Please help me and my family - I never thought that I would be in a position that I would have to ask for help but I am
My children want their Dad back, my wife wants her husband back & I want my life back. If you can help me, it will be life changing, thank u
Waitoki, Auckland
Hi my name is Lee, I'm 48 & have been suffering from severe chronic pain for over 8 months & completely bedridden for 6 months. I lost my job due to medical incapacity in December. I have a beautiful wife, who nurses me every day, along with being a Mother to our 9 & 6 year old girls, & 3 year old boy. I have been unable to play with my children, hold my wife & help at all.
Please see 'other page links' below for my full story & videos.
After a bad reaction to a medication in 2021 my health declined, aches & pains in back and neck, stabbing pain in hips, accute stabbing in kidneys & abdomen. 7 hospital admissions, 3 ambulance visits. Always the same answer "we don't know what's wrong with you". Nov 23 uncontrollable spasms radiating my entire body started, these last for hours. Seratonin syndrome, opioid addiction, suicidal thoughts & mass anxiety & depression from all the drugs & treatment.
Recently my specialist diagnosed the cause of my worst symptoms as facet joint inflammation & applied to ACC for the procedure Radiofrequency Neurotomy. ACC wait up to 12 months.
It is complicated, we have no family support & Shiona is from the UK & has not seen all her family in 5 years & due to trying multiple therapies, & different ways of treating the pain, we are completely broke. We have experienced extraordinary generosity from our community, I will be grateful for the rest of my life.
It is with open arms & an open heart, that I come to my friends & to strangers, to ask for help
Use of funds
A medical procedure called Radiofrequency Neurotomy, which wll burn/disable the nerves in Lee's facet joint to alleviate the pain and get him mobile - 6k. To fix mechanical repairs in our only family car to enable Shiona to drive our children around safely which will cost roughly 1.5k.
Latest update
Lee's update 29 April 2024
Hi Everyone,
Just a little update to let you know how life is going for Lee and us as a family :)
We had another minor setback over the holidays as we all got covid, this was particularly difficult for Lee as at first we thought he had relapsed to pre procedure state, but his specialist thought it sounded like Covid and reassured us she had seen covid do this to other patients before and not to worry.
Lee is just dealing with the tail end of covid, but is back up and about again and yesterday took the kiddies out on his own for the first time in a very very very long time for an icecream, photo attached :)
He is starting all his therapies this week (accupuncture, hydrotherapy, physio and gym work under a pain physio).
Thank you all again for your incredible generousity, it looks like our life is finally starting to get on track and we just wanted to express once again our gratitude for all of you.
Huge love,
The Jamieson Family xxxxx
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