
Help Hannah be able to walk without pain
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Hi my name is Hannah and I'm 26 years old. About a year ago, I began to experience symptoms of cancer and unfortunately it wasn't caught on time. In may of 2022 I had to have my thyroid and parathyroid removed due to papillary thyroid carcinoma. Usually this type of cancer has a great survival rate and in most cases curable with surgery. Unfortunately In my situation, the cancer caused inflammation throughout my body and crushed my nerves on the entire right side of my body. I'm in constant pain from the nerve damage/lesions/scar tissue and require surgery to be able to regain function of my right leg. I've had nerve decompression surgery on my upper extremity and it was successful in reversing the paralysis on my right arm and trunk muscles. The Dr's are confident that with a nerve decompression surgery and removal of the scar tissue and damaged muscle, that the partial paralysis and nerve damage can be reversed once again and I'd live a life without pain and have a much better quality of life than I do now. Unfortunately, the expenses that come with this surgery is too much for me to handle on my own because I have been out of work since I became partially paralyzed. As I began to regain function after the first three surgeries I have tried to return to work and am still in a great amount of pain to be able to continue like this.
Life is unbearably painful, not worth living. Besides the impact the nerve damage from cancer had on my mental health, the pain took away my livelihood. I hate my leg a part of my body that caused me so much suffering. Took away the job I loved, ability to be productive as a person. I've even had to drop out of my graduate program due to not being able to attend classes.
My pain affected my relationships in the way where first I wasn't able to physically be there at events, holidays, participate in work events that meant something to me, school as well. I had to withdraw. The worst of it all for me was that I had painkillers that worked temporarily. But I felt guilty using them, I felt like I am an addict and everyone was right about me. I doubted myself. To a point where I don't want to be around people anymore. Dying made sense until I found hope in this surgery. Surviving cancer that had a small chance of mortality only to die from nerve pain or suicide. The picture I posted above is from last May after my complete thyroidectomy and partial parathyroidectomy. I'm smiling and happy that I had another chance at life. Only to continue to suffer in never ending pain. I haven't been able to smile or be happy since the cancer caused my nerve damage and unbearable pain. Please help me smile again by helping me be able to get the surgery I need to live again and have function in my leg again.
Thank You!!!
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Hannah Sparks
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Fresh Meadows, NY