Hi, I'm Sylvia Brallier and I have recently had some accidents that have really complicated my already complicated health issues. I've been trying for a year and half to muddle by, but I've reached the end of my rope.

I have received two concussions in the last year and half, one from a bin hitting my head in a moving car while I was sleeping in the back seat, and another in a dance accident where I was dropped on my forehead straight down onto a wooden floor from seven feet in the air.  I've spent most of the last year and a half in bed.

Everything is complicated by the fact that on top of that, 
that I have a debilitating rare neurological condition that causes seizure like events daily. The concussions have made it worse. 

I have a hidden handicap. It can be confusing for people, because one moment I'm dancing like an athlete, the next I'm twitching and gasping on the ground. My type of Dystonia (Paroxysmal Dyskinesia)  has never been fully contained by drugs, and leaves me totally helpless multiple times a day. Being alone with it is making me feel pretty anxious and vulnerable. 

I used to have people to help me when I can't walk. But now that I am not living with family, all I have is my somewhat poorly trained dogs to help me lessen the intensity of my dystonic attacks, which can be quite scary and painful.

The concussions have made my dystonia symptoms much more frequent, and the pain more unbearable. Having the dogs helps a lot, but I was never able to fully train my little guy, (because I'm out of it) and the service dog training  is expensive, like $7,000 or so. Having some money to get him up to speed would also go a long way to making me safer, even if I have to be alone.

Even moreso, I need money to work on healing my Traumatic Brain Injury  , because I have found it very hard to work a job where I have to keep track of a bunch of things. I'm supposed to be on brain rest for a year or two! I need to pay my utilities, rent, buy food, go to the chiropractor weekly ($130 per time!) and get accupuncture to help the debilitating headaches, as well as get help, like neuro-feedback so my brain recovers quicker. I'm also currently about 5K in the hole from not being able to work.

I've been waiting on disability for 6 months! I guess if you are disabled you are supposed to be able to put yourself into homeostasis for that long to survive. So much cheaper than eating. ;-) 

In addition,  I could also use some volunteer  help:

Getting and staying on track with what I need to do to get well and take care of myself...  Squirrel! Now my attention span is about 10 minutes long.  It's been hard for me to even arrange my own care!

I also have lots I could offer online if someone else could do marketing for me. I just can't do that part with my current brain.

Massage and other therapies that might help, also appreciated.

Someone good with computers and house tinkering... that would help a lot too. limping along here with the broken and discombobulated technology that I've got.

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I have totally resisted going public about how hard this has been, and how alone I've been in trying to deal with it. But hey, new levels of vulnerability for me to get to I guess.

This help would mean the world to me.  I've been so worried about being able to feel safe, it's made it very hard to just relax and get well. 

I would be ever so grateful for your help. I've got more I want to share with the world and I need my all my brain function back and my pain decreased to do it!

           THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart.

xoxo,
Sylvia