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Hello friends and kind supporters, my name is Anna Yamamoto.
I have been living with Multiple Sclerosis for about 30 years. I was diagnosed in 1993, but I have symptoms since my early twenties.
Since 2000, I haven't been able to work.
I have battle this disease through some very rough and embarrassing times. I was able to walk and drive until 2008. I am trying to get help so I can become normal again. I know I can do it, I just need a little help.
My husband of 25 years of marriage, decided to leave me to deal with this problem by myself. I have made things work, but sometimes it gets very difficult to navigate.
In the past years, I have experienced many symptoms like blindness, heat and cold intolerance, spasticity, walking problems, numbness in my hands and feet, weakness and other symptoms that comes with this disease.
Right now my hands and legs don't work and I am a wheelchair bound.
In spite of all this turmoil, I refuse to give up or give in. I am a fighter and I wish I could get a part time job.
My husband was my world, but in 2016 he decided to file for divorce and told me I needed somebody to take care of me. I felt very lonely and excluded from this world.
I have to rely on other people to have my basic needs taking care of. I have no friends or family to call upon for help, it's just me. I have somehow managed to deal with the things thrown at me, a lot of comes from my attitude of not wanting to give in.
Unfortunately, my ex-husband left me on my own without any financial support to fend for myself, I live day by day with the fear of thinking that I will become homeless with no one to depend on.
I have reached a point where I am asking for a helping hand. It's embarrassing to admit you need help, I am sure you can understand that, but at the same time, I have nowhere else to turn so I turn to you, my friends and those I don't know.
My goal is to reach $10,000 which will be used for costly intensive therapy and another expenses that derive from symptoms of MS.
I am willing to work hard to become a whole again!
Even if you can't help, please share my story with your family and friends.
I appreciate you taking the time to read my story.
Thank you and God bless you!
I have been living with Multiple Sclerosis for about 30 years. I was diagnosed in 1993, but I have symptoms since my early twenties.
Since 2000, I haven't been able to work.
I have battle this disease through some very rough and embarrassing times. I was able to walk and drive until 2008. I am trying to get help so I can become normal again. I know I can do it, I just need a little help.
My husband of 25 years of marriage, decided to leave me to deal with this problem by myself. I have made things work, but sometimes it gets very difficult to navigate.
In the past years, I have experienced many symptoms like blindness, heat and cold intolerance, spasticity, walking problems, numbness in my hands and feet, weakness and other symptoms that comes with this disease.
Right now my hands and legs don't work and I am a wheelchair bound.
In spite of all this turmoil, I refuse to give up or give in. I am a fighter and I wish I could get a part time job.
My husband was my world, but in 2016 he decided to file for divorce and told me I needed somebody to take care of me. I felt very lonely and excluded from this world.
I have to rely on other people to have my basic needs taking care of. I have no friends or family to call upon for help, it's just me. I have somehow managed to deal with the things thrown at me, a lot of comes from my attitude of not wanting to give in.
Unfortunately, my ex-husband left me on my own without any financial support to fend for myself, I live day by day with the fear of thinking that I will become homeless with no one to depend on.
I have reached a point where I am asking for a helping hand. It's embarrassing to admit you need help, I am sure you can understand that, but at the same time, I have nowhere else to turn so I turn to you, my friends and those I don't know.
My goal is to reach $10,000 which will be used for costly intensive therapy and another expenses that derive from symptoms of MS.
I am willing to work hard to become a whole again!
Even if you can't help, please share my story with your family and friends.
I appreciate you taking the time to read my story.
Thank you and God bless you!