Petrisses Time to Beat the Lyme
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Over the past 10 months I have witnessed the health of Petrisse my now fiancé slowly decline. For the most, people would not know any different and that is only due to the fact She is strong, puts on a brave face, enduring the pain and putting on a smile to appear like nothing is wrong.
The truth is in January she was diagnosed with chronic late stage Lyme disease (tick borne infection) after years of misdiagnosis with multiple drs. This causes joint pain, chronic fatigue, confusion, heart palpitations, sickness, injuries, brain inflammation, headaches/migraines, a shoulder after a full reconstruction that continues to dislocate and not heal, The list goes on. The countless amount of times she’s been asked how is your shoulder? Are you still training? playing footy? soccer? surfing?. It’s easier for her to say “no I’m just working at the moment” and “my shoulder never healed properly” with a faint smile rather than try and explain the reason why her shoulder never healed and why she can’t do these activities anymore because her body won’t allow her. The daily pain is currently suppressed by alternate medication but lately even that is not enough to get her through a days work or a light walk.
As it stands today unless her immune system gets the boost it needs to overcome this debilitating infection her health will continue to decline, the activities everyone knows she loves have become a distant dream, and most likely will never be able to do again. Physical strain and fear of passing on the infection means the chance of having a family of her own may not be possible.
So, what to do?
An opportunity has recently surfaced to send Petrisse to Cyprus in January 2018. We want to raise awareness and some much needed helpful funds to help send her to a specialist clinic in Cyprus for two months consisting of ozone therapy plus a bundle more specialized to her condition.
The treatment in Australia is extremely expensive and consists of months to years of antibiotics which she has already tried, it made 2017 a very unwell year. The Australian Lyme drs hands are tied, Lyme isn’t recognized in the medical world therefore the treatment here is substandard and the limited drs that are willing to help are usually booked out for 6 months, not only that since being unrecognized subsidies are non-existent any treatment/medication/supplements are all paid in full.
We are hoping Cyprus will give her immune system the boost she needs and the tools she requires to maintain the immune fight during recovery post Cyprus.
Appreciating everyone has their own pressures, their own fight whatever it may be. Petrisse will be overly grateful for anything big or small, an understanding hug, change from smashed avo toast, a supportive hi-five from friends, family and the community would be amazing and key to giving this genuinely caring, loving soul her life back.
The truth is in January she was diagnosed with chronic late stage Lyme disease (tick borne infection) after years of misdiagnosis with multiple drs. This causes joint pain, chronic fatigue, confusion, heart palpitations, sickness, injuries, brain inflammation, headaches/migraines, a shoulder after a full reconstruction that continues to dislocate and not heal, The list goes on. The countless amount of times she’s been asked how is your shoulder? Are you still training? playing footy? soccer? surfing?. It’s easier for her to say “no I’m just working at the moment” and “my shoulder never healed properly” with a faint smile rather than try and explain the reason why her shoulder never healed and why she can’t do these activities anymore because her body won’t allow her. The daily pain is currently suppressed by alternate medication but lately even that is not enough to get her through a days work or a light walk.
As it stands today unless her immune system gets the boost it needs to overcome this debilitating infection her health will continue to decline, the activities everyone knows she loves have become a distant dream, and most likely will never be able to do again. Physical strain and fear of passing on the infection means the chance of having a family of her own may not be possible.
So, what to do?
An opportunity has recently surfaced to send Petrisse to Cyprus in January 2018. We want to raise awareness and some much needed helpful funds to help send her to a specialist clinic in Cyprus for two months consisting of ozone therapy plus a bundle more specialized to her condition.
The treatment in Australia is extremely expensive and consists of months to years of antibiotics which she has already tried, it made 2017 a very unwell year. The Australian Lyme drs hands are tied, Lyme isn’t recognized in the medical world therefore the treatment here is substandard and the limited drs that are willing to help are usually booked out for 6 months, not only that since being unrecognized subsidies are non-existent any treatment/medication/supplements are all paid in full.
We are hoping Cyprus will give her immune system the boost she needs and the tools she requires to maintain the immune fight during recovery post Cyprus.
Appreciating everyone has their own pressures, their own fight whatever it may be. Petrisse will be overly grateful for anything big or small, an understanding hug, change from smashed avo toast, a supportive hi-five from friends, family and the community would be amazing and key to giving this genuinely caring, loving soul her life back.
Organiser
David Crowe
Organiser
Bar Beach NSW