Hi everyone,
I am Tia, I’m 22 years old and I live in Cornwall. I have suffered from an illness called Lyme disease for 7 years now. For the first 4 years we had no idea what was causing my unbearable pain, decreasing mobility and terrible health. It took 4 years to find out that I have Lyme disease and several co infections. At the time we looked into treatment and the costs where extortionate so we started fundraising... I blogged my journey when I could at https://tiastimewithlyme.weebly.com and we raised a really good amount of money which meant I could start my treatment! Since then my health has improved soooo much it’s incredible and I am beyond greatful to those who helped me to gain access to these life changing treatments (trust me life changing is no exaggeration whatsoever) however, my body still is not healthy / normal and the monthly costs of the medications and treatments that are helping me to live my life again are quite high, meaning my fundraising pot has been draining and is now very low and I only recently got well enough to start working and then lost my job like many others due to covid. I currently need funds for a number of things including; a functional medicine practitioner who focuses on the biology in my body and prescribes medications to help with each symptom and attack the route cause such as a lack of certain minerals or an overload of a certain chemical along with addressing any infections present, this costs about £300 a month on average for my medication and consultations; I also take CBD oil for my pain which averages about £150-200 per bottle and helps me a lot and I have treatments such as Bowen therapy, physio sessions, reiki, oxygen therapy and massage to help balance my pain all coming in at about £20-50 per session. Since I have been unable to access these therapies due to lock down I have been in a bad pain flare which has highlighted how much they really do help me and lead me to look into other alternatives that could also help to manage my symptoms, (mainly my pain and muscle spasms, but these treatments have knock on effects to help with things like detox, sleep, inflammation and my immune system) all of which again vary from £300 - £3000. So although I am doing soo well with my health, your funds are helping to maintain this level of functionality in my life and it’s amazing which is why I am asking for your help again, I know times are tough at the moment and funds are limited but please if you can donate even if it’s only £1 or sharing my fundraiser to your socials it would make such a huge difference and continue to help me live my life rather than just exist. Thank you so much for your time and thank you even more for your support.
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