Get Elizabeth to Germany for Lyme Treatment
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Dear family and friends, thank you for reading. Below is a bulleted quick version of the story so as not to take up too much of your time.
- A Lyme foundation has offered me a generous grant to receive hyperthermia treatment for my late stage Lyme disease at Klinik St. Georg in Germany. This is cutting edge treatment not available in the US. After a lengthy medical application process, the hospital has accepted me and reserved a spot for my care. I depart on Febraury 27 and return on March 14.
- Grant recipients must do a Go Fund Me to raise funds for treatment, and equally importantly, to raise awareness of Lyme disease and the lack of limited treatment options currently available in the States.
- -Breakdown of cost (€17,500 for two week treatment at the clinic, €2,700 for aftercare protocol, $1,000 for flight, €200 for shuttle to and from clinic).
- I’ve been dealing with daily symptoms of varying severity for 6 years now, and this treatment is the very best hope for me to finally achieve more functional daily living. Pervasive cognitive issues, widespread pain, and debilitating fatigue -- which can cause me to be bedridden for a day or more at a time -- are the symptoms I struggle most with. I would so love to have clear thinking, the absence of pain, and some spare energy to take care of my family and do kind things for others, instead of just getting by.
- It is HARD for me to ask for help, especially financial help, and I don’t do so lightly. Thank you for even considering participating. Contributions in ANY amount are so deeply appreciated, and sharing this fundraiser is equally valuable. Thank you.
- I am always available to talk to you or your loved ones about tick protection, Lyme prevention, or treatment options if you should ever need.
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And here is the full story.
In July of 2012, I found an embedded tick in my scalp. Six-plus years later, I am still fighting Lyme disease and the debilitating symptoms it brings. I was diagnosed with Lyme meningitis four months after finding that tick, and the years that followed have brought many ups and downs with my health and ability to care for myself and my family. I have fought to regain my health and want very much to function at a normal level. Over the past several years, I have continued to search for wellness and have been treated by various doctors with oral antibiotics, herbal medications, an 18-month course of varying IV antibiotic regimens, physical and occupational therapy, and reiki. I have attempted to support my medical treatments with everything from essential oils to nutrition, sound healing to infrared therapy, and the list goes on. The main symptoms that plagued me at the very beginning are the same ones that remain: pervasive fatigue, dementia-like brain dysfunction, migraines, and chronic pain. The fatigue and cognitive dysfunction make it difficult to for me to plan, organize, and remember… things that used to be strengths for me. Those chronic challenges also took away my ability to work outside the home.
My journey through Lyme has in many ways been an incredible blessing to me. It has forced me to take great care in deciding how to spend what little energy I have, which has helped me to discover a simpler and more rewarding way of living. I’m becoming more honest, more authentic, and more easily able to find gratitude in any kind of circumstance. I am, after all, blessed to be surrounded by loving and supportive family and friends.
But I am tired. I am painfully, endlessly tired. I am tired of having so many days where my husband has to come home and make dinner after he’s worked 12 hours because I've been barely able to get out of bed. I'm tired of snapping at my sweet, energetic kid for simply being a kid, because I haven't felt rested in ages and everything hurts. I'm tired of dreading holidays and events because they require of me more than I have to give. I’m tired of pretending to feel well when I don't. And I'm a little bit tired of being so optimistic when there haven't yet been any answers for how to get me well.
Since I have tried so many treatments with little improvement, my doctor has recommended that I travel to Germany to receive hyperthermia treatment at Klink St. Georg. https://www.klinik-st-georg.de/en/klinik-st-georg/lyme-specialized-center/
This hospital has been successfully treating cancer patients since 1992. In 2000, after discovering that hyperthermia also kills Lyme bacteria, physicians there began treating Lyme patients. Over 800 Lyme patients have experienced vastly improved health as a result of this treatment, including a close friend who was “given her life and brain back” after her two weeks at the clinic.
A Lyme foundation has awarded me a grant to help pay for this treatment. After much consideration, because we were both extremely hesitant to doing a Go Fund Me, Brian and I have decided to take the leap of faith and embrace this opportunity to restore my health. So I humbly ask that you consider donating, sharing with your friends, and/or brainstorming with me how to get this shared with businesses who have charitable funds that need dispersing. This is very new territory for me, so thank you again for standing by me as I forge ahead.
