Hi! My name is Michele Sirois and I have been suffering from immune and neurological disorders, which in time have brought on different and life threathening diseases.

I am a mother of three children which I have raised as best as I could. But at the age of 33, I started having problems breathing and I was diagnosed shortly with allergic asthma and severe sensitivity to chemical and enviromental factors leading to anaphylactic shocks, which is a rare immune disorder. The costs of treatments and medications easily come up to 100 000$ per year. I later became very disfunctional due to pain throughout my body. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, brain tumor and a brain anurism. I've been fighting for my life for so long which has forced my husband to quit his job in order to care for me. The amount that you would generously give me will be used for newer medical equipments such as an electric wheelchair. I have been bound to a wheelchair for a long time now but with hand ortheses, I am no longer able to use a manual wheelchair. I would also be able to pay for my medications and have a bit of financial relief and maybe then I would be able to pay the cost of a rhumatoïd specialist that practises in private so I can get the help I need since I am on a waiting list that will take years before I can consult one.

The pain that I have lived with for many years has forced me to be bedridden quite often. It has pushed away people because I could no longer do the things I used to do. I've spent so many nights in different hospital beds and different specialists from around the province of Quebec have tried to help relieve my pain.. Now it has come to an end. The different doctors I have been seeing all have decided that there is nothing more to do than to keep me comfortable until the day I pass away. I am young. I am a mother of three and my biggest dream of all would be to meet one day my grandchildren, to be able to rock them in my arms and to sing them a lullaby. I might not get there, I am conscious of that, but for now there is still life in me and I will do what it takes to have one more day.. But for that to happen, I need your help in making this dream come true. I believe that with the proper equiments and a new specialist, then maybe, just maybe, it could be life changing... More than ever I want to be able to leave my home, go grocery shopping, attend my son's graduation from high school, visit my first born who I see once a year because he lives 8 hours away to celebrate his engagement to his girlfriend. I want to live different experiences, go to festivals... But until I get financial help, all of these things remain a dream. If my story has touched you in any way, and you decide to give any donation, I will be very grateful. I haven't lost hope yet and I will make sure that the money I will recieve will be put towards my needs so I can maybe have just one more day. Thank you for taking the time to read my message and for all the help I could recieve. Your friend, michele