Crea's Rebirth & Rapid Recovery Fund

Hi, my name is Crea Sirene Egan... I am humbly asking for financial support and prayers. Since March 2022 I have been blindsided by and navigating serious health challenges for the first time in my life they are costly and have disabled me from working.

I am ready to take the biggest most conscious leap of faith ever and I am asking for help to see me through as a midwife, team and extended family. This giant cyst attached to my ovary has served me well teaching me to slow down, reduce stress, have good boundaries with toxic people places and things, embrace new technologies and be disciplined and discerning in taking care of myself, forgive and most of all have faith and make what I am calling my first adulting decision. It is my choice and it is a privilege to be going through this rite of passage consciously and creatively...

It's time to harvest this cyst. It started as what I thought to be a hernia in March 2022. In my landscape and sculpture career, I lift many heavy objects, matter of fact I was moving a couple of tons of rocks the day before I discovered this mass. I went to a Chinese medicine doctor and he said it was not a hernia and to get a CT Scan and have it removed. I did just that and it had two CT scans and 1 ultrasound one of the CT scans required me to drink a barium substance which I rebelled against and finally surrendered to drinking a portion of it and that particular test only showed that I had a full bladder yet a few days after that test I come down with Ramsey Hunt syndrome that being shingles in the ear and bells palsy which included a lot of pain and vertigo. The energy shifted from mass in my abdomen to calming down the syndrome... I went all natural with acupuncture and western herbs and none of that worked then I tried steroids and antiviral and honestly I don't think those helped much either, however, months passed and the symptoms lessened though I could not close my eye for 6 months and still can not fully smile or lift my eyebrow. While all this was happening a cyst on my ovary was growing... It was not detected on the CT scans yet with a transvaginal ultrasound it was measured at 8.5 cm now it is 17 cm and stopped growing in August. I have spent a lot of time and most of my savings trying to dissolve this naturally following lead natural healers protocols and trying lymph massage, Tesla coil technology and acupuncture etc... I interviewed several surgeons and settled on one that measured up the best. Dr. Megan Indemaur if you are interested in checking her out. She is kind attentive and emotionally responsive and on top of her trade with awards and stellar reviews from all that work with her. Unfortunately, she was not in the network of my marketplace insurance so I needed a better policy, that ended up being one that has a $3500 deductible and a 10% paid out of pocket honestly my rent and utilities are about 2k a month and I have not been doing my landscape work since March. The primary reason for asking for funds to move forward is the financial load however, I started a pop-up growers market out of my studio and have been hosting educational events to try and make ends meet which honestly has not come close yet I am stoked about the new direction for my service. I began a nonprofit 8 years ago centered around creating a public food forest. Gulfport Food Forest. Honestly, I have spent a lot of time asking for donations to plant fruits for all and provide educational outreach yet asking for help to harvest my ovary and large cyst feels both awkward and right on. Right on in the sense that knowing that the community is investing in my healing and supporting the choice to go through with this procedure not only helps me be accountable to the people that care about me it helps me get it accomplished and begin recovery. I am not one for taking support lightly matter of fact considering I make it though I am excited to let this experience bloom in my artistry along with a food and garden ministry. I say this because all who donate will be helping me create my next public art installation called The Harvest; 1000 golden eggs A public celebration and honoring of women who have had their reproductive organs harvested as a necessary procedure or as a protocol that they regret having done. With this process, I want to become an activist for women's health and education plus help others prepare mentally physically and spiritually for surgery First things first moving forward with my health. I would appreciate your positive thoughts before during and after the surgery and if you have the ability and inspiration to donate to my healing surgery fund I would be ever grateful. If you know me then you know this is far from an easy choice and surrender for me. it is a leap of faith and a giant act of courage to trust a system and most importantly my voice inside that says it's time to remove it. Thank you in advance should you choose to help me on my way I am so grateful for everyone who has shown me care and concern in this process which has been going on for about a year now. I truly feel seen and loved by so many wonderful people.