Help Miriam recover from CFS & Lyme's Disease
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Dear Community,
Many of you know about my journey with chronic illness. It's been about a 13 year, consistent battle with chronic fatigue, pain and infection, and almost 5 years since I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and co-infections. I am ready for the journey to be over, and it has come to the point that I need to ask for help.
I have spent much of my adult life in an almost constant state of taking care of myself, saying no to opportunities and not being able to be there in any number of ways for others. Not only do I want to enjoy and live my life, but I want to help people, be of service in the world, participate more in this wild experience of life we are given, and I want to be useful! I know I have more to offer the world than I currently can or have been able to for some time as I've been dealing with this for so long. I want to go back to school, as well as take what I've learned in a multitude of ways from this intense healing journey and use it for something positive going forward. I've learned so much at a deep level by going through this experience, and there are always silver linings… I've felt so supported by my community to which I am so grateful for, and one does gain serious strength and wisdom going through something so complicated, isolating, enduring and immensely challenging. But I feel it's time for this phase to wrap up, get back on my feet fully, and move unto a new phase of life!! I turned 35 last year and am feeling inspired to have the second half of my thirties be different and give myself the gift of asking for financial support so I can fully get my health back to go forward.
I know this is a particularly poor time to be asking for financial support with all of the charities and campaigns that need it and so many people being out of work, but for anyone that is in a position to, I'm in need of help after years of trying to do it on my own and from my immediate family. It’s an uncomfortable thing to ask for money, I’ve resisted it for years and I've always worked as much as I could to stay afloat with two businesses as well as side gigs I could pick up. But with such inconsistent energy, treatment cycles, and unreliable health I couldn’t work enough to make a liveable income most of these last few years and the health costs are more than I can handle, it just gets impossible and I can’t do it alone. I do want to say, I've come a loong way thankfully! I'm probably 70% better than I was at my worst, 4 years ago!! Unfortunately, the treatments and specialists that have been effective previously have come with a high price tag as insurance covers very little with this kind of health picture, sadly; basically a handle of very standard blood tests and labs, and some medication. The specialist fees, plentiful supplements and other medicines that are needed, and treatment protocols like Ozone Therapy, chiropractic, and injections plus many more specific lab tests are not. There have been large gaps in my treatment because of the cost and it has set me back many times. I have been working with a microcurrent medical device that has already helped me immensely in the last several months, with groundbreaking technology and a very high success rate with Lymes, chronic infection and chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia, some from those I knew personally. But, again, it wasn’t covered by insurance and is adding to the mounting medical debt I already have. I also am working with a knowledgeable Doctor and we need more information from lab tests to address things from that angle as well. I feel very confident that with more answers and the continued use of this technology, that I will get where I need to be and to finally cross that finish line! So, the donations would go towards catching up with past medical costs including this medical device, getting a individualized treatment program from a practitioner well versed in the technology, as well as being able to do the tests my Doctor needs me to run to get more information that I can no longer afford at this time plus whatever medicine is needed based on what we find. For anyone wanting to hear my story and why it’s taken so long to treat and recover from this disease, I’ve attached a video.
Please know how deeply and sincerely I would appreciate any donations and will pay it forward in one way or another when I am able to! Thank you for reading and giving anything you can!!! <3 "
Many of you know about my journey with chronic illness. It's been about a 13 year, consistent battle with chronic fatigue, pain and infection, and almost 5 years since I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and co-infections. I am ready for the journey to be over, and it has come to the point that I need to ask for help.
I have spent much of my adult life in an almost constant state of taking care of myself, saying no to opportunities and not being able to be there in any number of ways for others. Not only do I want to enjoy and live my life, but I want to help people, be of service in the world, participate more in this wild experience of life we are given, and I want to be useful! I know I have more to offer the world than I currently can or have been able to for some time as I've been dealing with this for so long. I want to go back to school, as well as take what I've learned in a multitude of ways from this intense healing journey and use it for something positive going forward. I've learned so much at a deep level by going through this experience, and there are always silver linings… I've felt so supported by my community to which I am so grateful for, and one does gain serious strength and wisdom going through something so complicated, isolating, enduring and immensely challenging. But I feel it's time for this phase to wrap up, get back on my feet fully, and move unto a new phase of life!! I turned 35 last year and am feeling inspired to have the second half of my thirties be different and give myself the gift of asking for financial support so I can fully get my health back to go forward.
I know this is a particularly poor time to be asking for financial support with all of the charities and campaigns that need it and so many people being out of work, but for anyone that is in a position to, I'm in need of help after years of trying to do it on my own and from my immediate family. It’s an uncomfortable thing to ask for money, I’ve resisted it for years and I've always worked as much as I could to stay afloat with two businesses as well as side gigs I could pick up. But with such inconsistent energy, treatment cycles, and unreliable health I couldn’t work enough to make a liveable income most of these last few years and the health costs are more than I can handle, it just gets impossible and I can’t do it alone. I do want to say, I've come a loong way thankfully! I'm probably 70% better than I was at my worst, 4 years ago!! Unfortunately, the treatments and specialists that have been effective previously have come with a high price tag as insurance covers very little with this kind of health picture, sadly; basically a handle of very standard blood tests and labs, and some medication. The specialist fees, plentiful supplements and other medicines that are needed, and treatment protocols like Ozone Therapy, chiropractic, and injections plus many more specific lab tests are not. There have been large gaps in my treatment because of the cost and it has set me back many times. I have been working with a microcurrent medical device that has already helped me immensely in the last several months, with groundbreaking technology and a very high success rate with Lymes, chronic infection and chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia, some from those I knew personally. But, again, it wasn’t covered by insurance and is adding to the mounting medical debt I already have. I also am working with a knowledgeable Doctor and we need more information from lab tests to address things from that angle as well. I feel very confident that with more answers and the continued use of this technology, that I will get where I need to be and to finally cross that finish line! So, the donations would go towards catching up with past medical costs including this medical device, getting a individualized treatment program from a practitioner well versed in the technology, as well as being able to do the tests my Doctor needs me to run to get more information that I can no longer afford at this time plus whatever medicine is needed based on what we find. For anyone wanting to hear my story and why it’s taken so long to treat and recover from this disease, I’ve attached a video.
Please know how deeply and sincerely I would appreciate any donations and will pay it forward in one way or another when I am able to! Thank you for reading and giving anything you can!!! <3 "
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Miriam Drace
Organiser
Grass Valley, CA