Help me stay alive with anti-rejection medications
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This video is in memory and honor of my Mommy.
Hello my name is Manda and I have end stage Polycystic kidney disease also known as ESRD, I am going to be looking for a new kidney in the very near future and my insurance doesn't cover the anti-rejection medications that I will need to keep my new kidney afloat and me alive and any medical bills I may incur that my insurance will not cover. Also these funds will go towards the out of state friends, family or strangers that want to donate a kidney and don't have the money to get here or stay if they have to for testing and if one is a match for donating a kidney, these funds will help for their family to stay here by their side for the surgery.
So I am asking you to donate anything you can, I am going to be honest here, I feel like I am begging and I really hate it but this disease took my mommy and my big sister(my cousin that lived with me growing up and helped take care of me) in the same year back in 2017 and so many family members throughout my life. There's no cure and I found out that I do not qualify for the treatment medications they have for it now. I plan on at least beating it by getting a new kidney and living for my children and family.
Life is short and I don't want mine to be cut shorter. If I said that it was kidney cancer I know my goal would be way over what I put down, not that I am saying cancer isn't horrible. PKD is just as bad as kidney cancer, if you don't know what it is, I encourage you to look it up. It also spreads to other organs. I have it on my liver and spleen also, which means I might need a liver transplant or surgery to remove all of the cysts and that doesn't mean they won't grow back which really sucks.
I refuse to let Polycystic kidney disease get me! When I found out that my youngest had it at 13 years old, I was devastated because I knew that there was nothing I could do at the time,I felt as helpless and hopeless as I did when my mommy got sicker and sicker and I couldn't make her better, but one of my mommy's wishes came true and they have treatment medicines for my mini me, which at 18 he will go on!
I will admit that I got severely depressed when my older sister passed away but when I lost my mommy, I was beyond severely depressed and then one day I felt like she was inside of my body, she gave me her strength and told me that she doesn't want me to ever give up, if one way fails, pick myself up, dust off and try another approach, so I did... and that is why I am here fundraising for my life!
I'm not a rich person and cannot afford one of these medications each month, let alone two medications. This is why I am on here asking you to please chip in what you are able to, friends, family and total strangers. I would greatly appreciate it more than you know, thank you so much for reading, listening, donating, sharing and overall helping with my struggle. I love you all!!
Hello my name is Manda and I have end stage Polycystic kidney disease also known as ESRD, I am going to be looking for a new kidney in the very near future and my insurance doesn't cover the anti-rejection medications that I will need to keep my new kidney afloat and me alive and any medical bills I may incur that my insurance will not cover. Also these funds will go towards the out of state friends, family or strangers that want to donate a kidney and don't have the money to get here or stay if they have to for testing and if one is a match for donating a kidney, these funds will help for their family to stay here by their side for the surgery.
So I am asking you to donate anything you can, I am going to be honest here, I feel like I am begging and I really hate it but this disease took my mommy and my big sister(my cousin that lived with me growing up and helped take care of me) in the same year back in 2017 and so many family members throughout my life. There's no cure and I found out that I do not qualify for the treatment medications they have for it now. I plan on at least beating it by getting a new kidney and living for my children and family.
Life is short and I don't want mine to be cut shorter. If I said that it was kidney cancer I know my goal would be way over what I put down, not that I am saying cancer isn't horrible. PKD is just as bad as kidney cancer, if you don't know what it is, I encourage you to look it up. It also spreads to other organs. I have it on my liver and spleen also, which means I might need a liver transplant or surgery to remove all of the cysts and that doesn't mean they won't grow back which really sucks.
I refuse to let Polycystic kidney disease get me! When I found out that my youngest had it at 13 years old, I was devastated because I knew that there was nothing I could do at the time,I felt as helpless and hopeless as I did when my mommy got sicker and sicker and I couldn't make her better, but one of my mommy's wishes came true and they have treatment medicines for my mini me, which at 18 he will go on!
I will admit that I got severely depressed when my older sister passed away but when I lost my mommy, I was beyond severely depressed and then one day I felt like she was inside of my body, she gave me her strength and told me that she doesn't want me to ever give up, if one way fails, pick myself up, dust off and try another approach, so I did... and that is why I am here fundraising for my life!
I'm not a rich person and cannot afford one of these medications each month, let alone two medications. This is why I am on here asking you to please chip in what you are able to, friends, family and total strangers. I would greatly appreciate it more than you know, thank you so much for reading, listening, donating, sharing and overall helping with my struggle. I love you all!!
Organizer
Manda Hyduk
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA