Hi, my name is Jade. I am 25 years old and in April this year I heartbreakingly suffered a miscarriage at 15 weeks and 5 days. What was excitement walking into my scan ended with me leaving with my world turned upside down. That was the beginning of the devastating grief and medical journey I have been on since.

I was in South Africa when this happened, where I am originally from and my doctor referred me to a reproductive clinic to get my womb cleared. The nurse I was assigned treated me with hostility, not even bothering to read my file or treat me with dignity. When I became teary-eyed at the weight of what was happening, she threatened to refuse medical care to me and make me leave the clinic if I was going to be "unstable". They treated patients in order of gestational age, so out of 13 women, I was last since I was so far along. However, they gave us all our pain, numbing and induction medication at the same time, so by the time I was treated, over 4 hours later, the medication had long worn off and I had my procedure unmedicated. It was torturous and the greatest pain of my life. The trauma of all of this which I felt couldn't get worse, somehow kept getting worse.

In the weeks and months following I was experiencing odd complications, which I just felt weren't normal. I was in too much pain than what felt normal, I lost my period and I felt constantly uncomfortable. After multiple doctors visits, blood tests and scans, I was diagnosed with Asherman's syndrome. An acquired condition where scar tissue or adhesions build up inside your uterus, reducing the open space inside and causing infertility, severe pelvic pain and more. I now have to take multiple anti-inflammatory medications a day along with pain medication on the days where the pain is too great, which ends up being 5 or 6 days a week.

I live in Romania now. I had a job as a document controller which I lost when the company downsized. Since then, I've been job searching every day, but more than 1500 applications later, still nothing. I have been struggling with living costs, cost of my medication and the daily pain of living with this syndrome. There is a surgery to reverse Asherman's syndrome but it is expensive and I don't see myself ever being able to afford it. If I could get this surgery and no longer have to live in pain it would change everything for me, I could get my life back.

One day I hope and pray to be a mother, it would be a dream come true. With what I have been told about my current condition, that won't be possible. It feels unimaginable to me that my only experience with motherhood and the love for my child will be limited to the short 15 weeks that I was given. If anybody has the means to help out with my treatment, it could change my whole life and would mean the world to me. Thank you for reading my story and God bless you.