Tamara's Endoscopy Donations

I've spent a good portion of the past decade suffering from GI issues (Gastroinstestinal - aka my "guts", my stomach, etc). I had my first surgery in 2006 to remove my galbladder. Since then, and some time before, I have suffered from a large array of dietary problems. My biggest struggles come from food & medication comsumption & I'm really sensitive to different ingredients in both. It is also not something easily solved by simply changing my food & diet lifestyle. Trust me, we have tried.

The past 8 months have consisted of juggling two jobs to makes ends meet. It has also consisted of going regularly to doctors appointments in hopes of getting a "diagnosis". We know what's wrong, but it's not enough yet. It couls be Celiac Disease, it could be Crohn's, it could be ulcers....whatever the case may be & three hospital visits in 2016 later, we still do not know. While I do have health insurance, the cost of co-insurance, meeting deductibles, and misc costs is becoming harder to meet.


Today, I am writing to ask for your help with an endoscopy I need this week. An endoscopy, generally speaking, is a procedure where they put a patient to sleep & insert a very small camera through their mouth to take a closer look into his or her insides. In this case, my insides. The goal is to see first hand and find out what is in there that could be making me so sick all the time. Any donation will be greatly appreciated & would mean so much to my family & me! I will update about my progress as needed. Thank you all so much!