The quick synopsis:
I am vibrant, youthful, fun, nurturing, creative and only recently found out why I’ve had debilitating pain in my body for the past 14 years: Lipedema. I’m eternally optimistic and believe we can heal from anything which is why, despite every medical professional in the area telling me there is no cure, I found a doctor 3,000 miles away that knows how to reverse this incapacitating condition.

I also look forward to sharing, as a living example, that there is a cure for Lipedema. Doctors who told me I’d never be cured, and other patients suffering with this ailment, do not need to feel hopeless.

I’m asking for a total of $100k to help cover the cost of these 3 procedures. And what I want you to know is that by helping me, you’re helping others. I am committed to dedicating my pain free life to giving back – to my family, to my community and to those in need. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

The longer version:
I only recently found out why I’ve had debilitating pain in my body for the past 14 years: Stage 2 Lipedema (see photo below).

Even though multiple Lipedema ‘expert’ MD’s in Manhattan say there is no cure, I wouldn’t accept that answer. I’m eternally optimistic and believe we can heal from anything.

I FOUND A HIDDEN GEM OF A DOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN QUIETLY HEALING LIPEDEMA FOR 25+ YEARS!!!

His name is Dr. David Amron and after 2 procedures this year (April & August) I’m almost pain free in my legs and arms for the first time in 14 years.

But I’m deeply in debt from these 1st two procedures and need $100,000 to cover these 2 procedures as well as the final procedure.

To put this in perspective, my body has ached for 14+ years after any type of exercise (including hikes, power walks or gentle squats or weightlifting). I’ve shied away from living an active lifestyle because of the pain, even though I’ve done everything in my power to live a healthy life.

For example, to eliminate inflammation I’ve cut out gluten, dairy & sugar and I even follow intermittent fasting which allows my body to heal at a rapid rate. But my hips & torso down to my ankles (plus arms) have kept spreading in girth with multiplying diseased fat cells & inflammation, my lymph is blocked from the fat cells, fibrosis & nodules… and the pain has kept growing.

Not only that, but issues like arthritis in my SI joint and slight arthritis in my knees have been unable to heal because of all the fibrosis and lipedema issues. Now there’s a chance for my knees to get much better thanks to the 2nd leg procedure from Dr. Amron.

Remaining are my torso and hips, which are spreading and aching from the multiplying diseased fat cells. This is the reason for the final procedure #3. Once procedure #3 is completed, I’ll have a better chance of healing the sciatica and SI joint issues.

Dr. Amron performed the first procedure for me in late April (calves, ankles and arms). The swelling and pain are gone. And in August he performed the procedure for my knees & thighs… and finally, once I’ve paid off the first 2 procedures and have money for the 3rd one, he will be able to do my torso and hips.

Click here for Dr. Amron’s website

It’s difficult for most people to ask strangers for money, but my thought is that I’ve found a solution with Dr. Amron that will help me be able to continue living an even healthier more vibrant life after I’m able to get the full 3 procedures with him. And as my health, mobility and vitality increase, I’ll be able to give back to society.

I also look forward to sharing that there is, indeed, a cure for this little known or understood condition. My story can give hope and healing to many others.

One of my favorite everyday ways to ‘give back’ is to help the people around me (cleaning lady who barely knows English and works hard to raise her two children after leaving her alcoholic husband, the handyman who works with a smile but I can see he’s in a great deal of pain, my nephew’s 70 year old nanny who has very little but gives anything she can to those around her in need…).

I have an empathetic gift of being able to sense the pain of others (both emotional and physical). I have so much to offer and care deeply for those around me.

Completing these surgeries with Dr. Amron will allow me to thrive and be the best human I can be on this planet.

I work in my personal life as a holistic healer and energy medicine practitioner. I also sell Medicare Supplement plans to seniors and the disabled. So I am paying for as much as possible on my own, and the inclusive cost is over $100,000:

Surgery fees are $89,500 + air travel, hotel and manual lymphatic drainage massage (MLD) twice a week for 6 weeks – after all 3 surgeries! So it’s 18 weeks of 2 MLDs – at $300/each totaling $10,800).

I’ve already seen how much better I can be and feel with the 1st two surgeries. Please help me pay off those first 2 surgeries and get the final procedure.
It won’t be possible for me to get that final 3rd surgery until my first 2 are paid in full.

I am asking for a total of $100,000 to help me fully heal from Stage 2 Lipedema.

I guarantee this will help many more than just me because I am a nurturer by nature.

I’m looking forward to how much more I can accomplish and become without this daily pain; including raising awareness with Lipedema Doctors & Patients that there is, indeed, a cure.

Much gratitude to those who are inspired to help after reading my story. Thank you.

