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Medical Assistance

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Hello everyone! To put is simply I am sick, I am very very sick. I have been for a long time. To put it long, about 6 months ago I lost complete control of my health. I was diagnosed with Lyme disease after fighting for over a year to get an accurate diagnosis. I then found out my stomach is filled with bile, my gallbladder is not functioning, my endometriosis is progressing, and I am beginning to see specialist for a possible coinfection of MCAS AND P.O.T.S. I have lost 20 pounds. I am getting worse. In my most recent doctors appointment with what I hoped would be my new internal medicine specialist I was told "You have too many symptoms. I don't even know where to begin." For 6 months I have been going from doctor to doctor and have received no treatment. I am already out over 1,000 dollars and I barely have any answers or doctors I trust. I have not been able to work because of Covid and just the severity of my illness. A lot of days I cannot move because the pain is too unbearable. Sometimes I lose consciousness because of the pain. I am 24 and wear compression socks and get out of breath walking It is terrifying being chronically ill, queer, black, and a woman right now. It is terrifying having to see doctors that don't view me as human and trusting them with my life.to the kitchen in my small duplex. Along this journey I have experienced so much blatant and violent racism and disregard for my health from doctors and hospitals. I am constantly being told despite the vast amount of symptoms, diagnosis, and actual failing organs and pain that I just have anxiety or PTSD.  
Because I am not able to work or move most days I have lost my income. I am quickly drowning in medical bills and cannot afford to travel or see specialists for my disease(there are no Lyme disease specialists in my entire state and the medical field in Oklahoma is terrifying in general). I currently see 6 specialist. I am about to have surgery, and I have three different doctors appointments for this week alone. I take over 15 pills a day depending on what time of the month it is. Medications and supplements are expensive. I now live alone(as of this month) and now pay all of my bills and rent alone when before they were divided. I was receiving unemployment but as of this month that is no longer. Please share if you cannot donate. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of me, my art, and my activism.
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Donations 

  • Caitlin Tobin
    • $200 
    • 1 yr
  • Anonymous
    • $25 
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $60 
    • 2 yrs
  • Audrey Johnson
    • $25 
    • 2 yrs
  • Justin Penny
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
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Ariana Hall
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Raised $285 from 5 donations
Oakland, CA
Mica Thibodeaux
Team member
Raised $140 from 5 donations
Darrius Butler
Team member
Raised $60 from 2 donations
This team raised $12,063 from 242 other donations.

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