Help Rhiannon Survive with ME/CFS

$4,171 of $5,000 goal
Given by 90 generous donors in around 5 months

Please help me to survive a debilitating and incapacitating illness by supporting my medication, food, health appointment costs.

Wellington

I'm Rhi. I have ME/CFS, post-vax Long COVID, MCAS, severe dysautonomia, hEDS, fibromyalgia, and worsening scoliosis with associated spinal issues.

I was diagnosed with ME/CFS, age 11. Despite living a relatively expansive and normal life with mild ME/CFS, my health declined following the COVID vaccine into a very severe bedridden state of ME/CFS. I could no longer move or eat and was trapped in a state of suspended dying. Three years have passed, and I am still bedridden and suffering severely every day.

I need to regain some quality of life. I don’t want this nightmare to be my last experience in life. I need hope. I need help.

When my sole carer, became unwell, I ended up in hospital for nearly a year (with some time in a rest home). At the mercy of the ill-equipped health system, my condition worsened. It was a daily fight and caused immense trauma.

Now I am in a care home. However, I cannot afford the minimum costs for my survival.

My costs far outweigh government funding, and with no solution in sight from MSD, I need your support. My board is $400 per week, leaving me only $86.25 to cover medications, doctor appointments, food supplements, and other essential therapies.

I just want a chance to get better. Please help me keep going.

With the little energy I have, I help people access help in a system with nothing much to give us. It takes all I have, but no-one should face this alone. Helping me, you will help support countless others on their complex illness journeys.

Use of funds

Meeting my basic costs, including living costs and medical costs, such as medication supplements, and medical appointments.

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Aden
Aden 3 days ago
$100
Heini
Heini on 29 Nov 2025
$20
Sienna
Sienna on 29 Nov 2025
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$150
val & myx
val & myx on 26 Nov 2025
$50
Aden
Aden on 27 Oct 2025
Here with you Rhi, from another ME/fibro/dys/blahblahblah human
$50

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This campaign started on 10 Jul 2025 and ends on 10 Jul 2026.