Hope for Cat in Queensland Lyme treatment

After years of trusting the hospital system to aid my recovery, the politics of my disease stands in the way of me regaining any sense of my past life.

I contracted Lyme Disease six years ago when I was visiting family in up state New York. I have not had any sense of normalcy since.

Living with this disease means I am in constant debilitating pain. The extreme inflammation throughout my body has left me with seizures, fits, vision impairments, cognitive dysfunction, arthritis, unbearable headaches, and wide spread nerve pain. I am no longer able to manage basic day to day tasks.

Leaving the house on days I can means I am reliant on my Assistance Dog, a carer, or both.

More recent allergic reactions to anti-convulsant medications means that my Assistance Dog is more vital than ever, she is able to warn me of oncoming episodes. Things like fits can be triggered by something as simple as standing.

The main hospital system is unable to help me further due to outdated policies about a disease they know little about. I have been hospitalised countless times, including ketamine infusions for pain relief. I have exhausted every option the regular system has been able to offer with no success.

My only hope for effective treatment is with a specialised clinic in Queensland.
For which I am expected to organise and pay for myself, with no medical aid.

This clinic is experienced with vector born diseases such as mine, and will provide a multi system attack on the cunning bacteria causing my illness.

The treatment involves multiple IV antibiotics, hyperthermia treatment, heating the body, and vitamin and mineral transfusions to aid the attack and build immune defence.

This treatment will be undertaken over 4 weeks. It is an intense, exhausting, and extremely confronting option. It is also the only option I have left.

I am usually not one to ask for support, and those who know me well know how stubborn I usually am when it comes to doing things on my own.

But I can't do this on my own anymore, I am tired, I am spent, and I have had enough.

I would be forever appreciative of anyone who can donate toward helping me access this potentially life changing treatment. I cannot put into words how much this opportunity would mean to me, even for minimal improvement in my condition.

Without your help, I am set to continue losing my independence and quality of life to this horrendous disease.

Thank you for any help you can offer.