Medical fund: Stop Samantha's Pain!
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Samantha is a 29 year old woman who has just suffered a heart attack, yes at 29! I have known her family since before she was born. They are hard working religious people who have dedicated their lives to raising their twin children to be the wonderful people that they are today.
Sam began her struggle with Lyme at 13, spending 3 years in bed. She would not have survived it had it not been for the dedicated efforts of a mother who refused to give up. Teresa learned as much as she could about Lyme and became an advocate for her daughter and the Lyme community. Sam has struggled through highs and lows as she has worked hard to regain her health, continually fighting to make her way through. Then, in October, she found herself once again in the ER but facing an even more terrifying situation, after suffering a heart attack. Now, with mounting medical bills, doctors who don't understand Lyme, the inability to eat, and constant pain, Sam and her family look for answers. She can't walk without assistance, can't work, and once again relies on her parents to help her through.
The need is immediate. Sam and her mother will have to travel to find a doctor willing to take on her case after her local hospital has admitted that they can't help her. Most of the treatments are not covered by insurance. Sam currently owes almost $25,000 in medical bills. Monies raised will go to current and future medical expenses. Any money raised beyond Sam's need will be donated to help other victims of this growing problem.
Please help Sam and her family by enabling them to find the help that they need to fight this incidious disease.
For the first time, Sam is speaking out. I have posted her story in her own words below.
LEAF Lyme patient Story #94
By Samantha Anne Davis, Salisbury Maryland
October 21, 2016
I went to the heart doctor this week, (Oct 2016) and they said, 'yes you had a heart attack and damage, yes I can have another one anytime, yes it is probably from your Lyme disease.'
Then they basically said we don't know about it and go somewhere else we can't help you.
My Lyme doctor did blood work which we showed them and they said we didn't understand it. It showed my chronic infection of Lyme and co-infections plus liver and kidney damage.
I can't take or understand why the majority of medical community, government and insurance companies can't and won't acknowledge, diagnose, and treat chronic Lyme disease, and look the other way.
It baffles and angers me that I will probably die if left up to their care and ineptitude.
And that the doctors that do treat Lyme disease get their license's taken from them if the try to help and have to treat people in secret so that people don't die.
Lyme specialist can't take insurance for the same reasons, so most people who are sick can't afford treatment that they desperately need.
I have been sick since I was 13 years old and almost died from misdiagnosis with almost every symptom on the check list.
Misdiagnosed and told by so many doctors, and 3 major hospitals in the country that it was all in my head I was faking it.
It is hard and I struggle a lot.
The emotional and physical scars as well as continuing battle everyday is so heart wrenching and painful.
I am lucky to have my family I would be dead without them.
This heart attack and symptoms I am fighting again because of this disease, the co-infections, and doctors still knowing nothing, and no caring is scary.
What about all the people and children who are fighting the same thing with no answers and no support being left to die how is that ok?
I will be battling chronic Lyme disease for the rest of my life and I almost died, again, from the heart attack caused by this horrible disease.
Yet nothing has really changed since I was that 13 year old girl 16 years ago.
It is depressing and horrible and disgusting and really pisses me off. I have missed most of my life and almost died twice and they don't care and for them that is acceptable.
I am just one person out of millions of people with the same story.
Life is short, hopefully I will comeback from this again. But I will always have to watch everything I do exercise, eat right, go in and out of treatment.
It is exhausting and frustrating and at times so depressing.
I was good for awhile and let myself think I could be normal. I will never be normal.
Lyme disease and co-infections might kill me one day -the odds aren't in my favor at this point.
What is it going to take before things change and doctors, insurance companies, and the government finally open their eyes to such horrible debilitating diseases that come from ticks.
Their are so many co infections to even name and you have to treat them before you even treat Lyme.
The co-infections can even be worse then the Lyme. (Babesia, Bartonella are two of the worst co-infections)
We can't let this to continue to happen for such a treatable diseases that doctors, insurance companies and the government will not look into because the medicines to treat are already out there.
The testing is laughable and inaccurate.
How sad and hopeless is it that I have to worry about running out of pain meds because it is one of the only things helping the pain from being so excruciating that I just want to die.
Pain meds which I hate using because of what they do to my body and the side effects that they have on me.
Everyone who knows me knows I am into the most natural and organic treatment possible so I detest having to use them.
Life is hard and I know I will fight back again like I did before.
This isn't as bad as the last time but it kind of is in a different way. I was 13, a kid, not as much self awareness as the 29 year old adult I am now.
What is it going to take for change just something I can't help but think about as I lay here stuck needing help to even do the simplest things like walk by myself.
Let's not stand for what is happening with the standard of care, and blind eyes the government, doctors, and insurance companies are doing anymore.
If it wasn't for the acupuncture and holistic meds, the past few days which help me be able to keep food down I would have loss all hope.
I believe the medical community has helped a lot of people in a lot of ways but have completely failed in all aspects of Lyme disease and all the other infections from ticks.
We as I community need to fight. It is not ok and it is way beyond overdue for change and recognition for horrible disease and the co-infections that are debilitating and deadly.
It has been a long journey and I know I need to write more about it to help people.
I love all of my family and friends thank you again for your support and love. It is one of the only things keeping me going I am blessed to have each and everyone of you.
