In 2000 Jim Bottrill's wife Jo Ann was diagnosed with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension a disease that affects the small vessels in the lungs where oxygen is exchanged in the blood; there is no cure short of a double lung heart transplant. One of the side effects of PPH is that it causes the blood pressure in the lungs to go way up and eventually the heart just bursts from the strain. Jo Ann has no doctor in the town she lives but has to travel to Toronto to see her doctor a trip that costs about $100 every time she and Jim go there. On a recent trip to Toronto in November the family van blew its transmission and was towed home to Welland at a cost of $400.00, they still have not been able to fix it. So they now have to travel by bus to see her doctor a trip that takes the whole day. In order for Jo Ann to be put on the transplant list she has to get down to a certain weight which she is now almost at. But the biggest hurdle for the Bottrill family will be getting a reliable vehicle so that they can get Jo Ann to the hospital in Toronto when or if the call comes. Jo Ann is on a medication called Remodulin, which she takes by continuous subcutaneous injections this means she is connected to a small pager sized pump 24/7. She has a small infusion set(cathiter) the feeds the medication from the pump to the injection site either in her upper arm or lower belly or her upper buttocks area. The injection site must be changed every 3 days so she constantly has to rotate her injection sites, as they become very painful. Remodulin is a very expensive drug 1 vial costs $9550.00 and she uses 2 vials a month. She also has to buy the infusion sets, reservoirs, and with her other supplies it costs about $20,000 a month for everything. Unfortunately Jim has no drug benefits coverage any more. Late in 2005 as a side effect of Jo Ann's illness she started to retain water in her legs and abdomen by December the doctors figured she was carrying around about 50 lbs of excess water and she was put on water pills to get rid of the excess water. Because of the water retention she was having a lot of trouble getting around and basically couldn't move outside the house at all. Her legs where so swollen with water that when she got a scratch on her leg water started to seep out of the scratch. Her doctor told her if she didn't loose the water to make her funeral arrangements. I am happy to say that she went from 200 lbs in December to 140 lbs in March that's 60 lbs of water that she was able to loose. She is now doing much better than she was. But she still has to take a lot of pills to keep the water retention under control or she could end up back where she was in December. Water retention is a side effect of both her illness and the drug that she is taking to combat her illness. Jo Ann had to stop working because she would get short of breath and pass out whenever she exerted herself too much. She is now on disability and gets only about $450 a month, Jim is employed as a security guard and they live on Jo Ann's income and whatever he makes at work, he works 54 hrs a week. So as their bills started to pile up Jim looked for a way to get out of debt and help his wife. He finally came up with the idea of writing a book. The book is called "THOUSANDS OF FREEBIES YOU CAN GET ON THE INTERNET" it is a listing of over 2500 free items you can get by going online to the links listed and filling out a form. This listing of freebies is also Canadian friendly, meaning that most of the items will be shipped to Canada. So its not just another list of stuff that's only available in the U.S. All items will be shipped to you at no cost. There are also links to download items, games, educational stuff, coupons and so on. It also has a list of 1-800 freebies those are where you call a 1-800 # and they send you stuff also there is a list of 1-800's for companies that everyone uses if you want to contact them to make a comment about their services or products. He sells the book in 3 formats, he can email you a copy for $15, or he can mail you a CD version for $20. All moneys raised will be used to pay off the family's bills, fix or replace the family vehicle since the vehicle is a 1996 ford areo star van and needs work, and generally to try to improve the quality of life that Jo Ann has. Jim Is hoping that with enough publicity they can sell at least 10,000 copies, which will pay off all the family debts, get them a reliable vehicle and pay for any other expenses for JO Ann. If you would like to get a copy of this book or just help out in some way you can contact Jim by e-mail at jb_fuzzy@hotmail.com or by going to the website set up to sell the book; http://jbfuzzy.tripod.com or you can send him a letter by writing to him;