'The Pirate of Concord' Needs Your Help

A local man suffering from a rare digestive condition is seeking help with his medical bills.

James R. Hunt is asking for donations to help pay his medical expenses and other expenses related to his recent diagnosis of Gastroparesis, according to the GoFundMe.com page. Patch has partnered with GoFundMe and is helping to highlight worthy campaigns in local communities.

In seven months, 3 people have donated $50. The goal is $10,000.

From the page:

Most local Concord NH resident know me by face or personally. I have IBS-D and Gastroparesis illness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroparesis). After a severe medical illness related to my condition I was terminated from my job of 5+ years. I had to fight my employer for my unemployment and won. But it is a small fraction of my weekly earnings. Plus the stress of defamation and libel has done a number on myself and made symptoms of illness worse. I am trying to keep myself a float but between the illness and the stress caused by my former employer I am on very thin means while I work on getting disability and filing a ADA and unjust firing suit against my former employer. Currently in life I owe about 5K. But unless something breaks soon, I am not sure how long I can keep a roof over my head and pay my bills. I am looking for any help I can get till everything processes. I am hoping some may see this and donate some money my way so I can keep fighting try to get myself physically better and right the legal wrong done towards myself and show my former employer that they cannot treat people this way. If I succeed I hope that it will benefit others who still suffer similarly. I am hard worker who excelled in my job. If I had just kept quiet and not asked for my rights to benefits working full-time hours every week with regular double shifts most weekends I might still have a job. I am trying to go back to school so I will not have to go back into this type of work environment I have worked for the past 13 years of my life after being diagnosed with with these conditions. Please help anything would be a blessing.

Thank ye kindly
James R. Hunt