Help me BATTLE my Lyme Disease!
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It is with the largest of hearts and the greatest of thanks that I ask for your help in supporting the treatment that I have been receiving and am continuing to receive for my Chronic Lyme Disease and co-infections.
I was diagnosed almost 3 years ago and in that time I have seen two Lyme Disease Specialists.
The first specialist put me through a year of both oral medications and IV antibiotics through a PICC line in my arm. I received IV treatment for 6 months before this doctor told me that my case was too difficult for him to treat.
It took me a bit of time to figure out what to do next. All the while there were days on end where I could hardly walk and my who being was exhausted and my whole body hurt...down to feeling terrible pain on my skin simply when the wind brushed passed it.
NYC is my home and I love it, but it can be an unfriendly environment for those working to recover from an autoimmune disease. So I had to leave my jobs in Brooklyn Schools and at a College in Riverdale because the commute was too difficut with the Lyme, and have been happily working and loving my job (which I have held for over a year now!) as a primary therapist at an eating disorder treatment center. My job is amazing and I always feel so much gratitude and honor to be in the lives of myclients as they work on their own recoveries. But for as much as my job gives me, it does not give me a decent paycheck.
One year ago I began Lyme Tx with a new Lyme specialist in Washington DC who was referred to me by an ALC alum! First I had to get my gaul bladder out because it was harboring the disease. Than they scanned my brain to find that the Lyme was also really effecting my brain, which meant that I had to get another PICC line for IV antibiotics...only this time it was in my chest. I have had my linein for 10 months now and am useing it to detox at this point while I do a heavy oral medication protocal. During thistime, my neurological and cognitive functioning have been compromised. I have had to take 2 week long medical leaves, the second one being because I couldnt remember words or speak very well.
In all of this time I have had to push myself towork every day (despite loving it!) because I was fearful of not being able to pay rent if I took a sick day.
The huge struggle has been that my insurence has failed to pay a dime! (Because accoring to many medical Dr.s, Lyme Disease "Doesn't exist.")I have calculated the amount of money that has been spent on my Dr. visits and on the cost of oral and IV medications, and that cost alone has been $62780.00 THIS YEAR ALONE. And this does not include any of my hospital visits or procedures.
I am trying to recoup some of this money by asking the wonderful people in my life to donate to my medical bills through Go Fund Me. Any little amount would be so appreciated and would help the amount towards my goal grow.
This process has been increadibly difficult and has really tested my physical and emotional strength, but it has also solidified my unending thanks to my family and friends who have been supporting me through the best days and the days that have had more tears than smiles. But you know what? I'm going to beat this terrible disease!!!!!!!!
Thank you,
Whit
I was diagnosed almost 3 years ago and in that time I have seen two Lyme Disease Specialists.
The first specialist put me through a year of both oral medications and IV antibiotics through a PICC line in my arm. I received IV treatment for 6 months before this doctor told me that my case was too difficult for him to treat.
It took me a bit of time to figure out what to do next. All the while there were days on end where I could hardly walk and my who being was exhausted and my whole body hurt...down to feeling terrible pain on my skin simply when the wind brushed passed it.
NYC is my home and I love it, but it can be an unfriendly environment for those working to recover from an autoimmune disease. So I had to leave my jobs in Brooklyn Schools and at a College in Riverdale because the commute was too difficut with the Lyme, and have been happily working and loving my job (which I have held for over a year now!) as a primary therapist at an eating disorder treatment center. My job is amazing and I always feel so much gratitude and honor to be in the lives of myclients as they work on their own recoveries. But for as much as my job gives me, it does not give me a decent paycheck.
One year ago I began Lyme Tx with a new Lyme specialist in Washington DC who was referred to me by an ALC alum! First I had to get my gaul bladder out because it was harboring the disease. Than they scanned my brain to find that the Lyme was also really effecting my brain, which meant that I had to get another PICC line for IV antibiotics...only this time it was in my chest. I have had my linein for 10 months now and am useing it to detox at this point while I do a heavy oral medication protocal. During thistime, my neurological and cognitive functioning have been compromised. I have had to take 2 week long medical leaves, the second one being because I couldnt remember words or speak very well.
In all of this time I have had to push myself towork every day (despite loving it!) because I was fearful of not being able to pay rent if I took a sick day.
The huge struggle has been that my insurence has failed to pay a dime! (Because accoring to many medical Dr.s, Lyme Disease "Doesn't exist.")I have calculated the amount of money that has been spent on my Dr. visits and on the cost of oral and IV medications, and that cost alone has been $62780.00 THIS YEAR ALONE. And this does not include any of my hospital visits or procedures.
I am trying to recoup some of this money by asking the wonderful people in my life to donate to my medical bills through Go Fund Me. Any little amount would be so appreciated and would help the amount towards my goal grow.
This process has been increadibly difficult and has really tested my physical and emotional strength, but it has also solidified my unending thanks to my family and friends who have been supporting me through the best days and the days that have had more tears than smiles. But you know what? I'm going to beat this terrible disease!!!!!!!!
Thank you,
Whit
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Whitney M. McMullan
Organizer
New York, NY
