
Help Severia receive treatment for Late-Stage Lyme
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My name is Allie I’m doing this for my sister as she’s been battling some major health issues for over a year now. I had her write her story out as it was easier to explain, any help would be greatly appreciated as she already has enough stress not being able to go to work on top of paying for expensive medical bills. Thank you.
*I will try to keep it as short as possible* Some of you know and some of you don’t but on February 27th 2022 I had my first seizure. It took 8 months to even get a diagnosis. So many things in my body are messed up, I went to a neurologist, rheumatologist, gynecologist and my primary doctor and none of them would listen to me and just wanted to throw me on medications that MIGHT stop/help one of the many symptoms I have. While my symptoms just kept getting worse week by week, while still trying to work and have a life, it wasn’t possible. I spent most of my time those 8 months home and in bed. Now we are in October of ‘22 and I found a wonderful facility In Albany (but they don’t take any insurance) that actually listened to everything I was saying and didn’t want to put me on medication until we knew what was going on. After getting 25 viles of blood taken, I had an answer to what was causing me to have seizures and other issues. I have 2 chronic tick borne infections - Lyme disease and bartonella and a vitamin deficiency. I started treatment immediately. Since October I have consistently been on 3 strong antibiotics (& a bunch of vitamins) having to change antibiotics a few times because they stopped working from my body getting used to them. In May of ‘23 I started going to Albany once a week for 4 weeks to get IV treatments to help build my immune system to help fight these chronic illnesses off. After not having a seizure for a while but still not feeling good and spending a lot of time in bed, on July 2nd I had another seizure. Since then I have had 4, all of them at work and my mom has had to hold me in my chair so I don’t fall on the ground. With that being said, (& not even covering everything) now I am out of work for a little while and here soon I will be starting some very intensive treatments and will need to be in Albany everyday for 6 weeks. Like I said above, they don’t accept any insurances so I have been paying out of pocket for all of the treatments and care that I have gotten from them and with being out of work and having regular bills on top of medical bills, my bank account is yelling at me. This isn’t something I wanted to do but need to do so I can get better and live my life again. I have spent a good portion of my time since February 2022 home and in bed and I am mentally and physically just over it but I know I still have a ways to go. So if you could please donate to help me that would be greatly appreciated! If you you can’t donate that is okay but please at least share this! I will be using this money for my treatments and hopefully a place to stay in Albany for 6 weeks so I don’t have to go back and forth. Thank you so much in advance!
*I will try to keep it as short as possible* Some of you know and some of you don’t but on February 27th 2022 I had my first seizure. It took 8 months to even get a diagnosis. So many things in my body are messed up, I went to a neurologist, rheumatologist, gynecologist and my primary doctor and none of them would listen to me and just wanted to throw me on medications that MIGHT stop/help one of the many symptoms I have. While my symptoms just kept getting worse week by week, while still trying to work and have a life, it wasn’t possible. I spent most of my time those 8 months home and in bed. Now we are in October of ‘22 and I found a wonderful facility In Albany (but they don’t take any insurance) that actually listened to everything I was saying and didn’t want to put me on medication until we knew what was going on. After getting 25 viles of blood taken, I had an answer to what was causing me to have seizures and other issues. I have 2 chronic tick borne infections - Lyme disease and bartonella and a vitamin deficiency. I started treatment immediately. Since October I have consistently been on 3 strong antibiotics (& a bunch of vitamins) having to change antibiotics a few times because they stopped working from my body getting used to them. In May of ‘23 I started going to Albany once a week for 4 weeks to get IV treatments to help build my immune system to help fight these chronic illnesses off. After not having a seizure for a while but still not feeling good and spending a lot of time in bed, on July 2nd I had another seizure. Since then I have had 4, all of them at work and my mom has had to hold me in my chair so I don’t fall on the ground. With that being said, (& not even covering everything) now I am out of work for a little while and here soon I will be starting some very intensive treatments and will need to be in Albany everyday for 6 weeks. Like I said above, they don’t accept any insurances so I have been paying out of pocket for all of the treatments and care that I have gotten from them and with being out of work and having regular bills on top of medical bills, my bank account is yelling at me. This isn’t something I wanted to do but need to do so I can get better and live my life again. I have spent a good portion of my time since February 2022 home and in bed and I am mentally and physically just over it but I know I still have a ways to go. So if you could please donate to help me that would be greatly appreciated! If you you can’t donate that is okay but please at least share this! I will be using this money for my treatments and hopefully a place to stay in Albany for 6 weeks so I don’t have to go back and forth. Thank you so much in advance!
Organizer and beneficiary
Allie Thies
Organizer
Franklin Depot, NY
Severia Arend
Beneficiary