Help fund for surgery for me to receive a gastric sleeve/ bypass

$105 of $15,000 goal
Given by 3 generous donors in 8 weeks

My name is sharna and i am starting my weightloss journey and need your help to fund a surgery for a gastric sleeve/bypass.

Wellington

Hi there guys my names sharna and im 24 years old. Ive always been a 'bigger girl' since age 7, ive been bullied all throughout my life about it that i eventually started making fun of myself first so they couldn't. At my biggest i was 115kgs at 5ft5 my health weight would be around 55kgs that meaning im 60kgs over weight giving me a bmi of 42 making me severely obese. I tried so many yoyo diets and exercising aswell as duromine medication. My weight started to effect my health with pain in my knees while trying to walk uphill or stairs. Asthma and weizing from small amounts of exercise. Constant migraines and dry mouth i was scared i was becoming prediabetic. I was isolating myself to binge, i was eating takeaways multiple times a day every day! I started getting really bad anxiety and not wanting to leave the house aswell as being physically sick from it. I was diagonsed with severe depression and i started my long tiring battle to try find a medication which worked for me. Then on top of that my step dad of 14 years was diagnosed terminally ill with lung/liver and eventually a brain tumor. 9 months of feeling like i was drowning and being unable to get out of bed and far too many sick days i finally decided i could no longer work at my ird call centre job and i was wanting to find myself and start being healthy, 4 days latter my step dad died.

Fast forward 8 months on, counselling, self help articles, greving, multiple medication changes, healthy supplements, eating healthier, meditation, the start of weightloss now 108kgs, supportive family and friends, some bad decision making. I am ready to take the next step on my journey which i have been thinking about for a long time, and trying to pay for it myself but have been failing, Here i am asking for your support on my journey xx

Sharna Williams' involvement (page creator)

I am sharna. I will be receiving the surgery

Use of funds

Strictly on the surgery, flights to thailand for surgery and accomdation and any other exspenses included.

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Hanna
Hanna on 12 Jul 2017
Good on you gurl for getting your story out there and reaching out..all the best you'll get there xx
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Guest Donor on 11 Jul 2017
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Guest Donor on 11 Jul 2017
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This campaign started on 11 Jul 2017 and ended on 11 Sep 2017.