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PLEASE HELP ME GET MY LIFE BACK!
I am so thankful that I got an updated diagnosis in July. I was originally diagnosed last year with ME/CFS after being hospitalized for the 3rd time, equaling 2.5 months. ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) is a mitochondrial/ATP energy production problem. While in the hospital, doctors thought I had a progressive case of MS because I could not walk and my “gait” was really off balance. They were also convinced that I had Myastinia Gravis, Guianne Barre and the list goes on and doctors could not figure out why all of my tests were coming back negative. A specialist this last June insisted that I take a Western Blot test for Lyme’s Disease just to rule it out. I was convinced that I did not have Lyme’s Disease even though I was bitten by a tick in North Carolina 10 years ago. I just didn’t want to have to deal with one more thing!
Sure enough the Lyme Western Blot test came back positive. At first I thought great, not something else, but truly it is actually a blessing because thank God, it is treatable J I also just took a more advanced Lyme test from a private company and it also came back positive. Had I been given these tests years ago, I believe I would have been able to get the treatment I needed and I would probably be living a normal life right now. I still have a mitochondrial/ATP production problem due to the surgery and Lyme’s disease, but I have discovered treatment for this as well.

I’m a really private person, so I’ve never publicly talked about my health challenges. The unfortunate truth is that I have been bedridden and housebound for a total of 5 out of 7 years starting in April/2012. Every year, I would lay in my bed and say…. “Next year will be different, I won’t be in this bed next year.” The next year would come and I’d say the say thing, then the next year…etc and now another year, I’m laying in my bed having to say the same thing. Apparently, Lyme’s disease has been the major culprit of my health challenges since 2012, however when I had surgery 4 years ago, it became the major trigger and became full blown, leaving me in a paralysis state, unable to walk, unable to speak, in a wheelchair and gave me the worst flu symptoms of my life and nausea that was around the clock. I was even on home health care after being hospitalized for 6 weeks. I have learned that these are all symptoms of Lyme’s disease and it had affected my nervous system because it went untreated.
I have tried going back to work multiple times, and I end up crashing so badly that I end up back in the hospital for extended times, unable to walk and very sick, well at least I now know why! Each time I was able to go back to work for a short time, I would want to kiss the ground because I was so excited that I was out of isolation and able to be around people again. After I tried going back to work again starting part time in February this year, I again crashed 2 months later but this time I wasn’t pulling out of it. I became sicker than I had ever been and every day for 2 months, I was getting sicker and sicker. This time I was extremely scared because I was declining fast.
I was more afraid than ever that I was facing more years or the rest of my life this time bedridden, completely isolated, looking out the window, watching my life pass me by. They call it a “living death” and feeling so sick, I didn’t want to live because who can live like that still being so young with no end in sight. I knew I needed a major intervention and read about hyperbaric oxygen therapy. After 45 treatments at 90 minutes each, I started to have breakthrough. It has cost thousands of dollars. I have had 68 treatments and it has become life changing and life giving and I have just started to get my life back a little over a week ago. I was able to start driving short distances a few weeks ago instead of having to take Lyft to my 9 medical appointments a week. For the first time last week, I was able to go to the beach and go to a real sit down restaurant and this week, I have felt like a normal person!
Sometimes I was so dizzy, I could barely standup and I was starting to get major headaches everyday that felt like my head had been split open. No amount of pain medication would help. One day, I went to hyperbaric feeling like this, and after 90 minutes, it was like I came out a new person. The dizziness and headaches went away and haven’t returned since. I’ve had a few dramatic experiences like this from hyperbarics, so I know it works. This has gotten me functional again and taken away the “sickness” that has been so debilitating. I started hyperbaric for ME/CFS but it turned out to be one of the most effective treatments for Lyme’s disease, however most of the time it does not completely cure it, so now I am onto my second phase of treatment with this new diagnosis.
Weeks of antibiotics are the first line of defense when a person is first bitten by a tick and many times this takes care of the problem, but when antibiotics are not giving right away and the Lyme bacteria stays in the system for years, it becomes extremely difficult to treat and antibiotics usually no longer work or make people sicker. If left untreated, the Lyme bacteria go into the muscle tissue, bones, spinal cord and brain, which is why antibiotics don’t work at this stage.
Since being diagnosed with Lyme’s disease, I have done major research as to what kind of treatments will be the most effective with the least amount of harm and after many days of researching and hearing and reading about numerous testimonies of success, I truly believe I know which way to go in my medical treatments so that I can get my life back ONCE and FOR ALL and hopefully return to work.
VIDEO: How it works
https://oxfordrecoverycenter.com/therapies/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy/
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Every week I have 8-9 medical appointments and the last two months my medical costs have come close to $30,000. I still have another 4 months of medical treatments to cover.
I have to do a minimum of 60-80, hyperbaric treatments 5-6 days a week and I cannot take a break as they each build on one another. Each treatment costs $350. A small fortune!
Hyperbaric is $28,000 and my doctors costs with treatments will be another $25,000, not including the $30,000 paid the last 3 months in doctors appointments and treatments.
