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They will not send me your donations anymore if I'm not in the USA. So no more donations will be accepted.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YOUR HELP.
If you will like to send me anything, please use my PayPal directly. You can also contact me through my Facebook below.
Other contact info:
•PayPal - •Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MaRaMaTSG
•Hurricane Aftermath: Photos: Post Hurricane photos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155728443107603.1073741865.599332602&type=3
My name is Magda Ramirez Martinez, I am 32 years old and live in Puerto Rico. I made this originally for my fibromyalgia medication expenses. There really is no goal. Everything I get and continue to get will be used to continue buying my treatments. Read the full story below. On September 20, 2017 we got hit by category 5 hurricane Maria! There was no power, no water, very limited cellphone service and landlines are down. We ate cold, canned food and drink warm water and drinks. We washed with a bucket and rationed the water. We slept with mosquitos and heat. We couldn't call and contact family in other areas at all unless we'd go over in person but gas had to be saved. We couldn't access banks or ATMs to get cash, and the few that could be had lines that go for hours and had a withdrawal limit. All I have now is WiFi from going to a place that has it. Our home was perfectly fine, thank goodness. There's trees and power poles and cables all over the roads STILL. Gas was very limited and hard to get. I run out of meds in about a month and didn't know if I was able to get more. There's saying it could take up to 6 months for the island to fully recover. Like around April, 2018.** My country is going through a financial crisis (plus now the hurricane as of September 21, 2017) and our medicaid plan has started dropping or simply not covering certain medications and treatments anymore. Which means I'd have to buy them with cash. Please bear with me, for my story is long and complicated... I will add a summary at the very end. I suffer from Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis and compressed, bulging discs. The worst is my lumbosacral joint which is narrower than the others and this compresses my sciatica nerve which causes me a lot of pain and sometimes weakens my legs making me struggle to walk and the knee give out. I'm been using a cane for over 2 years now and I cannot walk nor stand in place for long and if a chair is uncomfortable it will hurt after a while too. As a reminder, I am 32. Fibromyalgia is a condition were I will feel intense pain and muscle spasms and stiffness from something as simple as sitting in an uncomfortable chair for a while, but most of the time, no apparent reason at all and resting does not make it go away. I compare it to the burn you feel after doing squats or leg day. Only that it's mostly on my back. It burns as if I've just tore a muscle. Like a red hot knife stabbed through my bigger muscles. Sometimes even my skin is so hypersensitive that mere touch cause pain and discomfort. Something that would make YOU only wince will probably make ME cry. Even just brushing my own hair is painful those days. This is, a very frustrating and debilitating condition. I cannot work. I was an EMT-Paramedic before the condition started making itself known. I loved my job, I loved helping others... My last 3 months of employment I ended up in the ER 4 times whenever I did a bad move or we had to handle a heavy patient. I had to quit and that's when I started the long process of finding out what was wrong with me, why the pains were so intense, rest did not help and went through many pain medications because none of them seemed to be enough if they had any effect at all. This has also caused me to fall into chronic depression with a suicide attempt. I DO receive psychologic and psychiatric help and take medication. But the main cause is PAIN. When I'm in pain I feel useless for not being able to do even the simplest chores of sweeping and mopping the floor. Sometimes even showering is a struggle. My family helps me in what way they can but this only makes me feel like a burden and I hate it. It makes me dread getting older because I'll only deteriorate more. But when I am pain free or is down to a manageable level, which is usually still a lot but I've developed a high pain threshold from being in constant pain, only then can I do more. Carefully, and thus have a semblance of a "normal" life. I want to go back to school. I want to do something with my life. Something useful, something productive. Without pain I look forward to my future. When IN pain I feel like giving up. Like not wanting to suffer it for long. I am working on this, but being in pain really clouds the mind and sucks away all hope. So, what am I asking for? My plan, medicaid, stopped covering the one medication that gave me a better quality of life. Lyrica (or Pregabalin). My dosage was 75 mg, 3 times a day but I'm supposed to be taking 150mg, twice a day instead. The cost of this medication is currently around $11 each pill. Multiply by 90 pills a month. Yeah... Another expense not covered are visits to a rheumatologist. When calling around to find one I was given prices of first visits from $80 to $100 the first visit and $75 to $85 all others. This does not include the price of pain injections if I need them which are usually $40 - $50 EACH. And the best treatment I've gotten yet is medical cannabis. I qualified for it, have my legal user's card, yet cannot afford it. It's $35 per gram. I need about 6 grams per month as a MINIMUM using micro dosing. More if I wanted to be without pain for more than a few hours. My condition has deteriorated considerably, and of course, my depression is also getting aggravated by it. I barely leave my home anymore, I also have insomnia and have lost my appetite. I NEED my Lyrica, and medical cannabis to survive. I NEED my life back. I NEED to feel normal again and stop despairing about my future. I had started a course on Graphical Design as I'm already an artist and wanted to expand my knowledge to work from home doing what I love. But since my treatment was denied me I have been struggling with the class and ended up dropping out. My family tries to help me but they can't afford too much. For now my cellphone, groceries and basic home needs are covered. Sometimes I go without eating or only having snacks because I need to stretch my money as much as possible. There is NO money for my treatment. We simply don't have it. At least I am very fortunate to not have to pay for rent. I need nothing else in life. I have all material needs covered. I've resigned myself to giving up some of my dreams and desires. I just want my health back, and my very boring, ordinary and normal life back. Please help me if you're able. I'm exhausted with pain. I'm tired of struggling with my health problems at such an early age. Even if I don't reach my full goal I'd be perfectly content with just my medical expenses covered. ~Magda
They will not send me your donations anymore if I'm not in the USA. So no more donations will be accepted.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YOUR HELP.
