Chronic Illness - Need Surgery!
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I have never done anything like this before and thought I'd give it a shot for a dear, selfless friend of mine. I want so badly to help her and for her painful journey to turn into a hopeful future. This is her story:
"Please be patient one more time and read my sob story, I kindly beg you:
My name is Rebekah Harrell. I have struggled with Endometriosis and Adenomyosis my entire life. These are female disorders which affect you in ways you can’t imagine. Physically, I suffer from chronic pain in my pelvis, my lower back, and my legs. I suffer from chronic exhaustion and depression from having this on my plate, which has led me to lose 35 pounds. I try to stay as positive as possible, and no person I know would take me as a person to ask monetarily for help, but after my father suddenly passed away in his sleep last year, I have been taken off all coverage of insurance. I have been denied Medicaid and I cannot enlist and get insurance until January of next year. I have struggled for months with insurance companies and interim companies and have found no relief or help or guidance.
I don’t discuss my issues or health issues with anyone but close family and friends because of my embarrassment and disgust. I have tried alternative medications, homeopathic remedies, yoga, diet changes, supplements, pain medications, heat therapy – nothing helps my pain. It is chronic and it is debilitating my life.
This is a disorder that makes it so when you have a flare up, you have to lay in bed in the fetal position, crying from pain, constantly vomiting and always uncomfortable. It is considered a disability. As the years pass, the pain becomes worse. I had to quit my job last year because of the pain and discomfort and constant sickness. I have weeks where I am bed-ridden and days where I cannot function at all. My only option is to work and school from home, which is still extremely uncomfortable.
I am a person who would give their entire body to the world if they were starving and the last piece of clothing off of my back at any moment. I wish nothing but happiness and fortitude for everyone, and I can hardly believe my beautiful and compassionate friend Meghan even considered me enough to make one of these accounts. For anything you can give, whoever you may be, even if it’s a kind thought; I love you forever; I’m indebted to you forever; and I would give anything in this world to show you that.
Below are some of the symptoms of the disorder(s), and YES, it is ugly and I am embarrassed to say:
Endometriosis: Abnormal tissue grows outside of the uterus, clinging and often forming adhesions to other organs, causing painful scar tissue.
Adenomyosis: When endometrial tissue, which normally lines the uterus, exists within and grows into the muscular wall of the uterus.
I have both of these. The symptoms are:
• Excessive pressure and pain in the pelvis
• Chronic bloating in the pelvis and discomfort
• Stabbing knife-like pains in the ovaries
• Scar tissue pain
• Extremely heavy bleeding and blood clotting, irregularly and serious.
• CHRONIC exhaustion
• Eventual infertility
The ONLY solution to this illness is surgery. There is no miracle medication. There are no other options. The surgery as I have been quoted by my OBGYN and hospital is $12,000. Who can afford that on their own?
I BEG you, with all I have, if you were kind and patient enough to read any, or all of this, please consider helping my cause. There are so many women with these disorders who do not know. No matter what you can give, or even if it’s a share or a kind word, I thank you, I love you, and I will personally let you know that."
"Please be patient one more time and read my sob story, I kindly beg you:
My name is Rebekah Harrell. I have struggled with Endometriosis and Adenomyosis my entire life. These are female disorders which affect you in ways you can’t imagine. Physically, I suffer from chronic pain in my pelvis, my lower back, and my legs. I suffer from chronic exhaustion and depression from having this on my plate, which has led me to lose 35 pounds. I try to stay as positive as possible, and no person I know would take me as a person to ask monetarily for help, but after my father suddenly passed away in his sleep last year, I have been taken off all coverage of insurance. I have been denied Medicaid and I cannot enlist and get insurance until January of next year. I have struggled for months with insurance companies and interim companies and have found no relief or help or guidance.
I don’t discuss my issues or health issues with anyone but close family and friends because of my embarrassment and disgust. I have tried alternative medications, homeopathic remedies, yoga, diet changes, supplements, pain medications, heat therapy – nothing helps my pain. It is chronic and it is debilitating my life.
This is a disorder that makes it so when you have a flare up, you have to lay in bed in the fetal position, crying from pain, constantly vomiting and always uncomfortable. It is considered a disability. As the years pass, the pain becomes worse. I had to quit my job last year because of the pain and discomfort and constant sickness. I have weeks where I am bed-ridden and days where I cannot function at all. My only option is to work and school from home, which is still extremely uncomfortable.
I am a person who would give their entire body to the world if they were starving and the last piece of clothing off of my back at any moment. I wish nothing but happiness and fortitude for everyone, and I can hardly believe my beautiful and compassionate friend Meghan even considered me enough to make one of these accounts. For anything you can give, whoever you may be, even if it’s a kind thought; I love you forever; I’m indebted to you forever; and I would give anything in this world to show you that.
Below are some of the symptoms of the disorder(s), and YES, it is ugly and I am embarrassed to say:
Endometriosis: Abnormal tissue grows outside of the uterus, clinging and often forming adhesions to other organs, causing painful scar tissue.
Adenomyosis: When endometrial tissue, which normally lines the uterus, exists within and grows into the muscular wall of the uterus.
I have both of these. The symptoms are:
• Excessive pressure and pain in the pelvis
• Chronic bloating in the pelvis and discomfort
• Stabbing knife-like pains in the ovaries
• Scar tissue pain
• Extremely heavy bleeding and blood clotting, irregularly and serious.
• CHRONIC exhaustion
• Eventual infertility
The ONLY solution to this illness is surgery. There is no miracle medication. There are no other options. The surgery as I have been quoted by my OBGYN and hospital is $12,000. Who can afford that on their own?
I BEG you, with all I have, if you were kind and patient enough to read any, or all of this, please consider helping my cause. There are so many women with these disorders who do not know. No matter what you can give, or even if it’s a share or a kind word, I thank you, I love you, and I will personally let you know that."
Organizer and beneficiary
Meghan Simpson
Organizer
Tarpon Springs, FL
Rebekah Harrell
Beneficiary
