Breast implants illness is real! Saving Sofia
Sofia is a very dear friend of mine that I’ve known for about 20 years. Ive never done this gofundme thing & was hesitant more so because of these trying times. But if I don’t speak up, Sofia may not have the chance to live a healthy life for her or her children.
She is a single mother of two, one who is Autistic and during this covid chaos she has had to become his full time Aba, speech, OT and Physical Therapist.. but its hard on her body physically because of the nonstop pain she is in. Her children are her life. So she just keeps on keeping on no matter how fragile her health is.
Sofia is currently battling Alopecia and even worse Lupus. Lupus itself has changed her life dramatically. Making her body almost have to ask for permission to do what its meant to do. She suffers in silence though as she's only shared her health issues with those closest to her. But thankfully she gave me the okay to give this a shot and was very open in telling me each of the many symptoms she faces by the hour each day. Since march when covid shut the world down her life was affected in more ways than five....unable to go back to tending bar as its what shes done the past 2 decades... But because of her vulnerable health state it makes it very difficult for her. As she is high risk. Its just one blow after another. She even had to move because of covid and in turn it drained her entire savings. She cant seem to catch a break.
Sofia has dealt with depression most of her life sadly, due to very upsetting reasons...reasons that she wouldn't dare wish upon anyone else....Depression along with body dismorphia & so she decided to get a breast augmentation back in 07 in hopes to finally feel more secure with herself, but like many now battling B.I.I. She had no idea she would be facing so many health issues so many years later. Her left boob suffered very bad trauma in 2012 which caused an encapsulation that has now got so bad its poking out into her cleavage area and her left side is entirely deformed. Causing her chronic pain, burning...literally pain so bad shes collapsed from it multiple times. Yet she keeps going and has had to live with it daily. Still wearing the "Im Ok" mask and going on with her day to day in order to provide for her children and make ends meet. She just recently had tests done and an MRI which found 2, 5 cm sacks of fluid and a lump which now needs a biopsy but not before she has an additional ultrasound because her insurance is requiring it. Realistically An explant would basically save her from anymore trauma to her body. But...Her insurance is giving her the run around to rule out B.I.I. but Its beyond apparent this is what is affecting her health going downhill so rapidly since 2012 and all her autoimmune diagnosis... one after another.
After doing some research, a full enbloc and explant surgery will cost anywhere between 6k-10k, maybe even more. Which unfortunately for her, Its not an amount she just has laying around. She is doing her best to stay afloat by selling home cooked meals on occasion. And promoting her cooking through social media and word of mouth.... But it is so limited on how she can make that be lucrative and truly provide for her kids and herself while trying to deal with her health struggle. She is truly just scraping by.
I am asking for any contributions, no matter how big or small...whatever anyone can donate will be very much appreciated, not to mention the great karma. She needs us. And her kids need her.
Thank you! Xo