Help Me Fight Illness and Reclaim My Health and Life

A Life I Never Imagined

Life has a way of bringing us to places we never expected. When I was very young, I believed that if I worked hard and consistently, I could build a future of pure gold. By the age of 16, using my own savings from my Saturday job as an apprentice barber, I had enough money and experience to open my own business, my own barbershop. I worked tirelessly, created employment for three people, and built a thriving business that I loved. Perhaps just as much, or maybe even more, I loved my martial arts training in Wing Chun, Tai Chi, and Pa Qua Chang. I also studied to become a personal trainer and gym instructor.

Then fate intervened. After several years of gradually increasing fatigue and pain, I was diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia, conditions that doctors in the UK still do not fully understand. For years now, I’ve been fighting an illness that has taken so much from me, my health, my family, my social life, and my ability to work.

What started as occasional fatigue has grown into a battle that consumes my body, my mind, and my life. Terrible migraines, burning pain throughout my head, neck, spine, and muscles, severe cramps, joint problems, fevers, constant infections, extreme fatigue, hot and cold sweats, and painful electrical tingling throughout my body. This is my daily reality. It’s not something I can hide, and I can’t hide from it. It’s here, every day, affecting everything I do. And now, my situation has become acute. I am experiencing a progressive numbness throughout my body and symptoms that could be Encephalitis or Meningitis. No matter how hard I try with them, the NHS cannot help. I fear that this condition is worsening beyond my control and becoming a matter of life or death.

The Struggles You Don’t See

People look at me and say they see someone strong, someone who has overcome a lot. But they don’t see the nights I lie awake in pain, the days where I can barely get out of bed, and the constant fear that I might end up like my father, who passed away in great pain two years ago.

This fighter has to admit that he needs help. And, most difficult of all, I have to keep pushing myself to ask for that help, from a world that sometimes resents or misunderstands those struggling with illness.

Why I’m Asking for Your Help

I am asking for your compassion, and I am asking for your help, something that is not easy for someone as independent as I’ve always been.

What all of this really comes down to is that I need a chance. A chance to fight back against this illness. A chance to heal. A chance to get back on my feet, live a life free from pain, and support myself, and my mother again.

The Oxygen Therapies, including Ozone, Hyperbaric Oxygen, and Hydrogen, combined with high-dose intravenous Vitamin C and other essential vitamin and mineral supplements are my best hope. But they are expensive. The doses I need to heal cost up to £600 per week.

These treatments are far more effective than pharmaceutical drugs, which often come with severe side effects. Over the years, I’ve suffered many complications from medications, some so severe that I’ve become allergic to certain drugs. Oxygen therapies, on the other hand, heal rather than harm. They rejuvenate cells, cleanse the body, and strengthen the immune system, giving me the best possible chance at recovery.

Why Your Donation Matters

If you’ve made it this far, you’ve already shown kindness just by reading my story. And if you are in a position to help, no matter the amount, please know that your donation isn’t just money. It’s a lifeline.

I have always worked hard. I built a business from scratch, always pushing forward, never giving up. But now, I need help. If you can give, even just a little, it will be deeply appreciated. Every single contribution will go directly toward the treatment I desperately need to reclaim my life.

I don’t want to give up.

I am not ready to let this illness define me.

Thank You from the Depth of My Heart

I can’t begin to express how much your support means to me. Just knowing there are people who care, who understand, and who are willing to help means everything.

Please, if you can:

1. DONATE – Every little bit helps

2. SHARE THIS CAMPAIGN – The more people who see this, the better my chances

3. REACH OUT – If you know of any other way to help, please let me know

Thank you for taking the time to read my story.

To those of you who donate, thank you for believing in me and giving me a chance to heal.

JOBY