Healing Lyme & Starting a New Life
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My name is Nicole. I spent the last 6 years of my life farming and following my passions, and also slowly watching myself get sicker and sicker. I am writing to you to share my journey with you and ask for your help in allowing me to access the tools I need to heal my illness and start my life again with a new career in healing and nutritional care.
I have been on a healing journey for the last 10 years. During that time, I have had symptoms, both psycological and physiological, that I could not explain, but I continued to search for answers. I went through many different diets, including an autoimmune protocol that lasted 3 years. I tried to heal through changing my diet and healing my gut for many years. Then I started to incorporate through bodywork and therapy. And finally I found a functional medicine doctor that aligned with my values and knew more than I did about holistic healthcare. Each of these has been a stepping stone to what got me here today. I am finally at a point in my healing journey where things are shifting, and I need help getting through this phase.
Over the course of the last 5 years, I have slowly been given diagnoses to work with. I have an autoimmune disorder called hashimoto's hypothyroidism. I have a genetic disorder called compound heterzygous MethylTetraHydraFolate Reductase (MTHFR). I have chronic lyme disease. I have chronic co-infections including several strains of babesia, bartonella, and epstein bar virus. I have chronic adrenal fatigue, chronic pain, and a whole, long list of symptoms caused by my chronic infections and autoimmune condition. I have heavy metal poisoning and extremely high iron levels. I have PTSD and anxiety from past trauma. All of these diagnoses are current, and have helped me access tools to work towards healing, improving my immune system function, and lessening my symptoms, but I still have a lot of work to do.
All of these illnesses still impact every aspect of my life. I have allowed them to step into the spotlight this year, have my full attention, and an all access pass to my wallet. I have a great Washington state health insurance plan, however, there is a lot that my insurance does not cover, and all of these costs have been out-of-pocket.
What I am asking for is two fold. I am seeking the support to finish my lyme protocol. I am currently undergoing immediate steps to eradicate my lyme disease, and there are continuing steps to aid in the process over the next year. With the support of my team of doctors and healers, I will eradicate these chronic infections, heal my adrenal fatigue, improve my chronic pain, improve my immune system and liver function, and continue to heal from trauma and work through my triggers through therapy, coaching, and EMDR. Hopefully by now, you're thinking what I am thinking which is, I am so strong and determined to heal myself.
Healing from my illnesses will improve my life. In some ways, my life feels like it is on hold. I want to enter into a new career, but I have been so sick from my symptoms and my treatment that I have not been healthy enough to pursue moving forward. How chronic illness works is you get worse before you get better. This has been a blessing and a curse. I have found a lot of life lessons and strength in surrending to my illness, giving it my full attention, and showing up again and again to do the work.
My goal is to spend the next year continuing to heal from this illness, and to start a nutritional therapy certification program in February of this year. I want to practice nutritional therapy in my community and offer classes that educate people on how to be an advocate for their own health and learn tools to access their own medicine. I already teach classes in my community for free, and I am already a resource in this community for health and detox. I want to turn this service into a career and a way of life that supports me. I want to guide people on a path to healing, like I did, for myself.
I can't do this without you. The funds I am asking for will pay for Nutritional therapy (NTA) tuition, continued treatment of nutritional IVs and MAH ozone therapy, bodywork, and supplements. I keep well documented records of my medical expenses, and since February, I have spent over $4,000 on medical visits, medical treatments, insurance payments, and supplements.
These are my goals for what I am trying to cover over the next year:
NTA Tuition $5500
NTA Books and Supplies $800
12 MAH $1920
30 IV Nutritional Therapies $1950
4-8 Acupuncture Visits $480
4-8 Massage Visits $400
4 Craniosacral Therapy Visits $260
Supplements $1200
Doctor Appointment Co-pays $1000
Help me keep going! I'm grateful for whatever amount of this gets covered. You're support will allow me to access all the tools available to my healing. Your support will also encourage me! I am in the process of building a website that will have a blog, advertise my nutritional therapy services, and provide online classes and resources.
