Please help me, my name is Jo,
I am a wife, and mother of three. I find this extremely difficult to write and to also ask for help. As a family we have always managed so it feels hard now to reach out to people. 

After having many treatments and operations over the years I find myself at a point where I can no longer receive the help I need from the NHS. Therefore I humbly ask for any donations that can be made to support my treatment and any contribution at all would be greatly appreciated. It hasn’t been easy to come to this decision especially with everything going on in the world but sadly the only way I can access the healthcare I need is through funding it. The operation is on my spine. It involves treatment on my nerves and then having a nerve stimulator fitted to help with the neuropathy and will be completed in two separate stages putting an end to the agonising and debilitating pain.
I’m thankful for any donation to my cause and am extremely grateful, i genuinely can’t thank you enough.

Like many of us i suppose I wish more than ever i had the energy of my youth. I also wish I had the body, intact, fit and healthy. Would I want to tell my young self what lay ahead, to enjoy every second the answer to that is no. I wouldn't want to rewrite what has happened to me because things that happened then have made me who I am today. I may have made different choices and therefore maybe not be with my husband and have my three wonderful children. It's funny when you look back and realise things I thought were difficult to deal with actually have ended up being wonderful gifts from life. Although its broken now I’m so proud of what this body has done for me. It has given me three beautiful healthy children. It's healed broken bones, infections and right now it's fighting an almighty battle. This battle which goes on and on and has already taken so much from me, the ugly truth of this disease. Although I fight, it is taking its toll on me and I know I will never ever be the same again. 

I will never know another day of my life without dread. I want to find joy in everyday. I know some days that is harder to do than others as the fear and sadness get to much. So I will continue on for as long as possible. No matter how long we have on this earth we need to truly live!