please Help me be able to pay for a full body MRI scan

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Hi, my name is Mandi, Im 44 from Manchester, Uk .

i hate having to ask for help.

But my health is getting worst. I’ve been to the doctors 20 times since May, and not getting anywhere. I desperately need the help to pay for a private full body MRI scan.

I have 2 kids, and my mum was my age, when she fist got cancer.

For a year, my lymph nodes in my neck have been going up and down.

But since May i started to develop a fleshy bumpy growth on my septum.

My right eye has a swollen caruncle, there’s a cyst on the white part of eye, and the eye is bulging slightly.

My lymph nodes in my neck and chest, are growing everyday.

Under my chin and jaw, the lymph nodes are the size of an olive now, and feel hard.

I hate the way i look, it looks like i have a huge double chin, with a tiny chin stuck to it! . One eye bigger than the other, and my body is full of bruises.

I also have a red rash over the swelling and going into my chest.

I have random bruises, swollen ankles, My neck is so swollen and throbbing. Blotchy skin.

I'm sweating excessively throughout the day, night sweats, fatigue and weight loss.

The first gp i saw in July was amazing and i had a CT scan from neck to pelvis. But no tumours were found.

So because of this, the doctors are refusing to give me a head scan, even though my head hasn’t been scanned. Also my nodes and swelling have gotten worse.

Im progressively getting worst. and each time i go to the doctors, i leave in tears.

I want to find out what is causing my symptoms! and look to see if i have blood cancer or any other kind of cancer.

i had a risk reducing double mastectomy with reconstruction last year, because my family history with cancer is very strong.

If it is anything serious, i want to get it as early as possible. Not till its too late.

i really hate asking for help, and wish i didn’t have to do this. Im embarrassed, that i can’t afford it on my own.

Please Please Please can you spare a few pounds? I know times are hard for most people right now. I know i'm really struggling. I had to leave my teaching assistant job in 2019 due to ill health.

Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for donating. If i can get enough money for this Full body MRI. You could be saving my life!! and ill be forever truly grateful for your help!! if i don’t get enough money, ill use it for a private policy. i just want to get the help as soon as possible. Im getting nowhere with my doctors. i don’t want to go a&e because im not in any pain. People who are in a critical condition need it more than me. The NHS are so far stretched. i would feel guilty for taking up their time,

i feel uncomfortable and guilty asking for others to help me pay for this aswell.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has donated. i keep crying at the generosity. You have no idea how much it means to me.

Update 24/9/24

i went to a&e yesterday because i was having pains in my chest and a little short of breath.

i was left in tears once again. They told me there’s nothing wrong with me, because the CT scan in july didn’t show anything, they refused to do another scan because the radiation is dangerous. Because i have functional neurological disorder. They asked do i think it could be this causing me to think i have something wrong with me, He said have i taken my antidepressants!!! and do i suffer with anxiety. All because i was crying and upset. Now i do take antidepressants, but not because im depressed. It’s for my fibromyalgia.

I couldn’t believe what i was hearing! This is the second time, a doctor tried to say i was depressed and wanted to top up the antidepressants.

Now when i had the CT scan in July, i didn’t have the lumps on my collarbone, which are now causing bruising.

i asked him what they were, and he said they were fatty tissue. This is without scanning them. i asked about the growth on my nose. Again without checking properly was told it waa nothing to worry about. I was spoken down to and made to feel like i waa wasting their time. This is for emergencies he said. I told them i didn’t want to come, because i understand how far stretched they are and yes for emergencies. But i felt i had no choice. i felt so weak, fatigued and struggling with my chest.

im struggling and not getting anywhere. So using the money you kind thoughtful souls have donated to get a private policy and go from there. Thank you from the bottom of my heart