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Hi I'm Karissa Oberman and I am 22 years old . 
And I am doing this fund raiser to raise money for my many medical needs. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was in 8th grade, then at the beginning of my senior year of highschool stage 3 endometriosis about 3 years ago and stage 4 adenimyosis a little under a year ago. These diseases cause excruciating pain and constant nausea. I have had 7 surgeries in the past 2-3 years to try to put it in remission and finally this past August the results came back that it was officially in remission and the doctors said that it should stay in remission for at least 5 years. While in remission I developed Familial Hemiplegia which causes inflammation to my brain resulting in nerve disorders like IST {Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia} which makes my heart go abnormally fast 115-170bpm causing fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath and chest pain. It also causes Hemiplegic Attacks where my left side goes completely paralyzed and can last up to a couple hours to even days. It will often leave me weak on that side with some Ataxia (muscles twitch/jerk or relax involuntarily). It also causes non-epileptic seizures. This also causes chronic migraines as well as abdominal migraines. Because of this and my ongoing intense pain I have had to now use a wheelchair and cane when going long distances or where I would need to stand for long periods of time. We were able to get a custom wheelchair which has been a huge help but insurance will only be able to pay for a small portion of the cost so a lot of it will be falling on us to pay out of pocket. And that is where a part of this fund will go towards. Unfortunately there is no cure for these neurological disorders but I am able to receive infusion treatments at the Diamond Clinic in Chicago, IL. I also manage it with injections at home. Since these treatments my symptoms have improved a lot. I will need to go back the hospital in Chicago eventually to keep my infusions up to date but because they are out of network my insurance will not be able to cover it and the majority will have to be payed out of pocket. And part of these proceeds would go to pay for my ongoing treatments. I now have a service dog Oliver Queen (Ollie) who is in training currently and he has been a HUGE help both physically and emotionally! Ollie is being trained in medical alert and mobility assistant. He alerts me to my seizure, hemiplegic attacks, and IST syncopes. I would love to be able to get him more specialized training but right now I can't afford it. Ollie along with his day to day needs, will eventually need a customized harness that will be able to help him help me to be able to brace, counter balance, navigate stairs, and walk short distances. All of this of course costs money so part of this too would go to that as he is a medical need. After about a year my pelvic, back, and inner thigh pain and persistent nausea was back with a vengeance. We went back to the doctors and found a cystic mass that had ruptured. Because of this I had to have a complete hysterectomy. The pain continued to be an issue even after surgery because of the great amount of damage that was done to my pelvic floor muscles. This was a result from the mass rupturing, sever adhesions (caused by the endo and minor internal bleed when the mass ruptured... that has now resulted in my ARD {Adhesion Related Disorder} and multiple surgeries. We cannot do anymore surgeries at this point without putting me at further risk for worsening adhesions. So I started treatment at Arilex Medical Center to help treat my dabilitating pain and constant nausea. However this is out of my insurance network so I have to pay the majority of my treatments out of pocket. Thankfully the treatments have been showing some improvement on my pain which is encouraging, but I don't know how much longer financially I can continue it because of lack of insurance. And I won't have any insurance by the time I'm 25. Because of these ongoing medical problems there is no way (currently) that I can work. We are low income family and because I cannot hold a job, there is no way, humanly speaking, that my family and I can handle these constant medical bills. However, like I mentioned, for I know God is able, and with your help and donations I can be able to continue these treatments and that will, Lord willing, improve my life for the better. So please give! Even if it is a small amount, it will be a HUGE encouragement to my family and myself! If you give, this means an opportunity to continue the fight to get quality my life back! If you raise money to help this cause it will mean you are helping a girl and her family be able to bear the enourmus financial/medical burden caused by these horrible diseases that has been causing me horrific pain and neurological difficulties night and day for the past 5+ years. I will be forever grateful to whoever gives to this cause. THANK YOU!!
And I am doing this fund raiser to raise money for my many medical needs. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was in 8th grade, then at the beginning of my senior year of highschool stage 3 endometriosis about 3 years ago and stage 4 adenimyosis a little under a year ago. These diseases cause excruciating pain and constant nausea. I have had 7 surgeries in the past 2-3 years to try to put it in remission and finally this past August the results came back that it was officially in remission and the doctors said that it should stay in remission for at least 5 years. While in remission I developed Familial Hemiplegia which causes inflammation to my brain resulting in nerve disorders like IST {Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia} which makes my heart go abnormally fast 115-170bpm causing fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath and chest pain. It also causes Hemiplegic Attacks where my left side goes completely paralyzed and can last up to a couple hours to even days. It will often leave me weak on that side with some Ataxia (muscles twitch/jerk or relax involuntarily). It also causes non-epileptic seizures. This also causes chronic migraines as well as abdominal migraines. Because of this and my ongoing intense pain I have had to now use a wheelchair and cane when going long distances or where I would need to stand for long periods of time. We were able to get a custom wheelchair which has been a huge help but insurance will only be able to pay for a small portion of the cost so a lot of it will be falling on us to pay out of pocket. And that is where a part of this fund will go towards. Unfortunately there is no cure for these neurological disorders but I am able to receive infusion treatments at the Diamond Clinic in Chicago, IL. I also manage it with injections at home. Since these treatments my symptoms have improved a lot. I will need to go back the hospital in Chicago eventually to keep my infusions up to date but because they are out of network my insurance will not be able to cover it and the majority will have to be payed out of pocket. And part of these proceeds would go to pay for my ongoing treatments. I now have a service dog Oliver Queen (Ollie) who is in training currently and he has been a HUGE help both physically and emotionally! Ollie is being trained in medical alert and mobility assistant. He alerts me to my seizure, hemiplegic attacks, and IST syncopes. I would love to be able to get him more specialized training but right now I can't afford it. Ollie along with his day to day needs, will eventually need a customized harness that will be able to help him help me to be able to brace, counter balance, navigate stairs, and walk short distances. All of this of course costs money so part of this too would go to that as he is a medical need. After about a year my pelvic, back, and inner thigh pain and persistent nausea was back with a vengeance. We went back to the doctors and found a cystic mass that had ruptured. Because of this I had to have a complete hysterectomy. The pain continued to be an issue even after surgery because of the great amount of damage that was done to my pelvic floor muscles. This was a result from the mass rupturing, sever adhesions (caused by the endo and minor internal bleed when the mass ruptured... that has now resulted in my ARD {Adhesion Related Disorder} and multiple surgeries. We cannot do anymore surgeries at this point without putting me at further risk for worsening adhesions. So I started treatment at Arilex Medical Center to help treat my dabilitating pain and constant nausea. However this is out of my insurance network so I have to pay the majority of my treatments out of pocket. Thankfully the treatments have been showing some improvement on my pain which is encouraging, but I don't know how much longer financially I can continue it because of lack of insurance. And I won't have any insurance by the time I'm 25. Because of these ongoing medical problems there is no way (currently) that I can work. We are low income family and because I cannot hold a job, there is no way, humanly speaking, that my family and I can handle these constant medical bills. However, like I mentioned, for I know God is able, and with your help and donations I can be able to continue these treatments and that will, Lord willing, improve my life for the better. So please give! Even if it is a small amount, it will be a HUGE encouragement to my family and myself! If you give, this means an opportunity to continue the fight to get quality my life back! If you raise money to help this cause it will mean you are helping a girl and her family be able to bear the enourmus financial/medical burden caused by these horrible diseases that has been causing me horrific pain and neurological difficulties night and day for the past 5+ years. I will be forever grateful to whoever gives to this cause. THANK YOU!!