Emergency Assistance

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Hi, my name is Nadine. I’m 49 years old, born in Quebec, raised in B.C. I’m a single parent to a 13 year old girl named Desiree who is my life and the reason I wake up each day.

We live currently in Aldergrove B.C.

I’m presently in a desperate situation that has forced me to turn to you all for help.

My daughter and I are navigating through a very unexpected and sudden emergency situation of survival due to a crippling health crisis I’m going through that has torn through our lives recently. But first, let me back up a bit if I may…..and give you a run-down on who I am first incase you don’t know me or would like to know me better.

For the last 25 years, I have been a professional relaxation massage specialist.

I also have been a piano teacher for many years to children of all ages.

Currently, I am a Behaviour Interventionist working with autistic children one on one.

My passion is to work in the wellness industry rehabilitating adults and children who suffer with trauma and physiological ailments, treating them back to a healthy state of balance.

For years, I’ve suffered with being over-weight, but on the surface, was getting away with a standard decent bill of health despite having anemia, hypo-thyroid, and crossing the border line on diabetes.

The last thing I want to portray is being a victim. However, I’m aware of how powerful stress can be on the body.

So I’ll just mention that my entire life, I have experienced some form of extreme stress or trauma on an unusually high level.

After the last 18 years however, my body and mind have been taken right though the most extreme ringer possible including a very abusive marriage, divorce, and family related stress that broke my soul till I was left paralyzed internally.

Though I have been through years of therapy, the damage caused has created a huge mess within my body and mind. Now at the end of that vicious trauma cycle, I’ve run myself ragged trying to earn a living as a single parent after a recent financial disaster hit our lives; and the sudden busy work has been a shock both to my daughter and myself to adjust to such a hectic lifestyle.

As March came along last year 2024, I was noticing small wounds developing on my left leg that did not appear normal.

My doctor referred me to a wound clinic.

The wounds grew bigger, and more frequent and became aggressive which led to many painful days of daily maintenance and repetitive clinic visits wearing horribly tight compression stalkings over my severely wounded legs.

I spent most of my days popping pain medication while squinting & moaning through the pain…..especially while driving.

Many times, I was reduced to full blown crying out loud because the pain was unbearable.

I was going through this all while needing to work and be a support to families who count on me to show up on time for their children as a support worker.

The swelling of the lymph fluid is flooding my lower legs, ankles and feet and is unable to properly flow back up my legs through the proper cycle. So the pressure becomes unbelievably painful. As a result of the congestion, the fluid begins to weaken my skin surrounding it and leaks through the skin causing ulcers and horrible wounds.

The result is horrifying and very time consuming to manage each day.

This condition which I eventually got diagnosed is called Lymphedema and it’s like your worst nightmare if it becomes advanced which is what happened to me.

I’m at a point now where walking can feel impossible, and most days all I can do is limp around slowly. I am unable to work due to the pain but mainly the ulcers……and until it’s under control, im house bound.

I will be receiving special treatments early this year to release the fluid from my legs from a Naturopathic doctor. But the costs are high for special treatments. I had my first visit with this doctor for a full body assessment thanks to the financial support of close friends.

My personal bills are mounting on top of one another and I predict an avalanche of financial weight about to fall over me as is already happening.

I feel cornered and helpless as I pace back and forth constantly to keep circulation moving and reduce the pain from high to medium all day long. What I need desperately is funding for my aggressive treatments coming up, and assistance with bills, groceries and survival money to take care of my daughter and I for the next few months while I get set up for government assistance and hopefully working from home once the pain subsides.

If you can imagine a thin rope tied very tight around either the middle of your lower legs permanently all day, and at times, same thing around your ankles causing cuts to the skin due to the movement of walking…….my lower legs are exploding from the inside out, and the results are more painful than any abusive memory, any horrible decade, any devastating blow emotionally……I would live it all again and again to avoid this pain. I am determined to beat it and to go beyond returning to normal, but rather, go to a healthy state physically which I haven’t had for decades.

I will never live this life again.

My daughter deserves to have a mother in balanced shape and I deserve to finally have peace within this broken down soul of mine.

Currently I’m seeing main stream specialists, but appointments are slow in coming and very disappointing what they predict and what they suggest. So in addition, I’m also seeing a Naturopathic doctor who specializes in this condition. She is looking at the root of the problem vs putting a bandaid over the issue. She is preparing my body for treatments yet to start where the lymph fluid will be drained away. The very thought of such a procedure brings me so much happiness. I cannot put into words what that would mean to me.

It is not a root issue solution, but it will bring me back to peace while we aggressively target the root problem and fix it. However, I will need help financially on this health journey to get well again and to manage my living expenses providing for my daughter. If you can donate even a few dollars, any amount will help and I would be most grateful for your generosity.

Please share this video and thank you so much for your support. I know we are all suffering in some way.

I would never ask or do something like this unless there was no option. I’m a very private person. But with this issue, I must not stay silent for help. There is government support which I surely will request, but it won’t solve the enormous load I must care for…..so any assistance will be more than appreciated.

Thank you for taking the time to read my story. I will keep you all updated on my progress.

I hope for you all that 2025 will be a year of improved health, mental peace, financial balance, and increased happiness and safety. Blessings to you all and your families.

Stay safe everybody. Please pray for us.

Thank you for taking time to read my story.

Best wishes,

Nadine