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As a family, we have created this GoFundMe to help ease the financial burden Megan is facing as she struggles with serious health concerns that are severely impacting her quality of life. For the past several months, we’ve been doing everything we can to support Megan—but the need has grown beyond what we can manage alone. She needs to be properly assessed and diagnosed based on her entire medical history, which to this day no doctor has done despite years of effort. Her current essential treatments for maintaining function include, but are not limited to, prolotherapy, osteopathic care, massage therapy, and acupuncture.
Megan’s symptoms include muscle dysfunction, full body spasms, postural instability, severe pain, difficulty swallowing, coordination problems, lapses in memory, and intense sleep disturbances, among others. Many of these issues have been present since childhood and have gradually worsened over time. When she was two, she underwent eye surgery for congenital exotropia, a condition where a baby’s eyes turn outward. Her eye specialist at the time noted that this particular problem is uncommon in children. It is possible another underlying condition may have caused this issue, which she still deals with on an ongoing basis today. All of her symptoms have become unbearable. It is painful to watch someone you love suffer and endure so much pain and discomfort without a clear solution moving forward. It's devastating and we feel very helpless.
Despite years of suffering, Megan has had a hard time getting her symptoms properly assessed. This year, she has had five visits to the ER, three by ambulance, and was admitted overnight for observation on one of those occasions. She was subsequently dismissed without having any thorough investigations completed. After these hospital visits, she has had two abnormal EEGs on her brain that have yet to be discussed with her. She has a diagnosis of atypical MS, but we are questioning whether her issues are stemming from something else entirely.
Megan is currently unable to work due to her unpredictable symptoms. Between the costs of essential treatments, medications, and a recent trip to Vancouver to see a neurologist, she can't keep up and is struggling to cover even basic needs like food. Her health benefits ran out months ago—leaving her to pay out of pocket for every treatment she receives.
This financial strain is taking a real toll on her well-being, and we believe it’s also worsening her symptoms. Megan is doing her best to overcome these challenges. She has made signicant gains, but the daily struggle is immense. Her body condition changes so rapidly that it’s near impossible to know what the day will hold. She is regularly unable to complete the basic activities of daily living. She is often too unwell to prepare food for herself, resulting in her getting down to a dangerously low weight of just 98lbs earlier this year. Our family is providing her with meals whenever possible, and she is occasionally using a meal prep service to try to gain weight and strength. Her weight is increasingly slowly, but the cost of maintaining her nutrition requirements is not possible alongside the cost of treatments.
Adding to these challenges, Megan has not had consistent care from a family physician. For nearly two decades, her concerns were repeatedly minimized, and her physical symptoms were too often dismissed as anxiety. She finally found a doctor who took her concerns seriously, and then in August 2023 the clinic abruptly closed. Since then, she has had no permanent physician and has relied on an online Rocket Doctor for her care—an option that is inadequate for someone with such complex and ongoing needs. She desperately needs an in-person family doctor who can coordinate and advocate for her long-term care. She has been waitlisted far too long.
Megan has also started seeing a private counsellor to help her unpack the negative effects permanent long-term conditions can place on oneself and the nervous system. This will be incredibly important for her moving forward.
We’re hopeful that with consistent care and proper nutrition, she’ll begin to feel like herself again. These chronic health conditions consume every part of her life, and our deepest wish is simply for Megan to feel healthy and have some quality of life again.
Megan struggles with a lot of invisible symptoms. On her rare good days, she's looking forward to re-connecting with friends and family. It is a challenge for her every time she has these social interactions, but it means so much to her. It's important to keep in mind, although she may look good on the outside, she is still dealing with these struggles in her body every day.
Megan is incredibly strong and resilient and has worked through similar health struggles before. We hope with this help she can overcome these current health challenges as well.
Megan has already invested a substantial amount of her own money into her healing journey and is now reaching out for external support. Between 2019 and 2023, she spent well into the double-digit thousands because she believed in the possibility of a better life. By 2023, however, she could no longer afford the regular maintenance appointments she needed.
Unfortunately, the urgency of her treatment needs has outpaced her financial resources, and as a result, she is facing a financial burden. We have set the fundraiser goal to cover what Megan has already put towards her healing between January and July 2025, and the future expenses to get Megan a proper diagnosis. It is becoming clear that we may need to seek assistance outside of Interior Health to get Megan help. Today, she is once again spending more than she earns to continue healing. But this time, we have a clearer understanding: without consistent maintenance treatments once she reaches baseline, there’s a significant risk of regression.
If you’re able to donate, we would be deeply grateful. Every dollar will go directly to her to help cover the costs of past, present and future treatments, medications, medical equipment, meal preparation, travel to appointments, and anything else she needs to support her recovery. If you’re not in a position to give right now, we completely understand—please consider sharing this link so her story can reach others who might be able to help. We will do our part in continuing to support her and advocating for her to get a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
We love Megan dearly. With your support, we hope to give her the strength and stability she needs to get back on her feet. She loves you all and appreciates you more than you know. Your understanding means everything to her. Thank you for being there for her anyway you can.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
-Megan’s family
**If you would like to see letters from her osteopath and registered massage therapist, please click the links below to view the external documents. If you would like proof of payment for Megan’s past and present treatments, please contact us through this GoFundMe.**
Advocacy Letters:
Registered Massage Therapist
Osteopath
