Support Janine in Her Time of Need

I am asking for help. The combined impacts of vaccine injury, organophosphate pesticide poisoning, mold poisoning, electromagnetic injury, and the recent loss of both my parents have resulted in financial devastation. I am seeking help to survive.

At the four I went into a coma after receiving the MMR vaccine. At the age of 10 I was poisoned by the misuse of organophosphate pesticides in my Indiana elementary school and became bedridden. I was eventually diagnosed with acute disabling multiple environmental chemical sensitivities by the father of clinical ecology, Harvard-trained Dr. Theron Randolph. Any sense of normalcy flew out the window, and decades of instability followed as I began reacting to everything including food, water, clothing, bedding, soaps, personal care products, fragrances of all kinds, the gas furnace, pesticides, herbicides including the neighbors’ Chem-Lawn, agricultural sprays, and the toxic, orange-tinged air pouring forth from the nearby steel mills. Dr. Randolph recommended moving which resulted in a years-long cross-country odyssey to find a tolerable place to live. At the time we knew so little about the many forms of indoor and outdoor air pollution or how devastating black mold could be on the human body. The car became my sanctuary. Eventually my mom and I moved to a small house in Arizona in 2005, but we discovered yet another home with mold and have been unable to remediate due to lack of funds. As a result, I have had to spend the majority of the last twenty years outside or in the car; yet it is the only house since my birth home that I have been able to spend any length of time inside as it is free of pesticides, herbicides, and noxious new construction chemicals.

Despite the years of sickness and instability, I was able to obtain a remote BA in English graduating summa cum laude with the goal of working from home as a writer. But this was years before Zoom and being nearly 2,000 miles away from campus I missed out on internships, networking, and other opportunities of career development and advancement. Soon after graduation, my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. While my mom was battling cancer, I had a stroke in late 2022 following two massive herbicide exposures. Within a span of a few days, I was given multiple MRIs, CT scans, and electrical heart tests. After all of the testing I developed an extreme sensitivity to the electromagnetic fields emitted by such things as smartphones, Wi-Fi, and laptops making living and working in the modern technological age nearly impossible. In addition, just before my mom died in 2024, I was given the following evaluation: “This examiner has evaluated and treated patients with toxic/neurotoxic exposures and chemical/environmental sensitivity for approximately 40 years, beginning in graduate school in the inpatient unit for environmentally ill patients in Bedford, Texas. Ms. McNamara’s degree of sensitivity and illness are among the worst observed...It is highly unlikely that she will ever be healed of her severe chemical/environmental sensitivities by traditional or even environmental medicine interventions. Obtaining a safe home environment is imperative for any improvement in Ms. McNamara’s condition and which she has been unable to accomplish.”

My dad died in March without a will and in serious debt; the Az house I am living in is set to be divided amongst his four adult children. To keep what has been my home for twenty years, I would have to buy out my three siblings. With the death of my father, I am now without an income; I have exhausted my savings; and I am at risk of homelessness. My mother’s death left me with $11,000 worth of her debt, and I have since accumulated my own debt of $7,000 paying for living expenses on credit. Sheer desperation has brought me to GoFundMe, as I have been unable to find a job that does not involve intolerable environmental exposures or a remote job that allows for limited time on the computer and telephone. Obtaining disability for these conditions is notoriously difficult, and I have not been able to do so.

For the first time in my life, I am alone without resources or support, as my remaining family members are unable or unwilling to assist me. I am now asking for crowdfunding help for to be able to get back on my feet, deal with my many losses, get out of day-to-day survival mode so that my nervous system can rest, and develop a plan to get on solid footing without my parents’ financial support. Thank you for donating if you are able, sharing if you are willing, and offering your prayers if you pray.

Immediate donations will go toward daily living expenses (house payment, electricity, water, internet, food, and necessary supplements). In addition, to keep my parents' tolerable car that I have been driving for 21 years, I will have to buy it from the estate for $500, purchase new license plates, and it is also in need of $1200 of urgent mechanical repairs. The purpose of this fundraiser is for immediate survival needs as well as to prevent a slide into homelessness, as with my sensitivities I will not survive. I have seen the power of social media, and if my fundraiser were to be successful I would use the funds to pay off my debt, secure a future for myself and to be able to keep the home I have been living in for twenty years by buying out my siblings and renovating it so that it could be a safe living environment for me to recover. I sincerely thank your help during this very difficult time.

I would also like to add that GoFundMe shows the total amount of money raised since the fundraiser started. It does not account for money already sent to my account and spent. Also, GFM takes a 2.9% fee and an additional 30 cents from every donation.