Jennifer Rickert/Brownell Lyme Story
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JEN RICKERT/BROWNELL, 35, HAS BEEN AT A CLINIC IN FLORIDA SINCE DEC. 2013. SHE IS GETTING TREATED FOR SEVERE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE THAT WAS ACTUALLY KILLING HER. TO INCURE THE COST OF THE TREATMENT A BENEFIT WAS HELD FOR JEN IN NOVEMBER, UNFORTUNATELY THE TREATMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND BLOOD WORK HAS EXHAUSTED THEIR FUNDS. SHE HAS NO OUT-OF-NETWORK INSURANCE; THEREFORE, EVERYTHING IS OUT OF POCKET.
UPON ARRIVING AT THE CLINIC, THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED THE LYME DIAGNOSIS AND THE CO-INFECTIONS RELATED TO LYME DISEASE AND SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE. SHE ALSO FOUND OUT SHE HAS MOLD TOXICITY.
IN NOVEMBER 2009, JEN WAS TOLD SHE HAD FIBROMIALGIA, BUT IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT SHE WAS WRONGLY DIAGNOSED AND WENT WITHOUT TREATMENT FOR OVER 3 YRS.
IN DECEMBER 2011, JEN'S FAMILY COULD DEFINATELY NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WASN'T QUITE RIGHT. IN JANUARY 2012, SPIROCHETES WERE DISCOVERED IN HER BLOOD, UNFORTUNATELY HER IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS COMPROMISED; THEREFORE, SHE COULD NOT BE TREATED FOR LYME AT THIS TIME. JEN'S SYMPTOMS INCLUDED SEVERE HEADACHES, SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, CONFUSION, DIZZINESS, SEVERE FATIGUE, SEVERE JOINT AND MUSCLE PAIN, AND HEART PALPATATIONS. AT ONE POINT SHE SUFFERED FROM PARALYSIS IN HER LEGS. AFTER BEING TREATED HOMEOPATHICALLY FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND FOR THE LYME DISEASE, JEN DID NOT RESPOND.
SHE WAS REFERRED TO A LYME LITERATE DOCTOR AND WAS STARTED ON ORAL ANTIBIOTICS WHICH SHE TOOK FOR 5 MONTHS. SHE REACHED A POINT WHERE SHE COULDN'T EAT OR STAND UP STRAIGHT DUE TO THE PAIN IN HER STOMACH. SHE LOST 20 LBS NOW WEIGHING ONLY 88 LBS. THE DOCTOR THEN DECIDED TO TREAT HER WITH IV ANTIBIOTICS WHICH BYPASS THE GUT AND PENETRATES THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER. SHE CONTINUED WITH THIS TREATMENT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. UNFORTUNATELY, JEN STOPPED RESPONDING AND STARTED TO REGRESS.
BY THE TIME JEN REACHED THE CLINIC IN FLORIDA SHE WAS EXTREMELY ILL AND AT TIMES COULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER HER OWN NAME. THE DOCTOR TOLD US SHE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED MUCH LONGER AND HAD PROBABLY ACTUALLY BEEN SICK FOR 10- 15 YRS.
JEN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO WORK SINCE OCT. 2012. HER HUSBAND HAD TO BECOME HER FULL TIME CAREGIVER IN FLORIDA AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK SINCE DECEMBER. THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY INCOME AT ALL FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS.
JEN HAS HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM A CARDIOLOGIST AND ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO A SEIZURE WITH NO INSURANCE COVERAGE.
JEN IS A SWEET, YOUNG GIRL WITH A HUGE HEART. SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE AND PUTS EVERYBODY AHEAD OF HERSELF. SHE ALSO LOVES ANIMALS.
JEN NEEDS TO CONTINUE TREATMENT AT THE CLINIC AND CONTINUE WITH A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ONCE SHE'S ABLE TO COME HOME.
PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO: JEN RICKERT/BROWNELL BENEFIT FUND, C/O THE DIME BANK, 820 CHURCH STREET, HONESDALE, PA. 18431
THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. GOD BLESS YOU.
UPON ARRIVING AT THE CLINIC, THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED THE LYME DIAGNOSIS AND THE CO-INFECTIONS RELATED TO LYME DISEASE AND SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE. SHE ALSO FOUND OUT SHE HAS MOLD TOXICITY.
IN NOVEMBER 2009, JEN WAS TOLD SHE HAD FIBROMIALGIA, BUT IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT SHE WAS WRONGLY DIAGNOSED AND WENT WITHOUT TREATMENT FOR OVER 3 YRS.
IN DECEMBER 2011, JEN'S FAMILY COULD DEFINATELY NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WASN'T QUITE RIGHT. IN JANUARY 2012, SPIROCHETES WERE DISCOVERED IN HER BLOOD, UNFORTUNATELY HER IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS COMPROMISED; THEREFORE, SHE COULD NOT BE TREATED FOR LYME AT THIS TIME. JEN'S SYMPTOMS INCLUDED SEVERE HEADACHES, SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS, CONFUSION, DIZZINESS, SEVERE FATIGUE, SEVERE JOINT AND MUSCLE PAIN, AND HEART PALPATATIONS. AT ONE POINT SHE SUFFERED FROM PARALYSIS IN HER LEGS. AFTER BEING TREATED HOMEOPATHICALLY FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND FOR THE LYME DISEASE, JEN DID NOT RESPOND.
SHE WAS REFERRED TO A LYME LITERATE DOCTOR AND WAS STARTED ON ORAL ANTIBIOTICS WHICH SHE TOOK FOR 5 MONTHS. SHE REACHED A POINT WHERE SHE COULDN'T EAT OR STAND UP STRAIGHT DUE TO THE PAIN IN HER STOMACH. SHE LOST 20 LBS NOW WEIGHING ONLY 88 LBS. THE DOCTOR THEN DECIDED TO TREAT HER WITH IV ANTIBIOTICS WHICH BYPASS THE GUT AND PENETRATES THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER. SHE CONTINUED WITH THIS TREATMENT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. UNFORTUNATELY, JEN STOPPED RESPONDING AND STARTED TO REGRESS.
BY THE TIME JEN REACHED THE CLINIC IN FLORIDA SHE WAS EXTREMELY ILL AND AT TIMES COULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER HER OWN NAME. THE DOCTOR TOLD US SHE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED MUCH LONGER AND HAD PROBABLY ACTUALLY BEEN SICK FOR 10- 15 YRS.
JEN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO WORK SINCE OCT. 2012. HER HUSBAND HAD TO BECOME HER FULL TIME CAREGIVER IN FLORIDA AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK SINCE DECEMBER. THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY INCOME AT ALL FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS.
JEN HAS HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM A CARDIOLOGIST AND ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO A SEIZURE WITH NO INSURANCE COVERAGE.
JEN IS A SWEET, YOUNG GIRL WITH A HUGE HEART. SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE AND PUTS EVERYBODY AHEAD OF HERSELF. SHE ALSO LOVES ANIMALS.
JEN NEEDS TO CONTINUE TREATMENT AT THE CLINIC AND CONTINUE WITH A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ONCE SHE'S ABLE TO COME HOME.
PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO: JEN RICKERT/BROWNELL BENEFIT FUND, C/O THE DIME BANK, 820 CHURCH STREET, HONESDALE, PA. 18431
THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. GOD BLESS YOU.
Organizer
Courtney Kiegler
Organizer
Slatington, PA
