Help Annie get her life back

I'm fundraising to buy a quality human hair wig. The wig will take 6 months to manufacture and lasts for 4 years. They won't start manufacturing until I have the $500 deposit and then I have to find the rest of the $2,858 total cost.

I had a series of serious accidents over the space of 6 months. I snapped my Achilles tendon, then severed my thigh muscle in half, then I severed a tendon in my foot when I dropped a knife - I never knew that such a simple clumsy act would change my life so much. Then I was in a car accident when someone didn't give way.

After 3.5 months in a moonboot, the day after it came off I was so excited I went fishing but then tripped over and snapped the tendon again. Back into the moonboot again and this time it was even more serious and the surgeon recommended that it not be fixed due to the complexity of the required surgery and the recovery period, after all that I would still not get fully recovered.

The severed EHL tendon in my foot meant I had to learn to walk again. A couple of months later the physical shock of all the accidents caused me to lose my hair. I thought it would be temporary but 2.5 years later I now reluctantly accept that it is permanent.

I tried to be positive and rock my baldy, but people stared and made comments and whispered about me when they saw me in public. Or they would talk to me at the supermarket and offer me sympathy which I understand was their way of being nice, but made me feel even more awkward.

I lost my confidence, I felt ugly and self conscious and stopped doing all the things I love. I stopped leaving the house for anything but work and felt so self conscious when I did leave the house I kept my head down and would avoid meeting peoples eyes.

I stopped playing golf, I stopped fishing, I just stopped doing anything that required me to leave the house. I wasn't the happy bubbly outgoing "me" anymore - I miss me so much!

I tried wearing wigs, but they were itchy and hot and just looked weird and unnatural. People stared and commented. When I left the house I was scared they would blow off, I avoided hugging people because that would make the wig move and make the person and me uncomfortable. Even worse they cost $425 minimum and only last 3 months.

Three months ago I was one of a few people at my work who got made redundant, times have been really tough financially, I'm struggling to afford to eat and pay my rent but I can deal with that. I have found a new job which I start on 21st August but it is a big pay cut and means a 3 hour daily commute, I can deal with that too but there isn't anything left over for me.

Then I found Freedom wigs, they can be worn swimming, doing sports, they look and feel real. I was sooooo excited at the possibility of living a normal life again. The only thing holding me back is the price - $2858 NZ dollars which seems impossible to achieve with my circumstances for a few years at least.