I will be grateful for any amount given. If you are unable to give, I would love it if you could share this link. Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping me get my life back :)
Love and Blessings,
Heather

I am so thankful that I got an updated diagnosis in July. I was originally diagnosed last year with ME/CFS after being hospitalized for the 3rd time, equaling 2.5 months. ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) is a mitochondrial/ATP energy production problem. While in the hospital, doctors thought I had a progressive case of MS because I could not walk and my “gait” was really off balance. They were also convinced that I had Myastinia Gravis, Guianne Barre and the list goes on and doctors could not figure out why all of my tests were coming back negative. A specialist this last June insisted that I take a Western Blot test for Lyme’s Disease just to rule it out. I was convinced that I did not have Lyme’s Disease even though I was bitten by a tick in North Carolina 10 years ago. I just didn’t want to have to deal with one more thing!
Sure enough the Lyme Western Blot test came back positive. At first I thought great, not something else, but truly it is actually a blessing because thank God, it is treatable J I also just took a more advanced Lyme test from a private company and it also came back positive. Had I been given these tests years ago, I believe I would have been able to get the treatment I needed and I would probably be living a normal life right now. I still have a mitochondrial/ATP production problem due to the surgery and Lyme’s disease, but I have discovered treatment for this as well.
I’m a really private person, so I’ve never publicly talked about my health challenges. The unfortunate truth is that I have been bedridden and housebound for a total of 5 out of 7 years starting in April/2012. Every year, I would lay in my bed and say…. “Next year will be different, I won’t be in this bed next year.” The next year would come and I’d say the say thing, then the next year…etc and now another year, I’m laying in my bed having to say the same thing. Apparently, Lyme’s disease has been the major culprit of my health challenges since 2012, however when I had surgery 4 years ago, it became the major trigger and became full blown, leaving me in a paralysis state, unable to walk, unable to speak, in a wheelchair and gave me the worst flu symptoms of my life and nausea that was around the clock. I was even on home health care after being hospitalized for 6 weeks. I have learned that these are all symptoms of Lyme’s disease and it had affected my nervous system because it went untreated.
I have tried going back to work multiple times, and I end up crashing so badly that I end up back in the hospital for extended times, unable to walk and very sick, well at least I now know why! Each time I was able to go back to work for a short time, I would want to kiss the ground because I was so excited that I was out of isolation and able to be around people again. After I tried going back to work again starting part time in February this year, I again crashed 2 months later but this time I wasn’t pulling out of it. I became sicker than I had ever been and every day for 2 months, I was getting sicker and sicker. This time I was extremely scared because I was declining fast.
I was more afraid than ever that I was facing more years or the rest of my life this time bedridden, completely isolated, looking out the window, watching my life pass me by. They call it a “living death” and feeling so sick, I didn’t want to live because who can live like that still being so young with no end in sight. I knew I needed a major intervention and read about hyperbaric oxygen therapy. After 45 treatments at 90 minutes each, I started to have breakthrough. It has cost thousands of dollars. I have had 68 treatments and it has become life changing and life giving and I have just started to get my life back a little over a week ago. I was able to start driving short distances a few weeks ago instead of having to take Lyft to my 9 medical appointments a week. For the first time last week, I was able to go to the beach and go to a real sit down restaurant and this week, I have felt like a normal person!
Sometimes I was so dizzy, I could barely standup and I was starting to get major headaches everyday that felt like my head had been split open. No amount of pain medication would help. One day, I went to hyperbaric feeling like this, and after 90 minutes, it was like I came out a new person. The dizziness and headaches went away and haven’t returned since. I’ve had a few dramatic experiences like this from hyperbarics, so I know it works. This has gotten me functional again and taken away the “sickness” that has been so debilitating. I started hyperbaric for ME/CFS but it turned out to be one of the most effective treatments for Lyme’s disease, however most of the time it does not completely cure it, so now I am onto my second phase of treatment with this new diagnosis.
Weeks of antibiotics are the first line of defense when a person is first bitten by a tick and many times this takes care of the problem, but when antibiotics are not giving right away and the Lyme bacteria stays in the system for years, it becomes extremely difficult to treat and antibiotics usually no longer work or make people sicker. If left untreated, the Lyme bacteria go into the muscle tissue, bones, spinal cord and brain, which is why antibiotics don’t work at this stage.
Since being diagnosed with Lyme’s disease, I have done major research as to what kind of treatments will be the most effective with the least amount of harm and after many days of researching and hearing and reading about numerous testimonies of success, I truly believe I know which way to go in my medical treatments so that I can get my life back ONCE and FOR ALL and hopefully return to work.
VIDEO: How it works
https://oxfordrecoverycenter.com/therapies/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy/
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Every week I have 8-9 medical appointments and the last two months my medical costs have come close to $30,000. I still have another 4 months of medical treatments to cover.
I have to do a minimum of 60-80, hyperbaric treatments 5-6 days a week and I cannot take a break as they each build on one another. Each treatment costs $350. A small fortune!
Hyperbaric is $28,000 and my doctors costs with treatments will be another $25,000, not including the $30,000 paid the last 3 months in doctors appointments and treatments.
I will be grateful for any amount given. If you are unable to give, I would love it if you could share this link. Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping me get my life back :)
Love and Blessings,
Heather
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Heather Morris
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Los Angeles, CA