Save Sarah: she's too sick to keep living this way

We urgently need your assistance to get Sarah help!

By sending her overseas to a specialist clinic in 2023 we will save her life.

She has lost 14 years of her life from chronic illness.

She has lost the will to fight. Sarah has considered euthanasia as a real option for her to escape the incredible pain and suffering she is experiencing.
 
We can't lose her...we just can't.

Please help in any way you can. $3...$5 or more, every little bit counts. Please also share her campaign, the more people who we connect with the better our outcome and the more we can raise awareness for others suffering like Sarah.

www.savesarah.net 

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Sarah was once a fun-loving, caring and ambitious young woman full of energy. She has been fighting chronic fatigue and a host of other devastating medical problems after contracting Lyme Disease over 14 years ago.
 
Sarah turned 27 in April 2007. In October of that year she was bitten by a tick near Bunbury, Western Australia, during a site visit for work.

At the time she didn’t think much of it but by January 2008 her health was rapidly declining. She was going downhill…and fast. It began with pain and fatigue, she’d go to work and come home and fall asleep as soon as she walked in the door. As this continued, it became harder and harder for her to get up the energy to go to work for a whole day. Robyn (her mum) had to move 2.5 hours from her home to live with Sarah so she could prop her up and support her while she continued to try and work.
 
Eventually, she just couldn’t do it anymore. She couldn’t work. She didn’t have the energy to see friends and there was no way she could participate in all the things she used to do and love. Ultimately, she had to give up work completely and with that went her life.
 
Fast forward 14 years, she’s now 41 and she spends hours upon hours a day in her darkened, quietened room in bed trying to survive. She endures life by treating her pain with strong painkillers and a range of other medications. These don’t make her better, they just treat her symptoms and often have side effects. Her quality of life is non-existent. She doesn’t live, she survives…just.
 
As she became more and more unwell, Sarah tried doctor after doctor, numerous medical professionals, specialists, different therapies, medications and supplements.
 
In 2014, results showed a positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick-borne bacteria that causes Lyme Disease.
 
Unfortunately this diagnosis has not lead to an effective treatment and cure, largely due to the government and health care providers belief that Lyme cannot be acquired from ticks in Australia.
 
Having one of these illnesses would be struggle enough, but having such a collection is devastating. She suffers from chronic and unrelenting whole body pain, migraines, sleep disturbances, digestive issues, skin problems and debilitating fatigue. With this comes anxiety and depression. These have changed her from an independent, hardworking, beautiful young lady to someone bedridden and in unrelenting pain.
 
In her desperation to get better and try every treatment available, Sarah drained her savings and then all her superannuation. She is now on a disability pension, which sometimes covers the bare essentials. Most of her pension is spent on her health.
 
Our family have helped out where we can, but her mum and dad are on an aged pension. This horrific disease has drained our family energy and finances. Sarah’s world has shrunk considerably and she has lost a decade of her life, career and once hopeful future. All she wants is to be healthy and be able to work again.
 
An overseas treatment facility gives her the best chance at recovery. The total cost is $52,860.
 
Please help her by giving whatever you can. The more people that know about these complex conditions and Sarah's story, the more money we can raise for Sarah so please also spread the word by sharing this page with your friends and family.
 
Thank you in advance for your generosity, it will save her life. We can’t do it without your help. She’s too special to lose.
 
For more information on our fundraising effort, her illness and the clinic please visit the dedicated site we have set up for her www.savesarah.net