we can call it that). If you're very rich you can have it or you can just die off. We have the best technology in the world. Walking around folks simply don't have access to it.

Here we have a case where there is technology to beat Cindi's cancer. The insurance company refuses to pay for it because "it's experimental" -- even though the drug has proven effective. It's also hideously expensive.

So faced with tough choices no matter which way they go, no matter which way they go they're gonna get screwed up the ass without even so much as dinner or a kiss.

Terminally ill husband, Wells Fargo as my mortgage holder. I tried being pro-active, was met with a brick fucking wall, and as a result, got two months back and it took me over a year to dig out from underneath. The people on the phone were nice enough, but the corporate-critters were assholes.

I hope things work out for your friends, and I'm SO glad that WF is being investigated. And her damned insurance company should be held up as to WHY we still need the public option. I hope ABC News identifies them in their story.

My best wishes and hopes to your friends. And I'm sure you've read it, but there was an article here at DU about how herb not only helps with the chemo effects (something I can attest to), it may help in keeping the cancer from spreading. It may be tough for an ex-Marine to get his head around, but right now, it's all about her.

A BIG-TIME k&r

is the only thing keeping chemo tolerable and pain to a minimum. We're pushing for decriminalization.

Herb was the only thing that allowed my dad to eat anything at all when he was going through cancer. Cancer finally got him, but it took years; years I finally got to know him and become friends with him. I wouldn't trade that for anything.

And ex-marines are way-cooler than most folks realize. A lot of my closest friends are Marines -- and staunch Dems besides

She put in a lot of work into the house. Increased it's value, but spent a lot of her savings on it, then the housing market sank and she got stuck with a great home in a screwed up market.

Wells and the rest just didn't want to eat the difference, have been putting that out on the consumers the whole time even though they got the money to fix these kind of problems, it's always something.

Glad Cindi and Kirk got some high level help.

if we keep pushing, "notice" from the White House and Treasury Department might turn into "help". I'm counting on DU to help push. We've made a difference before. I know we can do it again.

"Good" is a powerful thing and DU has "good" in great quantity.

I'm sorry I missed the first two times.

I'll be back later to read more and absorb more; my apologies for not being able to interact in a helpful way right now. I'm so sorry your friends are suffering.

Only a tiny bit, I'm afraid. But my prayers are with this brave family.

Thank you, angel.

Posted the hopeforcindi.blogspot link so peeps can donate if they're so moved. Also tweeted to @barackobama in case they can highlight this situation. Might help. Can't hurt.

Thank you for the link to WishaDoo. It's worth trying every possible outlet to raise awareness to Cindi and Kirk's situation.

Somebody somewhere is bound to know some way to help: someone might be an attorney, someone might have a few bucks to kick in, someone might have a big stick in the media to beat WellsFargo with... every possible stone I can turn for them I intend to kick over.

Thank you again

Kicking!

I'm short on money, but I will bookmark this for future reference. All the best for Cindi and Kirk. If I had it my way, there would be no foreclosures unless you could safely pay the mortgage. I think shelter should be a basic right.

Rec'd and tweeted....

And a kick in the behind for Well Fargo. So that makes 4.

How dare they treat people so terribly.

Thank you for promoting the plight of your friends. Sorry they have so much to deal with.

She is in my prayers.

I just got a PM back from my US Rep, Brad Miller. Even though the Davises aren't in his district, I asked him if he might find it in his heart to riffle through his Rolodex to see if there might be somebody who might know somebody who might know somebody who might could pull a lever for Cindi and Kirk. He invited me to call his office in the morning and speak with his assistant.

It might go nowhere, but it might be just the ticket. We won't know until we try.

Keep plugging, DU.

THIS IS SO INFURIATING!!!

I'm going to add the link to the fundraising page already set up to the Wishlist post and start sharing and trying to contact anyone with any pull possible.

It sounds like there are a few potential outlets for exposure that could help, with ABC and Dr. Drew, but I hear you about needing to STAY ON IT for something solid to come through for them now.

I'll do what I can!!!

Goddamn WF!

I know many of us are down to the wire, financially. Bless you all, and I pray we can all climb up from the friggin' bottom. But if you have just a few bucks to give, then great. If not, great, too. God bless you whether you do or not. Send some nice thoughts; that's also a big fucking deal.

Somebody somewhere can move the mountain.

Thank you, Habibi for keeping the thread kicked. I'm all over the place trying to keep other threads kicked. I really-really appreciate the hand.

It IS a big fucking deal!! These are real lives, real people we're talking about.

love Cindi very much. Please give her a hug from me and if my situation changes anytime soon, I'll be sure to help.

Write a letter to Wells Fargo or the media. Money isn't the only way to help.

Best of all, tell her you love her. The stress is killing her faster than the cancer is. If you're on FB, find her and just jot her a quick PM. I know that will go a long way.

If you're on Twitter, send a tweet every which way you can, every hash-tag you think might get notice. I don't know diddlysquat about Twitter, but I'm sure somebody here will help us out.

PM me and we'll put our heads together.

dog. I will go send her a fb message. Last time I asked, she told me she'd had some setbacks but was doing okay, but that was a few months ago. She's a wonderful and kind person, she doesn't deserve ANY of this stuff that's happening to her!

losing her house and me just sitting here doing nothing but signing petitions and sharing them on facebook doesn't seem like enough. I love that lady, she had taught me a lot about training special needs dogs and if she needs help, I have to do what I can.

Banks are still evil.

A Facebook page we can *like*? I'm looking but don't see it.

Sorry.

