Help Abbey get her life back after 7yrs of pain

Abbey does so well at hiding her pain, that even her closest friends weren’t aware of the extent of the suffering she has been enduring.

Some of you may already know that this is not the first time she would have her very personal story shared for the world to see in order to receive funding for a treatment that could change her life.

She does her best to keep a brave face, put herself out there to socialise, and do all the normal things a 27 year old should be doing, but in the last year, especially the last few months, Abbey’s condition has become so bad that she can no longer do anything without chronic pain.

Even Abbey’s closest friends were shocked to hear how bad things have progressed in the last few months. Abbey has a condition called CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). CRPS is a chronic, crippling pain disorder which can develop following an injury, or in Abbey’s case, her brain surgery in 2016. It feels like the body is on fire, being crushed and many other symptoms. This debilitating condition is quite rare and the treatment Spero clinic offers is not available in Australia.

Abbey has been trying her best to manage the pain for the last 7 years, and has done pretty well. However the pain is now completely unmanageable, and Abbey has been forced to stop working completely.

If the illness continues to spread to all other areas of her body it can be extremely debilitating. Abbey’s future depends on this treatment, because of how quickly it is progressing.

The light at the end of the tunnel for Abbey is the Spero Clinic, in the USA. They specialise in CRPS. But to reach that light, Abbey needs $100,000 to get there and cover costs, which is a hard goal to achieve as she is unable to work.

One thing about the Geelong community is that when someone we know comes to a hurdle in their health journey, we seem to be great at coming together to help that person heal.

We have come together before for Abbey, and her gratitude for that cannot be emphasised.

We are now asking for you to come together again, only if you are willing and able.

Abbey did not want to have another fundraiser and feels embarrassed about having her health journey so public and reliant on others help... but as her friends we ask, what do humans do when others are in need? We help.

Any amount helps, and we thank you so much if you are able to donate❤️

CRPS - the most painful disease known to humans please watch for more insight: