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Help Sam with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Get Treatment for Spine & Joint Diseases and Pains

$1,550 of $25,000 goal
Given by 23 generous donors in around 4 months

Help Sam access treatment for EDS-related spine and joint instability to reduce pain, regain function, and live more actively & comfortably.

Christchurch, Canterbury

I’m fundraising for regenerative medicine to help stabilize my degenerating and unstable spine and other joints affected by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder that causes joint instability, pain, and early degeneration.

After years of unexplained pain, injuries, I received an EDS diagnosis last year, learning my body produces faulty collagen, affecting many body systems. Ongoing joint pain & discomforts meant giving up my career as a young scientist, along with many sports and activities I loved. After a pool concussion, Cranio-Cervical Instability CCI is now my most challenging condition, among several others, with neck pain, stiffness, difficulty swallowing and throat/voice issues, vegas nerve degeneration and damage.

With your support, I can access these promising treatments - Caring Medical "Where the world goes for Prolotherapy" , travel to appointments, and cover related medical costs. My dream is to return to more of what I love - photography, swimming & cycling, singing, and connecting with friends, while continuing inspiring others to live authentically and positively.

These treatments have great potential to restore strength and stability to my damaged ligaments, reduce pain & help avoid risky invasive surgeries, I’ve spoken with others worldwide who’ve had significant improvements from similar treatments & I’m hopeful it could help me regain lost function, slow degeneration & restore more activity to my life.

I’m grateful for any bit of support!

Use of funds

Funds will go towards various repeated prolotherapy injections of multiple joints, travel for treatment & scans & complementary medical care such as physiotherapy and postural restoration.

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Update and Thank You!  4 November 2025

Thank you so much to everyone for your support and donations! We have decided to split it into two stages of treatment (first 25K), and extended the end date to allow more time to promote the page and fundraise. Love, Sam <3

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Latest donations

Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 08 Dec 2025
All the best mate
$100
Sam Davidson

Thank you so much!! You're very generous :)

Sam Davidson
Jackie
Jackie on 24 Nov 2025
$50
Sam Davidson

Thank you so much Jackie! This is Greatly appreciated! : )

Sam Davidson
Jess
Jess on 06 Nov 2025
$50
Sam Davidson

Thanks so much for your donation Jess! Much appreciated :))

Sam Davidson
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 02 Nov 2025
$10
Sam Davidson

Thank you very much for your donation and support :) ~Sam

Sam Davidson
Bella
Bella on 01 Nov 2025
$10
Sam Davidson

Thank you so much for supporting me Bella! Sam

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This campaign started on 9 Sep 2025 and ended on 31 Dec 2025.