- A Lyme foundation has offered me a generous grant to receive hyperthermia treatment for my late stage Lyme disease at Klinik St. Georg in Germany. This is cutting edge treatment not available in the US. After a lengthy medical application process, the hospital has accepted me and reserved a spot for my care. I depart on Febraury 27 and return on March 14.
- Grant recipients must do a Go Fund Me to raise funds for treatment, and equally importantly, to raise awareness of Lyme disease and the lack of limited treatment options currently available in the States.
- -Breakdown of cost (€17,500 for two week treatment at the clinic, €2,700 for aftercare protocol, $1,000 for flight, €200 for shuttle to and from clinic).
- I’ve been dealing with daily symptoms of varying severity for 6 years now, and this treatment is the very best hope for me to finally achieve more functional daily living. Pervasive cognitive issues, widespread pain, and debilitating fatigue -- which can cause me to be bedridden for a day or more at a time -- are the symptoms I struggle most with. I would so love to have clear thinking, the absence of pain, and some spare energy to take care of my family and do kind things for others, instead of just getting by.
- It is HARD for me to ask for help, especially financial help, and I don’t do so lightly. Thank you for even considering participating. Contributions in ANY amount are so deeply appreciated, and sharing this fundraiser is equally valuable. Thank you.
- I am always available to talk to you or your loved ones about tick protection, Lyme prevention, or treatment options if you should ever need.
---------------------------------------------
And here is the full story.
In July of 2012, I found an embedded tick in my scalp. Six-plus years later, I am still fighting Lyme disease and the debilitating symptoms it brings. I was diagnosed with Lyme meningitis four months after finding that tick, and the years that followed have brought many ups and downs with my health and ability to care for myself and my family. I have fought to regain my health and want very much to function at a normal level. Over the past several years, I have continued to search for wellness and have been treated by various doctors with oral antibiotics, herbal medications, an 18-month course of varying IV antibiotic regimens, physical and occupational therapy, and reiki. I have attempted to support my medical treatments with everything from essential oils to nutrition, sound healing to infrared therapy, and the list goes on. The main symptoms that plagued me at the very beginning are the same ones that remain: pervasive fatigue, dementia-like brain dysfunction, migraines, and chronic pain. The fatigue and cognitive dysfunction make it difficult to for me to plan, organize, and remember… things that used to be strengths for me. Those chronic challenges also took away my ability to work outside the home.
My journey through Lyme has in many ways been an incredible blessing to me. It has forced me to take great care in deciding how to spend what little energy I have, which has helped me to discover a simpler and more rewarding way of living. I’m becoming more honest, more authentic, and more easily able to find gratitude in any kind of circumstance. I am, after all, blessed to be surrounded by loving and supportive family and friends.
But I am tired. I am painfully, endlessly tired. I am tired of having so many days where my husband has to come home and make dinner after he’s worked 12 hours because I've been barely able to get out of bed. I'm tired of snapping at my sweet, energetic kid for simply being a kid, because I haven't felt rested in ages and everything hurts. I'm tired of dreading holidays and events because they require of me more than I have to give. I’m tired of pretending to feel well when I don't. And I'm a little bit tired of being so optimistic when there haven't yet been any answers for how to get me well.
Since I have tried so many treatments with little improvement, my doctor has recommended that I travel to Germany to receive hyperthermia treatment at Klink St. Georg. https://www.klinik-st-georg.de/en/klinik-st-georg/lyme-specialized-center/
This hospital has been successfully treating cancer patients since 1992. In 2000, after discovering that hyperthermia also kills Lyme bacteria, physicians there began treating Lyme patients. Over 800 Lyme patients have experienced vastly improved health as a result of this treatment, including a close friend who was “given her life and brain back” after her two weeks at the clinic.
A Lyme foundation has awarded me a grant to help pay for this treatment. After much consideration, because we were both extremely hesitant to doing a Go Fund Me, Brian and I have decided to take the leap of faith and embrace this opportunity to restore my health. So I humbly ask that you consider donating, sharing with your friends, and/or brainstorming with me how to get this shared with businesses who have charitable funds that need dispersing. This is very new territory for me, so thank you again for standing by me as I forge ahead.
Organizer
Elizabeth Morrin Dagnall
Organizer
Watertown, MA