Tenisha's PTSD Treatment Expense

My story starts years ago

As a little girl I was the unfortunate focus of an abusive man, it was many years of abuse and torture. I was a silly little girl who loved to dance and sing, I found comfort in music because it took me to a peaceful place far away from what I was living with. 

Depression, anxiety, obsessive worry and suicidal thoughts all came on when I was very young, my first attempt I was 9, I just wanted it to all stop, I just wanted to die. 

The abuse went on for 16 years.
At 16 years old i left, I was homeless, i was hungry, i bounced from place to place staying with friends as much as I could but I was free. I thought he could never hurt me again, until the flash backs and dreams started and I realized I couldn't get away from him and he would torture me forever.

I married my best friend, we have two amazing children and I thought I was finally going to be okay, until I wasn't. 
The suicidal thoughts were at full force, I wanted to die, I wanted it to stop.

I was diagnosed with PTSD. I became so ill with the break down of my immune system that I started to become physically ill. I have been diagnosed with multiple painful disorders and struggle daily just to eat, some days the pain is just too much. 

Working became impossible as I spent my days throwing up blood, blacking out and exhausted with severe pain. My many doctors involved recommended I stop working as my illnesses were becoming worse by the day, i was loosing weight quickly and they couldn't wrap their heads around what was going on. 

I was sent to Oregon Health and Science University where I worked with specialists to find a diagnoses so we could move forward with treatment. Unfortunately I have been on every med and trial medication but nothing works.  

Unfortunately I have not been able to work and my husband was laid off work the week before Thanksgiving, we lost our insurance and the medical bills were already piling up. We had to down size so I could stay home and now my son sleeps on a couch, we know we are blessed to have a roof over our heads and are so grateful for all God has done for us. 

I have learned about a new treatment for PTSD(Stellate-Ganglion block) It is not covered by insurance and between that and having to travel for multiple treatments it will cost thousands of dollars. This treatment could give me a new life, a chance to take the pain away, a chance to sleep, a chance to be free.

I strive to become a better woman, mother and wife, to be healthy, to be happy, to know what normal feels like.

The treatment for PTSD could give me a new chance at life. It could truly free me and my family.

I want to thank you for reading my story, it is very hard to  write this but I know someone will relate and I want you to know it's okay to keep fighting. 

God bless
Sincerely

Tenisha