Help a Community Healer Recover From Long COVID!

Help D recover from Long COVID: Health medical fund support!

Support D during their 33rd birthday month to raise funds for their ongoing LC recovery. D, a community healer and organizer, has been extremely sick for almost 3 years now due to a COVID infection in January 2022. They are unable to afford alternative treatments or health supports as they cannot work due to illness. Since there is no FDA approved treatment or cure for Long COVID, the path to recovery is very expensive. The past 3 years of D's life have mostly been spent laying in bed, sick. All funds to be used over the next 12 months (detailed breakdown of [1] ongoing symptoms and [2] breakdown of funds listed below).

PLEASE SHARE with your friends who can support + DONATE if you have the funds! Even $5 helps. Thank you so much for being a supportive pillar in my COVID recovery journey.

Brief background info:

The youth program I worked at shut down in July 2021 and I lost my job. In January 2022, I got a COVID infection and in March 2022 I developed Long COVID. Since losing unemployment benefits, I remain sick, I cannot work full time and I don’t know if/when I will be able to. At present, I do not have capacity to navigate the system to get disability benefits. I spend the majority of my time laying down at home since it’s the main thing that helps my symptoms. The other major things that help me are acupuncture sessions, herbs/supplements, and soaking in mineral hot springs.

Medical doctors cannot help me as there is currently no FDA approved treatment or cure for Long COVID. Because of the diverse expressions of LC, lack of medical understanding, and my Autism disorder I didn’t understand what was happening to my body for over a year of severe illness. I was afraid to confront the reality that I was sick so I kept pushing myself, which made my condition even worse. Recently I’ve made some small progress with my recovery, though the past ~3 years of my life have been the hardest, most isolating, painful, and terrifying I’ve ever endured. I will say, I am incredibly grateful to be alive and have a completely different perspective on life and disability due to this experience.

Currently I’m surviving off public assistance and the small amount of money I make when I have capacity to offer healing to my clients. As many know, I do a lot of my healing free of charge/ to raise mutual aid funds for others. In recognition of this, I ask you please show up for me during this critical time! Your financial support will make a huge positive impact on my long term recovery. Even $5-$10 is a welcome donation, and sharing with others if you don’t have the funds helps too. Thank you.

Over the past ~3 years I’ve had 40+ symptoms, including:

BREAKDOWN OF FUNDS:

Donations will go towards the following over the span of 12 months:

1 YEAR TOTAL around $5000

(additional $1000 for emergency medical funds - ER hospital visits, special blood tests, medical testing, etc)

(includes $200 for GFM withdrawal fees)

FUNDRAISING GOAL: $6200

Thank you for donating and sharing, I am extremely grateful for your support!