Alternative medicine Treatment, last HOPE

Hi, my name is Dawn. I am fundraising for myself. I am 52 years old. I have spastic cerebral palsy and was part of a medical trial which went very wrong and caused a lot of things in my body to go wrong. I have now come up against a medical condition that the conventional medical system is unable to help with. I have a mass that is growing and encasing all my organs. The odds they gave me of making it off an operating table was 2%. I have chosen to continue to fight the odds and have found a treatment that is working for me. I have been attending traditional Chinese medicine treatments 3 times a week as well as seeing an organ specialist. The Chinese medical doctor isn't however covered by our OHIP, and all of the costs have had to come out of pocket. I travel 1.5hrs each way, 3 times a week for treatment. These costs are adding up quickly and becoming hard to manage. Anyone who knows me knows that I have a very hard time asking for help. With this, I've had to get over my pride and have decided to fight, but to do that fight, I need a little bit of help. I can't do this one alone.

The treatments are helping more things than I thought it would, but it is not easy. I have decided to fight for my life; for myself, my partner, my friends, and my family. All the funds raised will be used for travel treatment and a place to stay closer to the treatments. The difficulty is finding an accessible place with a walk-in shower, and that will accept bringing my dogs at a cost that we can afford, we are finding nothing. When I started the treatment, my partner and I got a motel room. I went to this treatment 10 days straight, it was working very well. The drive back and forth is too hard on my body, and we need to be closer.

The organ specialist is keeping an eye on my organs and through this mess I asked him if he thought I could stop these treatments for the winter and then start up in the spring;his response was "you wouldn't make it to the spring, so please Dawn keep going with this treatment plan." I have to continue to try and do this. I have to find a way, but I will need help to do so.

Thank goodness for the help of my partner financially and emotionally. This has been draining on us both. I have been through so much already in my life from multiple systems. The medical system and as well as the social system have failed me.

I'm just asking everyone to stand behind me. Every little bit will help, I appreciate every single person in my life. It was very hard for me to do this, but I have missed so much of my life especially with my children and I don't want to do the same with my grandchildren I would like to see them grow up.

Thank you for reading my story, and please, if you would share it with anyone you know on social media, thank you.