Hi everyone,

I am asking for the help of my friends and

family today, so that one day soon I can have

the opportunity to live a life that is free from

crippling pain and debilitating fatigue.

I was diagnose with CFS/FMS over ten years

ago now.

For those of you who do not know what this

terrible autoimmune disease is, please let me

explain……

CFS/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - is an

autoimmune disorder of the Neuroendocrine

System.

Autoimmunity - is when your Immune System mistakenly identifies a part of your body as a

foreign invader, like a virus it needs to get rid

of. Your own body triggers its inflammatory

process and sends specialized cells to destroy the target and begin the healing process.

FMS/ Fibromyalgia - is a musculoskeletal

condition that causes widespread CHRONIC

PAIN among other symptoms. This pain can

show up in many ways and in different parts

of the body. The most common form of pain

is stabbing pain throughout your entire body. If you are lucky you can experience a duller form of continuous aching. It can be localized to oneor more areas of the body or it can seem to

cluster around multiple ‘Pain Centers’.

CFS/FMS for me has been a combination of

extreme, extreme pain. Mainly from the hips

down.

I wake up every single morning with the lower

half of my body feeling like I have been hit by

a truck. The pain is so intense that my legs feel like they are pulsating with stabbing pains that don’t stop. Like when you have the flu and your body aches and throbs.

Except this IS NOT the flu for me. This is the

reality of my everyday life. The only form of

pain control I have is to take medication.

Heavy pain medication and anti inflammatories. I sit with the pain for several hours, unable to move.

On top of the pain in my legs I also suffer

from muscle spasms, brain fog, chronic

migraines, depression, trouble sleeping (which

intensifies the pain) and extreme unbearable

exhaustion and fatigue.

This illness has taken so much from me……

In my early twenties I went to College to

become a Dental Assistant. Long before I

developed my health issues.

I felt so blessed to find a job In my new career right away. I had so many hopes and dreams

of what my bright future would hold for me.

The one desire that I wanted most in life, and

had dreamed of since childhood was to get

married and have children.

Not only did I never get married……

I also was unable to have children.

In my early thirties I had met the man I

wanted to settle down with. We both eagerly wanted children and decided to start trying

right away. We were already engaged and

knew we wanted to be together.

Years and years went by and failed pregnancy

after failed pregnancy. Not only did I loose

my relationship but I also lost my dream of ever

having a baby.

I have had too many miscarriages that one

woman’s heart should ever have to endure.

Watching my friends and family get married

and have babies. Wondering what was wrong with me. Why I couldn’t have this? But my

body was too sick to hold a baby.

I have lost so so much……

I have lost my career, relationships, babies, my ability to care for myself completely, my

independence, friends and even family.

All I really want in this life is to be able to LIVE.

To be able to go to work. Make a paycheque. Get my own apartment. HAVE MY HEALTH.

To not have to hide being sick. To not have to

depend on others for the necessities in life.

Today finally, for the first time since being

diagnosed. This is a possibility for me!!!

I have discovered an American Physician

named Jacob Teitelbaum who currently sees

patients where he lives in Hawaii.

He is a world renound doctor who deals with

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.

He has written ten books on Chronic Fatigue

and Fibromyalgia. He himself, while studying

to be a physician experienced fully what this

awful disease can do. He was forced to drop

out of college and became homeless.

Fast forward forty years. Dr. Teitelbaum has

devoted his career to studying this illness and

understanding it fully. There has not been one

patient he has not been able to help.

Since being diagnosed I have probably seen

over one hundred doctors. Not even ONE of

them has been able to help me get better.

They write me prescriptions for pain

medication and antidepressants. Hoping I will go away, and stop asking questions that they

don’t know the answers to.

I have been told by an internal medicine

doctor that this is what my life looks like

moving forward. So I should get used to it.

I NEVER got used to it. And I NEVER stopped

searching……

When I am better, and living the life that I

have only dreamed of……

I want to help one person. One person a year. Come up with the money they need to see

Jacob Teitelbaum and have their life and health back.

This illness causes so, so much suffering. And

most of us who have been diagnosed not only suffer, but SUFFER IN SILENCE.

This Autoimmune Disease, like so many others,doesn’t make us look sick.

From outside appearances most of us actually

look fine. We can even look beautiful, and

healthy, and even fit.

This is the cruel part.

I have had so many people in my life who don’tbelieve me……

PAIN CANNOT be SEEN.

Only felt.

Thank you in advance,

To all of you that are able to help me. And to all of you who cannot. I wish nothing but

blessings and health to you and your loved

ones.

xoxoxo. Carley.