$100,000 total requested
$89,500 for all 3 surgical procedures
$10,800 for MLF (manual lymphatic drainage twice weekly for 18 weeks)
$10,500 ($3500 each surgery for travel from NY to CA, taxis & hotel)

PayPal.Me/ritu411

I want to tell you about my two-year-old daughter, Rosie, who desperately needs your help. I am a first-year teacher (career switcher) and am the sole provider for my family of four. I had already started teaching, but since this is my first year teaching, our insurance didn’t start until a month and a half (October 1^st, 2022) after my start date. Rosie was in the hospital with pneumonia for roughly two weeks prior to when my insurance started. She had only been breathing out of one lung and could’ve easily died :( We didn’t have insurance at the time but obviously didn’t have a choice about getting her the medical care she needed.

Rosie was hospitalized from September 18th through September 30th. She underwent several medical procedures that were unsuccessful, which, as you can imagine, was hard not only on her but difficult for my entire family. I stayed awake most nights, and when I did sleep, I dreamed about the pneumonia spreading into her other lung—thank God it did not. Seeing Rosie in the hospital was the worst period of my life. One of the nights she was there and was in so much pain, she still managed to say “goodnight, Daddy” as she screamed in pain. I can’t help but cry when I think about that moment.

I grew up in the church and believe Jesus Christ is my savior. I kept thinking, though, how could God let this happen to someone so small, so innocent? I hated myself, thinking that maybe it was my fault, that perhaps I had done something that needed to be rectified. I prayed that the doctors would be able to figure out what was going on with my little girl—and they did.

When Rosie was released from the hospital, I had a new lease on life and wanted to make every single day count with my kids. Rosie is recovering, albeit slowly. Each day is a step in the right direction, but she still has a long way to go.

Rosie’s medical bills for our hospital stay are over $35,000, and we can barely afford to pay rent and eat, let alone pay this bill. You would greatly help us by considering a gift of just $5.00; your support would mean so much.

Please, Rosie and our family would be so grateful for your gift.

Thank you, and God bless

paypal.me/helplittlerosie

I’ve never asked for help like this before, but we are really starting to run out of options. Last year, my wife was diagnosed with recurring severe hemiplegic migraines caused by her cerebellum sitting too low in her head, clogging electrical impulses from her nervous system to her brain. Life was fine before this all started, but since, it’s been a living nightmare. The trial and error of medications and treatments overtime has left her with even more problems, to include severe suicidal episodes brought on by Topamax. It’s taken everything in us to keep fighting, but this has reached a breaking point. She had been maintaining employment for so long despite everything, until things got so much worse within the last few months. Her body will react harshly to stress, puking and breaking out into hives. Mood fluctuations that are very extreme several times a day. She has medications to take as an emergency should a headache come on because if it turns into a migraine she has to go to the ER, and if it’s another hemiplegic migraine it risks sending her into a stroke. There are potentially other treatments but they involve expensive injections, tests, and potentially surgery. I’ve done and am doing all I can, but there just isn’t enough money to make end’s meet. We’ve had friends and family help, but they can only do so much, and our credit lines are maxed. I appreciate you taking the time to read this, and if you are able to help, we would be eternally grateful.

paypal.me/torpornought

December 2021 I got COVID for the first (and only) time. Fever and flu like symptoms lasted about three days, but what I was left with is so much worse. I have what doctors are calling “long covid” so here I am asking for some money to help pay for the stellate ganglion block which has helped some people dealing with long COVID. It’s a pricey procedure and because “long COVID” is new and the SGB has never been used to treat this before,  insurance won’t cover it. I have chronic fatigue and sore muscles, brain fog so bad that I have to have someone else write this for me, I get winded doing normal daily tasks and (probably the most unbearable and detrimental symptom) I developed parosmia. I am someone who was a healthy 30 year old before having COVID.  I’ve lost 35 lbs (down to 110) due to my long COVID symptoms. I have a hard time at work. I have a hard time speaking and with cognitive function. The distorted sense of taste and smell has most foods tasting like either ammonia, rotten raw meat, or rotten raw meat sprayed with ammonia. I’m asking for $4500 to help me get this treatment so I can get my life back. I want to be able to hike again. I want to have normal conversations without having trouble finding the words. I want to be able to enjoy meals without the potential of throwing it up. I want to be able to kiss and hug my family without being disgusted by the smell of perfumes or breath (even mint is terrible). Please help me get this treatment. It’s literally physically and mentally killing me.

Hello! Thank you for looking at our page.

My husband has recently been diagnosed with Lukemia. Which is a blood cancer. He is a very hard working (since age 14) individual who is committed to his family.

He had just changed jobs in March and diagnosed in July. Because of his short time with the company he is not eligible for disability (through work) or workman’s comp.  The company has let him go.

We are down to one income.  I am still working and will continue to do so. However, my income (I work 4 different jobs. 3 as a physical therapy assistant and 1 as a massage therapist) does not cover all the bills.

We are asking for help financially to pay medical and home bills. So, that we can keep our home and vehicles while he’s going through treatment. Which will be at least another 4-6 months. He will be getting a bone marrow transplant in about a month.

We are fortunate to have very loving and giving family and friends but it starts to feel uncomfortable when you continue to keep asking.

I also would like to take this chance to encourage people to donate your blood!! I have been a blood donor and knew it was important but didn’t realize how important until my husband needed it as life preservation during his treatments.

