<prompt> Human: Live in US. 36 yo single parent of two young children. Very ill; very, highly likely aggressive cancer 1 year, possibly much sooner. Working with doc to determine cause; however bc public health care in America is slow. yay., I will not have the definitive testing for 5 more weeks. Currently have 2000 in savings. Monthly income of 1600 via child support. No major debts 24k in Fed student loans, but no payments bc am below income threshold.I have always planned on donating my body to science, so Im not looking to pay for funeral and burial services. Given that I have potentially five more weeks without a terminal diagnosis, is there anything I can do to help my children and my childrens new guardian financially?Edit: Thank you for all your well wishes and support. I greatly appreciate it. I am not trying to scam any insurance carriers. I am just trying to examine my options. I know I failed my children fucked up massively by not signing up for life insurance beforehand. I guess I was just checking to see if anyone had another idea for a lifeline. I am not currently thinking very clearly medication is rough. Thank you to everyone for explaining what is probably obvious. Edit 2: For those of you following this train wreck, Im getting a little drunk by now. I think my doc wrote it down as self medication lol. Im trying to keep up with the comments. Truly.Edit 3: This thread has become a little rough emotionally. To every child here who lost their parent, Ill say what I tell my children every day, Momma loves you forever and ever and ever. Never forgot that. hugs Assistant: Apply for Social Security Disability, if you have enough work history. If you do have stage 4 cancer, you are basically guaranteed approval due to compassionate allowance. After you pass away, your children will continue to receive your disability benefit until they are around 17. You really shouldnt need a lawyer to do it for you. My wife passed away from metastatic breast cancer two years ago, when she was 40. We have two young children as well. I applied online for SSDI faxed over her medical papers, and she was approved in a couple of weeks.I am very sorry about your illness and hope you have pain free days.Human: This is good too. Thank you. I hadnt thought of that. I am very sorry to learn of your wife. My deepest sympathies. How did your children weather it, if I may ask? Mine are 5 and 2.Assistant: I have two girls, now 7 and 5. They were too young to really remember much. My wife was sick for a long time and others were filling the role of mother for them after it became too much for her. They are doing well. I spoke to a child psychologist shortly after her death to see if there was anything special I needed to do, but she said no.Dont count yourself out yet. There are some amazing treatments out there today and new ones all the time. What kind of cancer, if you dont mind me asking?Human: Stomach. Not good odds that one.Im glad to hear your children seemed to handle it so well. That is my only real concern in all of this. Assistant: One of my best friends lost his parents at 5 and 8. His brother was 3 and 6. They had left him some money, not a lot, and he and his brother moved in with a relative. From what I learned, it took some adjusting, but kids are wonderful adaptors. Much better than adults. Both guys are very awesome people now. I hope you have someone to leave them with. That can love them and teach them about you as they get older. Take videos of yourself if you can. Especially videos with the three of you together. So they can see how much you love them when they get older. I hope the best you and your children. Ill be thinking of you. Probably forever. Best wishes.Human: Thank you. I have several things I am working on for them: recording some lullabies, reading books on video, video recordings for special events. I also know that my SO will do an excellent job with the children. I can say without a doubt that Ive never trusted anymore more.Assistant: Dont just make videos for special things. Make some for no reason at all. Just so they can hear you talk. Man, I wish I had something...Human: Very true and good point. I will.hugs Im sorry this happened to you too.  <response>: Hang in there. Hope you have the best days possible. 