Please contribute whatever you can to my cause.
And please feel free to contact me with any personal questions, or to reach out in support.
I have been on a healing journey for the last 10 years. During that time, I have had symptoms, both psycological and physiological, that I could not explain, but I continued to search for answers. I went through many different diets, including an autoimmune protocol that lasted 3 years. I tried to heal through changing my diet and healing my gut for many years. Then I started to incorporate through bodywork and therapy. And finally I found a functional medicine doctor that aligned with my values and knew more than I did about holistic healthcare. Each of these has been a stepping stone to what got me here today. I am finally at a point in my healing journey where things are shifting, and I need help getting through this phase.
Over the course of the last 5 years, I have slowly been given diagnoses to work with. I have an autoimmune disorder called hashimoto's hypothyroidism. I have a genetic disorder called compound heterzygous MethylTetraHydraFolate Reductase (MTHFR). I have chronic lyme disease. I have chronic co-infections including several strains of babesia, bartonella, and epstein bar virus. I have chronic adrenal fatigue, chronic pain, and a whole, long list of symptoms caused by my chronic infections and autoimmune condition. I have heavy metal poisoning and extremely high iron levels. I have PTSD and anxiety from past trauma. All of these diagnoses are current, and have helped me access tools to work towards healing, improving my immune system function, and lessening my symptoms, but I still have a lot of work to do.
All of these illnesses still impact every aspect of my life. I have allowed them to step into the spotlight this year, have my full attention, and an all access pass to my wallet. I have a great Washington state health insurance plan, however, there is a lot that my insurance does not cover, and all of these costs have been out-of-pocket.
What I am asking for is two fold. I am seeking the support to finish my lyme protocol. I am currently undergoing immediate steps to eradicate my lyme disease, and there are continuing steps to aid in the process over the next year. With the support of my team of doctors and healers, I will eradicate these chronic infections, heal my adrenal fatigue, improve my chronic pain, improve my immune system and liver function, and continue to heal from trauma and work through my triggers through therapy, coaching, and EMDR. Hopefully by now, you're thinking what I am thinking which is, I am so strong and determined to heal myself.
Healing from my illnesses will improve my life. In some ways, my life feels like it is on hold. I want to enter into a new career, but I have been so sick from my symptoms and my treatment that I have not been healthy enough to pursue moving forward. How chronic illness works is you get worse before you get better. This has been a blessing and a curse. I have found a lot of life lessons and strength in surrending to my illness, giving it my full attention, and showing up again and again to do the work.
My goal is to spend the next year continuing to heal from this illness, and to start a nutritional therapy certification program in February of this year. I want to practice nutritional therapy in my community and offer classes that educate people on how to be an advocate for their own health and learn tools to access their own medicine. I already teach classes in my community for free, and I am already a resource in this community for health and detox. I want to turn this service into a career and a way of life that supports me. I want to guide people on a path to healing, like I did, for myself.
I can't do this without you. The funds I am asking for will pay for Nutritional therapy (NTA) tuition, continued treatment of nutritional IVs and MAH ozone therapy, bodywork, and supplements. I keep well documented records of my medical expenses, and since February, I have spent over $4,000 on medical visits, medical treatments, insurance payments, and supplements.
These are my goals for what I am trying to cover over the next year:
NTA Tuition $5500
NTA Books and Supplies $800
12 MAH $1920
30 IV Nutritional Therapies $1950
4-8 Acupuncture Visits $480
4-8 Massage Visits $400
4 Craniosacral Therapy Visits $260
Supplements $1200
Doctor Appointment Co-pays $1000
Help me keep going! I'm grateful for whatever amount of this gets covered. You're support will allow me to access all the tools available to my healing. Your support will also encourage me! I am in the process of building a website that will have a blog, advertise my nutritional therapy services, and provide online classes and resources.
Please contribute whatever you can to my cause.
And please feel free to contact me with any personal questions, or to reach out in support.
Organizer
Nicole Arlette Warren
Organizer
Olympia, WA