
Unimaginable Life Of Chronic Lyme
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Lyme Disease is a battle of a lifetime. Please take a few minutes to read this about Natalie Drenthe. If you know Natalie, she has touched you in some way. In the past two years of knowing Natalie, I never thought I would meet such a beautiful, amazing, intelligent , thoughtful, loving, kind, gifted ,and most of all best friend of a lifetime. Yes, she can be very stubborn and likes things done perfectly. She pays close attention to detail. Natalie takes life and her health very seriously. She has achieved things in life that people only dream of doing. Being close to Natalie made me realize how much I take life for granted. How in an instant everything could be taken away. Fighting just to live another day. When you wake up for work, school, kids, or even just to brush your teeth you don’t really think about doing any of these things. Yeah you might not feel like doing it but you do it anyway because you can. Imagine fighting for your life right when you wake up. Losing everything you’ve worked so hard for because the disease has taken over your life. Going from being literally an all-star ultrasound tech to barely having a roof over your head. Chronic Lyme disease I never really understood. I did my research, stood by Natalie’s side at the doctors and asked lots of questions. I saw the pain in her eyes. Watched her go from working to pretty much using everything from her 401k to pay for each specialist. Never has she asked for any help. This woman is spectacular and is a hero to me. My pain and heart goes out to this all star. This woman deals with joint pain, weakness, early menopause, brain fog, spinal pain, arthritis, seizures and anxiety. Not to mention all the surgeries she has gone through. There are days where she can barely get up just to go to the bathroom. When I say days, I mean it can be up to a week and that’s no joke. Having to bring her water, food and make sure she’s taken her supplements. Consistently eating a healthy diet. When I’m sick or in pain I will admit I’m a baby but it only last a couple days. Imagine 20 years of this battle. Not knowing what’s going on year after year, many diagnoses but no cure. The final diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease. Thousands of dollars have been spent over the years and no answers. I’ve seen this woman go through hell. But she wakes up everyday still having faith and fights even though this will never go away. She can only hope and pray that she can get back 80 to 90% of her life. Maybe go back to work and live a somewhat normal life. Natalie isn’t asking for help. This is her best friend asking for help. Any little amount will help towards supplements, medication, and doctors. The insurance doesn’t cover any of this and it’s all out of pocket. Just the supplements alone are 300 dollars a month. When you have no income and credit cards are maxed. 401k is gone and you can’t work because your disabled. How do you get better? Our backs are against the walls. The reality is I’m afraid I’m going to lose my best friend. There is only so much one person can battle. Even if you can’t afford to donate please keep Natalie in your prayers. This is a very serious disease. It takes lives everyday. It attacks the brain and thought process. People end up taking there lives because they can’t handle it mentally and physically. The suffering 24 hours a day is debilitating. Thank you for taking the time to read this out of your day. Every life is important and we all go through different things in life. We all need help in some way. Natalie needs help to get her life and health back before we lose a beautiful angel.
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Justin John Davis
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East Longmeadow, MA