Support Needed for Medical Recovery Journey

Hello,

Asking for help has never been a strength of mine, but unfortunately I am having to come to accept that I am in desperate need of some support as I have been struggling with medical complications following a surgery I had in April of this year.

On April 1st, I underwent an abdominal surgery to address some long standing medical issues. For several weeks after the initial surgery, recovery seemed to have been going great! About 3 weeks post-op, it was as if someone flipped a switch, I was in pretty severe pain, and suddenly I was completely intolerant of any food, or liquids. This has led to further medical complications including issues with chronic dehydration, and malnutrition. In addition to the medical effects, this has also severely affected my day to day life. Because of these issues, I was unable to work from April-July of this year, at which point I exhausted all my savings and had to return to work, ready or not.

Since April, I have had multiple additional procedures to try and address the issue, which as far as the surgeon can tell seems to be related to a twist in my stomach caused from scar tissue/adhesions related to the initial surgery. These additional procedures have been unsuccessful, as well as the many, many medications we have tried.

Fast forward to now, we are gearing up for one more, and hopefully final, surgery to try and fix the situation so I can return to a normal life. However, I am desperately needing help affording all the additional copayments for appointments, medications, bloodwork, and imaging required for the procedure.

I have always tried to live my life helping others as much as possible, whenever possible. I’m not used to being on the other end, and being the person who needs the help. I thank you for reading my story, and considering donating to help.