Somewhat related to this
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/02/anatoli-bugorski-man-who-stuck-his-head.html
Quite a story, ending with, He is a few months short of 78, at the time of this writing. He struggles to pay for his epilepsy medication, since the city cut budget to the institute and his former workplace. In 1996, he applied for disabled status but his application was rejected.