Sarah's Medical Fund
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Hi, I'm Sarah.
I've never really been fond of my name, always got teased about it growing up. Now it's all I have to remind me of my mother.
My mom died a few years ago after a long battle with an addiction to pain pills, to renal failure. She was self-medicating for things, including what I'm about to tell you about.
Our family's women have a history of ovarian cysts. My sister has them, my mom had them. I never had any of the symptoms, so I assumed I was safe. Most of the time they're benign, filled with water and nonharmful fluid, and just cause inconsistent periods and stuff.
Well I visited the hospital recently with horrible abdominal pain and discovered that I also have cysts.
I have a rare type of ovarian cysts [haemorhaggic] that draw on the blood source for the ovary its attached to, and they've grown to the size of a golf balls. They are both on my left ovary, and will slowly get bigger over time. I might lose the ovary, or even both ovaries if the specialist determines the condition is aggressive enough, and I will never be able to have kids if this happens.
I don't have insurance, and I can't afford it. But the only way to get this thing out of me is to see a specialist, which I can't afford. I hate asking for favours, and its taking a lot out of me to post this even now, but if you could please help me, it would mean so, so much to me.
I'm not looking to have kids right now, but the thought of never seeing a tiny little asshole that looks like me staring up at me crushes me inside. Call me a sap if you like, but I want to try to save my ability to have kids.
Thank you for reading, and even if you can't help money-wise, even a well wishing means so, so much to me. I'm so scared.
-Sarah
I've never really been fond of my name, always got teased about it growing up. Now it's all I have to remind me of my mother.
My mom died a few years ago after a long battle with an addiction to pain pills, to renal failure. She was self-medicating for things, including what I'm about to tell you about.
Our family's women have a history of ovarian cysts. My sister has them, my mom had them. I never had any of the symptoms, so I assumed I was safe. Most of the time they're benign, filled with water and nonharmful fluid, and just cause inconsistent periods and stuff.
Well I visited the hospital recently with horrible abdominal pain and discovered that I also have cysts.
I have a rare type of ovarian cysts [haemorhaggic] that draw on the blood source for the ovary its attached to, and they've grown to the size of a golf balls. They are both on my left ovary, and will slowly get bigger over time. I might lose the ovary, or even both ovaries if the specialist determines the condition is aggressive enough, and I will never be able to have kids if this happens.
I don't have insurance, and I can't afford it. But the only way to get this thing out of me is to see a specialist, which I can't afford. I hate asking for favours, and its taking a lot out of me to post this even now, but if you could please help me, it would mean so, so much to me.
I'm not looking to have kids right now, but the thought of never seeing a tiny little asshole that looks like me staring up at me crushes me inside. Call me a sap if you like, but I want to try to save my ability to have kids.
Thank you for reading, and even if you can't help money-wise, even a well wishing means so, so much to me. I'm so scared.
-Sarah
Organizer
Sarah Elizabeth Baffy
Organizer
Terre Haute, IN
