My twin sister, D’Orsay (pictured on the right), at a time when she was feeling better, has been battling chronic Lyme disease and osteoarthritis for over 10 years now. Before that time, she was in excellent health and rarely missed a day of work due to illness.  In the past two years her health has gotten progressively worse. Now she is facing even more debilitating ailments. She continues to try and explore treatments for multiple conditions resulting from this tick-borne bacterial illness and its co-infections. Unfortunately, she was unaware that she had contracted this illness because it was misdiagnosed for years. Once diagnosed, the antibiotic treatment she was receiving proved to be ineffective long term for treating Lyme syndrome. She saw multiple doctors including a Lyme literate physician who prescribed various treatments including antibiotics, chelation, IVs, holistic herbs, MRIs, etc. which has been very expensive, costing thousands and thousands of dollars. Many doctor visits and treatments are not covered by her insurance.

D’Orsay is now on disability primarily due to the effect Lyme disease is having on her brain as diagnosed by an MRI screening. Her knees are deteriorating from the arthritis, another effect of chronic Lyme. For D’Orsay this is major because she has always loved to take walks in nature every day, and now she cannot. She is in constant pain not only in her knees but also in her neck, ankle, back and shoulders. This makes sleep nearly impossible. Daily activities such as walking and climbing stairs have become unbearable for her and continue to make her knees worse. Since her diagnosis of Lyme, she has developed terrible brain fog, arthritis, hypothyroidism, neuropathy, chronic fatigue, skin rashes, allergies, fibromyalgia, and digestive problems. Even her eyes have been affected. Light sensitivity has increased to where she must wear sunglasses nearly all the time. This infectious disease is weakening if not destroying her entire body. It is so painful to watch her suffering this way. I am reaching out today to ask for financial assistance for her. She is not the type of person who would ask for help, she would much prefer to help others, but this is a desperate situation.

At this stage in her life and after much research, she feels and has been advised, her only hope to repair the systemic damage done to her joints, nervous system, skin, neck, shoulders and back is stem cell therapy. It has been proven to effectively rebuild damaged nerves, tissue, cartilage, bone and muscle in the body. Adult stem cells can also help the immune system. The cells will also travel to all parts of the body where they are needed to repair and rebuild. But unfortunately this lifesaving therapy is not available to her since her financial resources have been depleted due to overwhelming medical costs and treatments over the many years. The only hope she has is kindness of others because stem cell therapy is extremely expensive and not covered by insurance.  

Thank you for reading my sister’s story. We are humbly grateful for any help you are willing to offer. And please pass this along to others who may be willing to help.  

Thank you again for any support you can provide!