If you will like to send me anything, please use my PayPal directly. You can also contact me through my Facebook below.
Other contact info:
•PayPal - •Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MaRaMaTSG
•Hurricane Aftermath: Photos: Post Hurricane photos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155728443107603.1073741865.599332602&type=3
My name is Magda Ramirez Martinez, I am 32 years old and live in Puerto Rico. I made this originally for my fibromyalgia medication expenses. There really is no goal. Everything I get and continue to get will be used to continue buying my treatments. Read the full story below. On September 20, 2017 we got hit by category 5 hurricane Maria! There was no power, no water, very limited cellphone service and landlines are down. We ate cold, canned food and drink warm water and drinks. We washed with a bucket and rationed the water. We slept with mosquitos and heat. We couldn't call and contact family in other areas at all unless we'd go over in person but gas had to be saved. We couldn't access banks or ATMs to get cash, and the few that could be had lines that go for hours and had a withdrawal limit. All I have now is WiFi from going to a place that has it. Our home was perfectly fine, thank goodness. There's trees and power poles and cables all over the roads STILL. Gas was very limited and hard to get. I run out of meds in about a month and didn't know if I was able to get more. There's saying it could take up to 6 months for the island to fully recover. Like around April, 2018.** My country is going through a financial crisis (plus now the hurricane as of September 21, 2017) and our medicaid plan has started dropping or simply not covering certain medications and treatments anymore. Which means I'd have to buy them with cash. Please bear with me, for my story is long and complicated... I will add a summary at the very end. I suffer from Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis and compressed, bulging discs. The worst is my lumbosacral joint which is narrower than the others and this compresses my sciatica nerve which causes me a lot of pain and sometimes weakens my legs making me struggle to walk and the knee give out. I'm been using a cane for over 2 years now and I cannot walk nor stand in place for long and if a chair is uncomfortable it will hurt after a while too. As a reminder, I am 32. Fibromyalgia is a condition were I will feel intense pain and muscle spasms and stiffness from something as simple as sitting in an uncomfortable chair for a while, but most of the time, no apparent reason at all and resting does not make it go away. I compare it to the burn you feel after doing squats or leg day. Only that it's mostly on my back. It burns as if I've just tore a muscle. Like a red hot knife stabbed through my bigger muscles. Sometimes even my skin is so hypersensitive that mere touch cause pain and discomfort. Something that would make YOU only wince will probably make ME cry. Even just brushing my own hair is painful those days. This is, a very frustrating and debilitating condition. I cannot work. I was an EMT-Paramedic before the condition started making itself known. I loved my job, I loved helping others... My last 3 months of employment I ended up in the ER 4 times whenever I did a bad move or we had to handle a heavy patient. I had to quit and that's when I started the long process of finding out what was wrong with me, why the pains were so intense, rest did not help and went through many pain medications because none of them seemed to be enough if they had any effect at all. This has also caused me to fall into chronic depression with a suicide attempt. I DO receive psychologic and psychiatric help and take medication. But the main cause is PAIN. When I'm in pain I feel useless for not being able to do even the simplest chores of sweeping and mopping the floor. Sometimes even showering is a struggle. My family helps me in what way they can but this only makes me feel like a burden and I hate it. It makes me dread getting older because I'll only deteriorate more. But when I am pain free or is down to a manageable level, which is usually still a lot but I've developed a high pain threshold from being in constant pain, only then can I do more. Carefully, and thus have a semblance of a "normal" life. I want to go back to school. I want to do something with my life. Something useful, something productive. Without pain I look forward to my future. When IN pain I feel like giving up. Like not wanting to suffer it for long. I am working on this, but being in pain really clouds the mind and sucks away all hope. So, what am I asking for? My plan, medicaid, stopped covering the one medication that gave me a better quality of life. Lyrica (or Pregabalin). My dosage was 75 mg, 3 times a day but I'm supposed to be taking 150mg, twice a day instead. The cost of this medication is currently around $11 each pill. Multiply by 90 pills a month. Yeah... Another expense not covered are visits to a rheumatologist. When calling around to find one I was given prices of first visits from $80 to $100 the first visit and $75 to $85 all others. This does not include the price of pain injections if I need them which are usually $40 - $50 EACH. And the best treatment I've gotten yet is medical cannabis. I qualified for it, have my legal user's card, yet cannot afford it. It's $35 per gram. I need about 6 grams per month as a MINIMUM using micro dosing. More if I wanted to be without pain for more than a few hours. My condition has deteriorated considerably, and of course, my depression is also getting aggravated by it. I barely leave my home anymore, I also have insomnia and have lost my appetite. I NEED my Lyrica, and medical cannabis to survive. I NEED my life back. I NEED to feel normal again and stop despairing about my future. I had started a course on Graphical Design as I'm already an artist and wanted to expand my knowledge to work from home doing what I love. But since my treatment was denied me I have been struggling with the class and ended up dropping out. My family tries to help me but they can't afford too much. For now my cellphone, groceries and basic home needs are covered. Sometimes I go without eating or only having snacks because I need to stretch my money as much as possible. There is NO money for my treatment. We simply don't have it. At least I am very fortunate to not have to pay for rent. I need nothing else in life. I have all material needs covered. I've resigned myself to giving up some of my dreams and desires. I just want my health back, and my very boring, ordinary and normal life back. Please help me if you're able. I'm exhausted with pain. I'm tired of struggling with my health problems at such an early age. Even if I don't reach my full goal I'd be perfectly content with just my medical expenses covered. ~Magda
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Magda Ramírez Martínez
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Mayagüez, PR
