Mallery’s chance to heal
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Hi, I am Mallery and I am many things. I am a mother, friend, advocate and cat lover to name a few. I spend my days advocating for human trafficking survivors and my nights enjoying time playing board games with my daughter and chasing around my cat.
I am also someone who struggles with the invisible issues of OSFED, anxiety, CPSTD, and ADHD. For the past year specifically… I have felt paralyzed by all of the above. I kept reaching what I thought was recovery… until I couldn’t anymore. I had to come to the harsh realization I was not strong enough to survive this horrible disease on my own. In February of this year, my body started to give up. I was in and out of doctors searching for answers until I finally had to accept I have an eating disorder that was taking my entire life away. I have been unable to be the mom, friend and human I want to be due to this disease.
On July 10th 2023, I was admitted into a residential treatment facility in Plano, TX for Eating Disorders. I was placed on a feeding tube for 15 days due to malnutrition and dehydration in order to help me weight restore. On August 7th, I stepped down to a partial hospitalization level of care (PHP) and I currently do programming 7 days a week for 10 hours a day at the hospital. Due to all of this, I have been unable to work.
My treatment in PHP will last into mid September and afterwards I will move back home to New Braunfels and begin work again while completing an intensive outpatient program. Each level of care - residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient averagely last 4-6 weeks depending on how I am recovering. Without insurance (thankfully my insurance covered 70/30) treatment at this level costs over $1800 dollars a day.
Since being admitted, it has been nearly impossible to keep up with the daily demands outside of treatment. I want to be able to focus on myself and recovery and that is why I am searching for help. I am also slowly realizing it is okay to ask for help and it’s something I am trying not to feel shame about - we all need a little help sometimes. I am proud of the progress I have made and for taking the steps needed to save my life. I want this full recovery to be possible. My daughter deserves for me to be around a long time.
I try reminding myself daily these past and upcoming weeks will allow me to be the healthiest version of myself and the mom I want to be. I want the rest of my life to be spent living, breathing and experiencing life with Avery, family, and friends.
I am reaching out to raise money for the completion of my treatment and recovery as well as the daily living expenses I’m met with every month as I have been out of work. The money raised will go directly towards the completion of my treatment, prescriptions and bills I have outside of treatment. To help with costs I am also looking into addition funding from possible scholarships.
If you are inclined and able to support me I would be forever grateful. Any and all help would be appreciated beyond a mere expression of words. It would mean the world to me to be able to truly focus on getting better, and not constantly have financial issues at the fore-front of my mind during my time away. The monetary support - and even just good healing vibes would mean everything to me.
I will want to thank all of my donators individually, and send MANY virtual hugs. I thank you all a hundred times up front for taking the time to read this and get to know me and some of my story. If you are unable to donate, please help by sharing this page and if you’re struggling, PLEASE know it is OKAY to reach out for help and it’s okay to not be okay.
All my love
Mallery
I am also someone who struggles with the invisible issues of OSFED, anxiety, CPSTD, and ADHD. For the past year specifically… I have felt paralyzed by all of the above. I kept reaching what I thought was recovery… until I couldn’t anymore. I had to come to the harsh realization I was not strong enough to survive this horrible disease on my own. In February of this year, my body started to give up. I was in and out of doctors searching for answers until I finally had to accept I have an eating disorder that was taking my entire life away. I have been unable to be the mom, friend and human I want to be due to this disease.
On July 10th 2023, I was admitted into a residential treatment facility in Plano, TX for Eating Disorders. I was placed on a feeding tube for 15 days due to malnutrition and dehydration in order to help me weight restore. On August 7th, I stepped down to a partial hospitalization level of care (PHP) and I currently do programming 7 days a week for 10 hours a day at the hospital. Due to all of this, I have been unable to work.
My treatment in PHP will last into mid September and afterwards I will move back home to New Braunfels and begin work again while completing an intensive outpatient program. Each level of care - residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient averagely last 4-6 weeks depending on how I am recovering. Without insurance (thankfully my insurance covered 70/30) treatment at this level costs over $1800 dollars a day.
Since being admitted, it has been nearly impossible to keep up with the daily demands outside of treatment. I want to be able to focus on myself and recovery and that is why I am searching for help. I am also slowly realizing it is okay to ask for help and it’s something I am trying not to feel shame about - we all need a little help sometimes. I am proud of the progress I have made and for taking the steps needed to save my life. I want this full recovery to be possible. My daughter deserves for me to be around a long time.
I try reminding myself daily these past and upcoming weeks will allow me to be the healthiest version of myself and the mom I want to be. I want the rest of my life to be spent living, breathing and experiencing life with Avery, family, and friends.
I am reaching out to raise money for the completion of my treatment and recovery as well as the daily living expenses I’m met with every month as I have been out of work. The money raised will go directly towards the completion of my treatment, prescriptions and bills I have outside of treatment. To help with costs I am also looking into addition funding from possible scholarships.
If you are inclined and able to support me I would be forever grateful. Any and all help would be appreciated beyond a mere expression of words. It would mean the world to me to be able to truly focus on getting better, and not constantly have financial issues at the fore-front of my mind during my time away. The monetary support - and even just good healing vibes would mean everything to me.
I will want to thank all of my donators individually, and send MANY virtual hugs. I thank you all a hundred times up front for taking the time to read this and get to know me and some of my story. If you are unable to donate, please help by sharing this page and if you’re struggling, PLEASE know it is OKAY to reach out for help and it’s okay to not be okay.
All my love
Mallery
Organizer
Mallery Gorski
Organizer
Plano, TX