(But, hey, kicking this thread is a good thing)

And I should probably set one up. Aside from the blog that a friend of Cindi's set up, there really isn't an "official" gathering place. I doubt that Cindi is really in a shape to do it right now, so I'll take that task on. I'll PM her in the morning so she's aware of it and fully in on it. If you want to PM me here or via FB with suggestions, I'm all for that!

As soon as we have something together, I'll be sure to come back, edit the OP, kick the thread and post the link where everyone can re-share it.

The more eyes, the better, and bless everyone for the kicks!

Occupy Denver's Colorado Foreclosure Resistance Coalition could help this couple if they were in Colorado. There may be something similar in North Carolina.

WF just farted them off.

Hey, it was worth a shot.

We have numbers here. OneGrassRoot got a Change.Org petition started. There's a FB page for Cindi set up.

If this thread stays kicked long enough, then enough people will eventually "like" her page and find the Change petition.

I'm in touch with my US Representative. They're not in his district but he was kind enough to invite me to call his assistant so we can shake his contact list to find someone who might can either lean on WF or may can advocate for Cindi and Kirk.

Numbers and pressure. That's all we've got, but that may be enough.

but I wish your friend all the best.

I just finished my fight with stage 3 colon cancer, and I know how hard the financial aspects can be. I'm at least lucky I live in Canada and don't have to pay for treatment. That said, I have an ostomy because of my cancer and the gov doesn't cover it all nor does it cover the cost of some of the drugs I needed. I was going to school to during my treatment and am continuing now, so I'm not rolling in any dough...can barely move some days, let alone work and go to school. Im only 33 so it's not like I even had a nest egg of some sort...sigh.

We cancer kiddies gotta stick together though, and I will send your friend all the good feelings I can. And if I win the lottery, the house is hers

Last night's response was incredible, DU.

Thank you again. Here are the links again:

Here is a link to a Change.Org petition to sign

and her FB page:
Save Cindi Davis from Foreclosure

It looks like as of the time I signed (7am Eastern) the petition only needed 59 more signatures. We can easily get that done on DU.

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to be kicked, hard.
No heart, no soul, just greed.
I really, really, really, really hope there is a hell, because they need to be there.
The bastards.
I'm so sorry for Cindy and her hubby.
Hang in there guys.

to see if we can finish getting those signatures.

Again, thank you DU!!

and signed the petition for Cindi. I hope all the publicity gets her more help soon.

Trying to get better and deal with medical bills myself, however I'm soo lucky that we have financial resources.

Take care, my dear friend. (I hope to be back on fb soon.)

One of these days we'll all be well enough at the same time so HillbillyBob and I can take the short trip up to see you and your hubs. Poke me when ya get back up on FB.

Love you fiercely!

I know DU can make the difference.

There's a life at stake.

Please, DU. Please.

who's a three time breast cancer survivor, redid her mortgage through that program about 6 months ago. She was in forclosure at the time. She got a new mortgage and her payment is almost $600 a month less.

Good luck to your friends!

one of which helped me last year when I was unemployed. NC has a great foreclosure prevention program, but by the time WF had screwed around and "lost" the paperwork the umpteenth time, the mortgage was too far gone.

It's been a horror story all the way around. Cindi has been too sick to chase down a lot of the paperwork and Kirk has been too preoccupied. That's where the banksters get you, sigh. By the time I found out, they were pretty deep in the mud.

I've offered them a place to live at my house, if the very worse comes to the very worst. I'll be goddam if I'll let them live in their truck. It would be tight and there would be some adjustments, but Rob and I would make do.

Obviously that wouldn't be the most ideal for CIndi, but Rob and I have been homeless before. Damn if we'll let that happen to a couple of our friends.

only 16 more Change.org signatures needed. Thank you DU. Once again, you've come through for the little guy.

Then one big hurdle is crossed.

Good things have been happening this morning, thanks to DU.

We can do this!!!

1394 signatures? We found nearly 1000 last night. What can we do today?

Good luck!

with a ways to go.

We've done a pretty incredible thing so far.

The trial has been pushed back until January now. Cindi and Kirk now have a pro-bono attorney. That will help one part of the problem.

Can we help Cindi with affording her cancer treatment in the meantime?

Is there anything else we can throw into the mix?

Keep getting people to sign the Change.Org petition. Every signature counts!

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation that puts sick people through this. Every other developed nation provides healthcare for those in need without forcing them to choose between life and housing.

And Wells Fargo? - complete assholes.

Breast cancer scares me. It is a bitter enemy that has stolen so much from right next to me.

It doesn't run in my family. It strolls through calmly, getting to know each one of its victims intimately and personally. It is a thief that steals lives, disfigures bodies, takes self-esteem and vitality away. It soaks time and energy away from people who stress themselves to a frazzle trying to care for those stricken with this vicious killer.

Now it's attacking a friend a second time, one who stood by me when I nearly lost my own love. She can't get help from her insurance company, from the drug manufacturer who makes the last-resort treatment, and on top of that, Wells Fargo wants to turn her out in the goddam street.

I'm angry. I'm so mad I'm crying at work. Again.

Other than getting people to sign petitions to lean on WF or to make phone calls (I did call my US Rep), or to hang out a page on WishaDoo, there isn't a helluvalot else I can do.

But I can do this. It's better than sitting and handwringing.

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Since the thread started Sunday the 23rd, any attempts to kick it on or after about Sept 30 won't cause it to go to the top of the index. That's something I noticed through observation and experimentation, I'm not sure about if its exactly a week.