Also, very easy to apply to donate bone marrow. The procedure itself can have some discomfort and lasts about a week but you will be saving a life!!

Thank you for reading my plea and thank you for the donation and/or consideration to our cause.  We appreciate and understand how hard it is financially for so many people.

Tim and Laurie Hamilton

Paypal link:

Paypal.me/lauriemassage

I am a 42 year old woman who works as a Social Worker for children.  I was fused at the age of 12 due to scoliosis. Over the years, due to the fusion, my lower spine has shifted making it very difficult for me to stand or walk. Over the last decade my legs have started to go numb and now my back is going numb. I would like to be able to be outside again however I am unable to afford a electric wheel chair and a car to carry it in. I know it is a big ask, even a little help to get some form of electric chair so I can at least take my support dog to the park or on a walk. I miss being able to play sports and take hikes. Some wheel chairs I have seen even allow you to go on dirt and sand which would just be amazing. I hope this is helpful in getting to know me. I am willing to answer any questions. I appreciate you taking the time to read my request.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sula186

I’m thoroughly convinced that life is nothing but one big tragedy. In spite of this darker perspective, I’ve always been able to maintain hope, even jn the darkest of storms. But life has a way of breaking everyone in the end and I’m afraid I may be at the end of my chain. Please allow me a moment of your precious time to tell you a little of my story.

The Flood Begins

The stress began back in mid March of this year, 2022. My wife and I were having a very animated and heated disagreement that was sparked by a misunderstanding and a touch of stress. Since we were trying to over talk each other, it was rather loud as well.

Long story short, a nosey neighbor called it in as a disturbance, police showed up, and since our argument was animated ( e.g. talking followed by rapid hand movement ) the cop, who was parked behind us with a large SUV with deeply tinted windows between our vehicles, claims to have seen a physical altercation.

We were unaware that he was even there until he pulled me from my vehicle and proceeded to excessively taze me. At this point, my wife and I have dropped our argument and are now trying to figure out what the hell is going on and why I’m being tased. The officer proceeded to taze me even after his partner had placed cuffs on me. This man was in a mission for inflict as much hurt as he could we be tightened the cuffs tight enough that they tore my skin, slammed me against his hood and pepper sprayed my right ear, but hit his partner full on in the face. He was out of control. He never said a word to me the entire time all this was going on.

Even after seeing video footage, that showed no physical altercation taking place, this officer proceeded to file false charges against me, took it upon himself file an EPO against me so I couldn’t return home, even though my wife told them clearly there was no physical fighting and they lacked evidence to support their charges.

I was held for over 6 hours in the drunk tank with pepper spray on my face and ear, still burning, and made to listen to the guards laugh hysterically while watching me struggle to clean the spray off. The officer in charge advised me to use water, knowing it would only reactivate the spray. Afte that, he told me piss would work….so I pissed in my hands and tried to clean it away. I sat in that I ask for over 6 hours smelling it piss and sweat, with the spray burning for at least half that time. I wasn’t given a call or any contact with anyone for the entire time and was denied basic rights simply because the officers didn’t feel like booking me in. This ordeal has left me with a worse case of PTSD than what Afghanistan did.

The Storm Continues…

It took almost a week for me to bond out after I was arrested and falsely charged. While I was sitting in jail due to this officers incredible lack of honesty, my wife was hospitalized with ARDS, where she was laid up for a week, unable to breath on her own, an unfortunate and scary result of excessive vaping while I was in jail.

Since there was a EPO filed, I was unable to legally be with my wife while she was hospitalized. She was hospitalized a second time a month after discharge for double pneumonia, yet I was once again unable to “legally” be with her due to the epo. This while thing has been ridiculous and all we want is to come back together as a family, her, myself, and our 4 boys.

I’ve been separated from my family since February becaus piece of this piece of shit excuse it a cop who was too proud to admit he was wrong and lied about me and the situation in order to file false charges against me.

I’ve been sleeping in my car, under bridges, in parks, in parking lots, and any where else because I can’t go to be with my family. During this time of separation, I have been robbed a handful of times, shot at, stabbed, as well as jumped and beaten for being the wrong skin color on the wrong side of town!

The Storm Hits Full Force

Now, while trying to take care of legal issues, and taking forever because I can’t afford a lawyer, I come to find out my mother, one of the most important women in my life, my support and best friend, has melanoma cancer which may or may not be treatable….this….this is breaking me more than anything….I have no dad, he was neve around. My mom and sister are all I really have left in my side of the family and now….

My Request

I’m here today asking for financial help in these crazy, dark, depressing times. I am trying to raise money not only to help me in my legal issues, but also to help my mother to ensure she is able to get the best care possible for her cancer.

I NEED to raise at least $250,000 to start with. This would be broken down in the following manner – 50k to get a defense lawyer, 50k to pay a civil rights lawyer after I beat this bogus case, and $150k to help my mother with hospital bills and medications.

Please, I’m begging you, from the very depths of my heart and soul, if you can help, please do. It would be the greatest blessing anyone could give. You can send the help to the link below.

paypal.me/shuds2014