Eniala
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I apologize ahead of time that this will be a long story, but please, please bare with me...I found out I was pregnant with my second child about three weeks ago. We are ecstatic! We had been trying to conceive for 11 months. Three days after we found out, I found out I have Lyme Disease. My husband has had it for the past two years. He has been seeing a specialist almost monthly and has been on medicines for most of those two years. He has ups and downs, but we feel he is on the right path.
For me, I have been a wreck. I was scared my baby would get it, and what's worse is I can't take the normal medications that treat it, because they are not safe for the baby. I have high anxiety and spent close to a week just breaking down every day.
I went to my husbands specialist and he was able to put me on safe medications, although they are not going to be as strong/effective. So far, they are kicking my butt. As if the pregnancy nausea and fatigue isn't bad enough, this is making it twice as hard on my body and I feel like I am fighting every second of every day just to get by.
The worst part of this is finances. Chronic Lyme Disease is not recognized by the CDC, therefore most insurances will not cover the treatment beyond the typical first round of antibiotics, which I cannot take due to the baby. We have been spending around $500 a month for my husbands treatment, including office visits, lab work, and prescriptions. Now, we are adding my treatments into the mix and we just can't afford it. I will do anything to help my baby. I have to remain treated for the sake of the baby. We have maxed out my two credit cards for my husbands bills, and have nothing left in savings.
We also had a toilet leak in our only bathroom, which rotted the floor and caused us to rip the entire bathroom apart in a remodel attempt. We have no toilet and no sink. We have been unable to finish this project due to lack of funds. It would not have been such a project, had the toilet not leaked so badly, however now it has become a huge nuisance. The only other toilet in the house is in the basement. With being pregnant, I already have to pee in the night and go all the way downstairs every time I have to go. This is only going to get worse and harder, and it is extremely painful to go up and down stairs due to my Lyme symptoms causing extreme knee pain in both of my knees.
I just want to know if anyone has any experience with fund raising or any other ideas? I hate asking for money, I would like to remain humble, but I'm at my breaking point. I am becoming depressed and fighting with every ounce of energy I have just to get through a typical day. And to add on top of this the fact that we have no money and I am afraid of how we can continue my care, I am so scared for my baby and my family. I have nothing left to do except to see if there is anyway I can get my family the help we need. I just want to get out of debt and back on our feet. I don't want to worry about how I will pay for my next office visit. Anyone have any good suggestions or ideas? I would be so embarrassed to go set up a gofundme account myself because, well, that seems so vain to beg people for money. I don't know what to do
For me, I have been a wreck. I was scared my baby would get it, and what's worse is I can't take the normal medications that treat it, because they are not safe for the baby. I have high anxiety and spent close to a week just breaking down every day.
I went to my husbands specialist and he was able to put me on safe medications, although they are not going to be as strong/effective. So far, they are kicking my butt. As if the pregnancy nausea and fatigue isn't bad enough, this is making it twice as hard on my body and I feel like I am fighting every second of every day just to get by.
The worst part of this is finances. Chronic Lyme Disease is not recognized by the CDC, therefore most insurances will not cover the treatment beyond the typical first round of antibiotics, which I cannot take due to the baby. We have been spending around $500 a month for my husbands treatment, including office visits, lab work, and prescriptions. Now, we are adding my treatments into the mix and we just can't afford it. I will do anything to help my baby. I have to remain treated for the sake of the baby. We have maxed out my two credit cards for my husbands bills, and have nothing left in savings.
We also had a toilet leak in our only bathroom, which rotted the floor and caused us to rip the entire bathroom apart in a remodel attempt. We have no toilet and no sink. We have been unable to finish this project due to lack of funds. It would not have been such a project, had the toilet not leaked so badly, however now it has become a huge nuisance. The only other toilet in the house is in the basement. With being pregnant, I already have to pee in the night and go all the way downstairs every time I have to go. This is only going to get worse and harder, and it is extremely painful to go up and down stairs due to my Lyme symptoms causing extreme knee pain in both of my knees.
I just want to know if anyone has any experience with fund raising or any other ideas? I hate asking for money, I would like to remain humble, but I'm at my breaking point. I am becoming depressed and fighting with every ounce of energy I have just to get through a typical day. And to add on top of this the fact that we have no money and I am afraid of how we can continue my care, I am so scared for my baby and my family. I have nothing left to do except to see if there is anyway I can get my family the help we need. I just want to get out of debt and back on our feet. I don't want to worry about how I will pay for my next office visit. Anyone have any good suggestions or ideas? I would be so embarrassed to go set up a gofundme account myself because, well, that seems so vain to beg people for money. I don't know what to do