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Lemons Into Lyme

Organized by Kasey Pedersen
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Code 5 Camo T-shirt

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All funds raised will go to Kasey Pedersen, the organizer for Medical Expenses for Chronic Lyme Disease.
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Code 5 Camo T-shirt, Unisex - Green Woodland
Code 5 Camo T-shirt
Unisex - Green Woodland
Organized by Kasey Pedersen

About this campaign

I am a 28 year mommy of two toddlers and wife. I have Chronic Lyme Disease and i have had it a long time!! Also Babesia (like malaria) a common coinfection with Lyme. I have been unable to work for the past two years and my treatments are very costly. We are trying not only to raise money to help with our cost and to try to relieve some stress with finances but to also raise awareness to this ignored, misunderstood, misdiagnosed disease. I am among hundreds of thousands that are needing help just the same as me!!! So please take a second even if you do not buy a shirt but read my story.

In the beginning of 2013 I started having severe gastro intestinal problems and started dropping weight fast. I did like any one else and sought the help of my doctor. At this visit we went through the routine check up and then we started going in depth. well after some probing questions of my past health and current issues my Dr. explained that she believed i needed to see a GI doctor and have a full workup to rule out crohns and UC . ( yea i got a little scared) Well after this visit and work up the diagnoses was Celiacs and that my Gallbladder was working at like 3 percent. Naturally they removed my gall bladder. Shortly after this surgery i started losing my hair and still had GI problems and dropping weight. I was also having issues with fatigue joint pain and Reynauds syndrome. I developed double vision and brain fog. I thought i was becoming stupid if that makes since. At this point i had to quit working. Back at my Primary Dr. again and she now believes it is Lupus. 99 percent sure she states and gives me a steroid shot for the joint pain and drew labs .... while sending the labs she stops and says I am also going to test for Lyme. The next day i could not get out of bed i was in so much pain and stiff. I was running a low fever. I started developing a tremor and then progressively a tic. I started having difficulty walking and even crawled around our house. I did not understand what was happening to me, but i assumed it was Lupus. Well a few weeks later i got a call from my Dr. stating it was not Lupus it was Lyme disease and to start this 28 days of amox and come back to the office. 28 days later i was worse. I was almost bedridden most of the day and i still had the GI problems from the beginning. I was then sent to infectious disease Dr. who gave me 28 days of iv rocephin and said she cured me. I actually was ok until about 2 weeks later everything came back ten fold. I was then referred to an Integrative medicine Dr. . Things actually improved when i was put back on oral antibiotics and started Supplements and changed my diet ( also another blood test came back still positive for lyme) Months later i hit a road bump. My stomach begin to get worse and the dr assumed it was the antibiotics so we tried to do all natural treatment to give my tummy a break. I got work extremely quickly and developed a lot of neurological problems including bells palsy. Soon after this i was referred to a Lyme Literate Doctor. My condition has worsened to the point i have developed dysautonomia and has cause POTS and Gastroparesis. My current Dr is treating me with at home IV medications. My treatments are extremely costly and not covered any more. Also we have gone without my income for over two years now and any little bit helps. Please if someone you know has Lyme or hunts out doors types person please be aware of this disease!! Also it is commonly misdiagnosed as Lupus, MS , Parkinsons, ALS, CFS, Fibromyalgia.

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