Lynn Ruth Miller Fundraiser

NOTE: Lynn Ruth is the actual beneficiary of this fund. Robert Morgan is handling the withdrawals and transfers to get the funds to Lynn Ruth. 


UPDATE: Lynn Ruth messaged me this morning:
"Darling. This is lovely of you. I think people need to know I am using this money to pay for alternative medical solutions"

As a long time friend and admirer of Lynn Ruth, I have organized this fundraiser on her behalf.
Every dollar raised will go directly to Lynn Ruth to pay for these expenses in the way she chooses.

Thank you to all of you for caring, and for sharing this fundraiser - emotional support is as important as a donation.

Elizabeth
 
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Lynn Ruth Miller has cancer and is experiencing a difficult time receiving care in England through the NHS. She needs a private doctor to immediately address her urgent needs. She has lost 12 pounds. She cannot eat nor drink. We need to find her a private doctor as soon as possible which can only be financed through private funds.

Please help this international treasure.

Give anything you can - time is of the essence!

Lynn Ruth Miller’s own words and description of the critical issue below (excerpted from John Fleming's blog):

Lynn Ruth Miller had what she calls a “mild” heart attack last week.

She is leaving hospital today.

That is not the worst of it.

She has been told she has oesophageal cancer. A large, ulcerated tumour which is wrapped around her oesophagus. Inoperable, they said.

She cannot eat solids.

They can operate to put a stent into the oesophagus to stop it closing completely BUT they are not happy about surgery because of her age.

She is talking to them on Tuesday to discuss treatment options – chemo or radiation.

She is continuing to do her gigs.

I talked to Lynn Ruth after that billed Tuesday NHS appointment.:

“How did it go with the doctors?” I asked.

“I am getting the same runaround you are from the NHS,” she said. “I am unable to eat food and I am unable to sleep. They keep postponing the consultation that will tell me exactly what kind of cancer I have and what they can do about it – and they are doing nothing at all about it. I have to find out what kind of cancer it is and what stage it is at first before I can fight it and they keep moving the date forward.

“I do not know what to do or where to turn. I do not want to die just because no-one got around to figuring out how I can eat and sleep but that is exactly what is happening.

“I do know if I don’t get some help pretty soon I won’t make it and I want to make it very very badly.

“In other news there is a dead rat stinking up my kitchen and I cannot find it.”

I got in touch with her again today.

“I have been complaining about the symptoms since mid May,” she told me. The NHS has known about this cancer since the end of June because it showed up on a CT scan when I went to A& E.

“On July 2 I had the mild heart attack and, while I was having it, darling, I made the bed, brushed my teeth, did my etc and dressed properly, got the coffee ready and then collapsed.

“When they took me into A&E (for a second time) the doctor knew what was wrong and said: You had a heart attack and you have oesophageal cancer…

“WHY DIDN’T THEY TELL ME THAT AT THE END OF JUNE? I might have avoided the heart attack!

“In all this time, NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING has been done to treat the fact that my oesophagus is closed and I cannot eat solid food and it is getting worse. I have lost about 12 pounds and am losing more every day.

“I have told them that and they have increased the pain meds (they are working).

“I now have a ton of meds for my heart, but nothing for my digestive problem and, when I was in the hospital, the dietician couldn’t get it through her head that I really really really cannot chew or swallow ANYTHING… They kept giving me Heinz’s cream of chicken soup.

“So the bottom line is I can’t eat solid food and I cannot sleep because the pain is keeping me awake. Without food and sleep one dies… I am not in the mood to go this soon. I have a lot more trouble I want to cause.

“I also have a LOT of morphine I am planning to sell on the street to finance going private. Who do you know?

“Tomorrow I am supposed to get a diagnosis. I still do not have an oncology doctor or a gastroenterology doctor or a diagnosis.

“They have put off telling me three times.

“And this is socialized medicine!

“What has this world come to?”