Sam began her struggle with Lyme at 13, spending 3 years in bed. She would not have survived it had it not been for the dedicated efforts of a mother who refused to give up. Teresa learned as much as she could about Lyme and became an advocate for her daughter and the Lyme community. Sam has struggled through highs and lows as she has worked hard to regain her health, continually fighting to make her way through. Then, in October, she found herself once again in the ER but facing an even more terrifying situation, after suffering a heart attack. Now, with mounting medical bills, doctors who don't understand Lyme, the inability to eat, and constant pain, Sam and her family look for answers. She can't walk without assistance, can't work, and once again relies on her parents to help her through.
The need is immediate. Sam and her mother will have to travel to find a doctor willing to take on her case after her local hospital has admitted that they can't help her. Most of the treatments are not covered by insurance. Sam currently owes almost $25,000 in medical bills. Monies raised will go to current and future medical expenses. Any money raised beyond Sam's need will be donated to help other victims of this growing problem.
Please help Sam and her family by enabling them to find the help that they need to fight this incidious disease.
For the first time, Sam is speaking out. I have posted her story in her own words below.
LEAF Lyme patient Story #94
By Samantha Anne Davis, Salisbury Maryland
October 21, 2016
I went to the heart doctor this week, (Oct 2016) and they said, 'yes you had a heart attack and damage, yes I can have another one anytime, yes it is probably from your Lyme disease.'
Then they basically said we don't know about it and go somewhere else we can't help you.
My Lyme doctor did blood work which we showed them and they said we didn't understand it. It showed my chronic infection of Lyme and co-infections plus liver and kidney damage.
I can't take or understand why the majority of medical community, government and insurance companies can't and won't acknowledge, diagnose, and treat chronic Lyme disease, and look the other way.
It baffles and angers me that I will probably die if left up to their care and ineptitude.
And that the doctors that do treat Lyme disease get their license's taken from them if the try to help and have to treat people in secret so that people don't die.
Lyme specialist can't take insurance for the same reasons, so most people who are sick can't afford treatment that they desperately need.
I have been sick since I was 13 years old and almost died from misdiagnosis with almost every symptom on the check list.
Misdiagnosed and told by so many doctors, and 3 major hospitals in the country that it was all in my head I was faking it.
It is hard and I struggle a lot.
The emotional and physical scars as well as continuing battle everyday is so heart wrenching and painful.
I am lucky to have my family I would be dead without them.
This heart attack and symptoms I am fighting again because of this disease, the co-infections, and doctors still knowing nothing, and no caring is scary.
What about all the people and children who are fighting the same thing with no answers and no support being left to die how is that ok?
I will be battling chronic Lyme disease for the rest of my life and I almost died, again, from the heart attack caused by this horrible disease.
Yet nothing has really changed since I was that 13 year old girl 16 years ago.
It is depressing and horrible and disgusting and really pisses me off. I have missed most of my life and almost died twice and they don't care and for them that is acceptable.
I am just one person out of millions of people with the same story.
Life is short, hopefully I will comeback from this again. But I will always have to watch everything I do exercise, eat right, go in and out of treatment.
It is exhausting and frustrating and at times so depressing.
I was good for awhile and let myself think I could be normal. I will never be normal.
Lyme disease and co-infections might kill me one day -the odds aren't in my favor at this point.
What is it going to take before things change and doctors, insurance companies, and the government finally open their eyes to such horrible debilitating diseases that come from ticks.
Their are so many co infections to even name and you have to treat them before you even treat Lyme.
The co-infections can even be worse then the Lyme. (Babesia, Bartonella are two of the worst co-infections)
We can't let this to continue to happen for such a treatable diseases that doctors, insurance companies and the government will not look into because the medicines to treat are already out there.
The testing is laughable and inaccurate.
How sad and hopeless is it that I have to worry about running out of pain meds because it is one of the only things helping the pain from being so excruciating that I just want to die.
Pain meds which I hate using because of what they do to my body and the side effects that they have on me.
Everyone who knows me knows I am into the most natural and organic treatment possible so I detest having to use them.
Life is hard and I know I will fight back again like I did before.
This isn't as bad as the last time but it kind of is in a different way. I was 13, a kid, not as much self awareness as the 29 year old adult I am now.
What is it going to take for change just something I can't help but think about as I lay here stuck needing help to even do the simplest things like walk by myself.
Let's not stand for what is happening with the standard of care, and blind eyes the government, doctors, and insurance companies are doing anymore.
If it wasn't for the acupuncture and holistic meds, the past few days which help me be able to keep food down I would have loss all hope.
I believe the medical community has helped a lot of people in a lot of ways but have completely failed in all aspects of Lyme disease and all the other infections from ticks.
We as I community need to fight. It is not ok and it is way beyond overdue for change and recognition for horrible disease and the co-infections that are debilitating and deadly.
It has been a long journey and I know I need to write more about it to help people.
I love all of my family and friends thank you again for your support and love. It is one of the only things keeping me going I am blessed to have each and everyone of you.
Organizzatore e beneficiario
Robin Bereson Barr
Organizzatore
Owings Mills, MD
Samantha Davis
Beneficiario
