Surgery 4 Sarah

Hi I'm Sarah. I am a 23 year old ECE teacher, and musician from Wellington. Over the past 5 years I have been battling an arm/shoulder injury that has gradually gotten worse over time. This year I finally have gotten confirmation of a diagnosis, which is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. In a nutshell this means that any time I do anything that involves repetitive movement or lifting my arm goes cold, numb, and I am in constant pain, and take a significant amount of painkillers each day. This makes my job, and life in general quite difficult as it affects me when I drive, lift children, brush my hair, play an instrument, use a computer, among other things.

I love my job! Working with children is extremely rewarding, and I love writing/playing music, but it causes a lot of stress and pain currently. I want to be able to do these again without pain.

One of the treatment options is Breast Reduction Surgery, but unfortunately this is not covered by my health insurance provider. Later on I may need shoulder surgery also, which is covered, but without having a breast reduction first could cause further complications. A breast reduction will significantly improve my quality of life, and make possible future surgery on my shoulder if it is necessary.

My parents have offered to cover some of the cost of the surgery, but it is costly and I want to be able to contribute as well. I don't want them to have to bear the burden of this cost alone.

I have decided to make this page to ask for any donation towards this surgery so that I can live a more painfree life, and primarily help cover the cost.

For any donation I would be forever grateful.

As I said above I am a musician as well, and I am currently working on an EP of my own music. This is what I love, and it is a massive struggle currently, as I can only play for short periods of time.

As thanks, I would like to offer a free download/physical copy of my EP later this year when it is released, as you will have helped me once again be able to do what I love painfree.

Here is a link to my music page on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/seralynnemusic/

If you would like to know more about TOS here is a link you can follow:

http://www.medicinenet.com/thoracic_outlet_syndrome/article.htm

Yours faithfully,

Sarah