Grigg Back On Our Feet Fund
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Hi. My name is Tonya Grigg. I've decided to create a GoFundMe account despite it going against our pride, but we need help getting back on our feet.
I lost my job in January 2014 while I was out on medical leave due to knee surgery for a torn meniscus. Since then, I have only been able to pick up odds and ends, despite applying and interviewing with numerous companies.
For the past 15 years, my husband, has had chronic lower back pain that has gotten progressively worse.
His most painful time has been within the past 3 years--with most excruciating pain. During this time, my husband has had lower back pain radiating from his back through to his hip.
We've seen many doctors, including hip, back, and knee specialists. Neither could determine what is wrong nor find/figure out the source of my husband's pain. We've even tried a few lumbar spine injections to no avail.
February 2015, my husband underwent a hip scope surgery. He has successfully recovered with help of physical therapy, but still has excruciating lower back pain.
We have since been referred to a Spinal surgeon, whom has determined my husband has what is known as a bilateral pars defect associated with spondylitic spondylolisthesis and degenerative disc disease. This basically means that my husband has no main, stable support in his lower back.
The treatment is for my husband to have spinal fusion surgery with bone graft and is totally unable to work. This surgery will remove part of the bone in his spine, make puck-like pieces, and will insert these pieces in between the vertebrae. This essentially replaces the cushion between the vertebrae with bone. They will also place steel rods and screws in his spine for stability. Once he comes home after surgery, my husband will have to wear a device, that goes around the front and back of his body that releases a magnetic pulse. This pulse is said to help speed up the fusing of the bone and has a success rate of 91%.
The recovery time is upwards of a year and will take an additional 3-5 years for his spine to become fully solid. He will be trading his current pain for after-surgery pain.
It's hearbreaking to me to see the positive, outgoing, willing-to-help-anyone, stand-up guy I married have to go through this pain.
He has lost 2 jobs, his career, his place to live (yes, we now need to move within the next year). Yes we are not in the best of situations. That is why we need your help.
Donations will go toward us getting back on our feet via medical supplies needed to heal, transportation, physical therapy, etc. Whatever amount can be spared--be it $1, $5, $25, or $125--is truly, absolutely appreciated and will be remembered.
I lost my job in January 2014 while I was out on medical leave due to knee surgery for a torn meniscus. Since then, I have only been able to pick up odds and ends, despite applying and interviewing with numerous companies.
For the past 15 years, my husband, has had chronic lower back pain that has gotten progressively worse.
His most painful time has been within the past 3 years--with most excruciating pain. During this time, my husband has had lower back pain radiating from his back through to his hip.
We've seen many doctors, including hip, back, and knee specialists. Neither could determine what is wrong nor find/figure out the source of my husband's pain. We've even tried a few lumbar spine injections to no avail.
February 2015, my husband underwent a hip scope surgery. He has successfully recovered with help of physical therapy, but still has excruciating lower back pain.
We have since been referred to a Spinal surgeon, whom has determined my husband has what is known as a bilateral pars defect associated with spondylitic spondylolisthesis and degenerative disc disease. This basically means that my husband has no main, stable support in his lower back.
The treatment is for my husband to have spinal fusion surgery with bone graft and is totally unable to work. This surgery will remove part of the bone in his spine, make puck-like pieces, and will insert these pieces in between the vertebrae. This essentially replaces the cushion between the vertebrae with bone. They will also place steel rods and screws in his spine for stability. Once he comes home after surgery, my husband will have to wear a device, that goes around the front and back of his body that releases a magnetic pulse. This pulse is said to help speed up the fusing of the bone and has a success rate of 91%.
The recovery time is upwards of a year and will take an additional 3-5 years for his spine to become fully solid. He will be trading his current pain for after-surgery pain.
It's hearbreaking to me to see the positive, outgoing, willing-to-help-anyone, stand-up guy I married have to go through this pain.
He has lost 2 jobs, his career, his place to live (yes, we now need to move within the next year). Yes we are not in the best of situations. That is why we need your help.
Donations will go toward us getting back on our feet via medical supplies needed to heal, transportation, physical therapy, etc. Whatever amount can be spared--be it $1, $5, $25, or $125--is truly, absolutely appreciated and will be remembered.
Organizer and beneficiary
Tonya Grigg
Organizer
Silver Spring, MD
Tonya Grigg
Beneficiary
