Help Sara Continue Treatment!
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My name is David, I am the husband of Sara, the subject of this fundraiser.
Sara has been suffering from late stage Lyme Disease (and at least 9 other confirmed tick borne diseases) for many years and she has been treating this since January 2015 by one of the worlds leading experts of tick borne illnesses, Dr Richard Horowitz in Hyde Park, NY.
Due to the complicated nature of Sara's illness - she has strains of several of these tick borne diseases both from Europe and the U.S. - we wanted to get help from a doctor with a lot of experience in different international strains of these diseases. Dr.Horowitz is well known and has had much success in treating his patients.
Late stage Lyme disease is no picnic, it's no walk in the woods. You may contract it easily on a walk in the woods, but treating it is something modern medicine has yet to figure out completely. There are different opinions and different treatments. Some work for some patients, other work for other patients. We have chosen this path and we have had some success and some setbacks.
One thing most people going through this illness agree on is that it is a very lonely disease.
It's hard for people to understand you're sick, because most of the time, you may not look sick. But you are. Sara's reality is one of daily costant pain and cognitive struggle. The infections have caused bodywide arthritis and have become deeply rooted in her central nervous system. She is, for example, unable to drive a car. The fatigue is a constant presence in her life.
We have worked really, really hard to make Sara better, more functional, more...normal, like everybody else. We have spent a lot of money on her treatment and we live an extremely frugal life, choosing every day between groceries / gas or other necessities. We have spent every penny we have trying to get her better. Sara has not been able to work since 2012, so we are two persons trying to get by on one persons salary. I would invite you to try that, but I'm not that cruel.
We are facing an imminent total financial collapse if we can't get help via this fundraiser. We can no longer afford medication. We can no longer afford supplements and blood draws and labwork that is a constant need. Every month we fall a little further behind on bills and we cut back more and more of everything that isn't absolutely neccessary to survive.
My plea is urgent.
My plea is real.
We need your help to get through this.
I have set the goal for this fundraiser at $20,000. That amount may be adjusted as we go. Over the past year and a half we have spent well over $50,000 on this. We spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars every month on supplements,medicines, labwork, blood draws etc etc. It is an ongoing, seemingly never ending process and we cannot do it alone.
Thank You for taking the time to read this. Your help is so very appreciated and so very needed.
Sincerely,
David
Sara has been suffering from late stage Lyme Disease (and at least 9 other confirmed tick borne diseases) for many years and she has been treating this since January 2015 by one of the worlds leading experts of tick borne illnesses, Dr Richard Horowitz in Hyde Park, NY.
Due to the complicated nature of Sara's illness - she has strains of several of these tick borne diseases both from Europe and the U.S. - we wanted to get help from a doctor with a lot of experience in different international strains of these diseases. Dr.Horowitz is well known and has had much success in treating his patients.
Late stage Lyme disease is no picnic, it's no walk in the woods. You may contract it easily on a walk in the woods, but treating it is something modern medicine has yet to figure out completely. There are different opinions and different treatments. Some work for some patients, other work for other patients. We have chosen this path and we have had some success and some setbacks.
One thing most people going through this illness agree on is that it is a very lonely disease.
It's hard for people to understand you're sick, because most of the time, you may not look sick. But you are. Sara's reality is one of daily costant pain and cognitive struggle. The infections have caused bodywide arthritis and have become deeply rooted in her central nervous system. She is, for example, unable to drive a car. The fatigue is a constant presence in her life.
We have worked really, really hard to make Sara better, more functional, more...normal, like everybody else. We have spent a lot of money on her treatment and we live an extremely frugal life, choosing every day between groceries / gas or other necessities. We have spent every penny we have trying to get her better. Sara has not been able to work since 2012, so we are two persons trying to get by on one persons salary. I would invite you to try that, but I'm not that cruel.
We are facing an imminent total financial collapse if we can't get help via this fundraiser. We can no longer afford medication. We can no longer afford supplements and blood draws and labwork that is a constant need. Every month we fall a little further behind on bills and we cut back more and more of everything that isn't absolutely neccessary to survive.
My plea is urgent.
My plea is real.
We need your help to get through this.
I have set the goal for this fundraiser at $20,000. That amount may be adjusted as we go. Over the past year and a half we have spent well over $50,000 on this. We spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars every month on supplements,medicines, labwork, blood draws etc etc. It is an ongoing, seemingly never ending process and we cannot do it alone.
Thank You for taking the time to read this. Your help is so very appreciated and so very needed.
Sincerely,
David
Organizer
David Fridlund
Organizer
Santa Fe, NM
