I am here on mostly the behalf of my fiance, but since we work as a team you can say this is also me asking for help just as much as her.

Later this month she will be having surgery on her spine for something she has been fighting with for a very long time. It is really needed, or else more issues can occur which can result in permanent damage to her spinal cord. I honestly suck at wording things, so later in this message i have some of her own words giving more details on the situation, but i will also put mine in as well since i am doing this for the both of us.

Anyway, the issue is money. We both work long hours, and when it is both of us there is no problem, however after this surgery she will be out for four or more weeks, also the dreaded baggage of expenses of the surgery is looming over my head just as much as bills i will have to take 100% of while she is recovering. So i figured i would come to you guys for maybe getting some help, or even a signal boost.

She has created a GoFundMe page which can be found here
http://www.gofundme.com/qmtkxc?fb_a.....fb_ref=fb_cr_n

I know this is kind of odd asking since she is not directly a part of the fandom, and doesnt even have an FA but she does a lot on meets i host to make sure everyone has the best of time and goes out of her way to do so. She does have a DA account, but i cannot remember the link of it (if any sort of verifying is needed) however she does have a fanfiction.net account. Not much has been posted in awhile since we both have been very busy, but if it is needed it can be found here.
https://www.fanfiction.net/~jynxxi13

She also made a tumblr for documented the road ahead. So here is that
http://transparentisbeautiful.tumblr.com/

Far as what donations is going for (since everyone has a right to know if they donate) is mostly summed up in the description of the gofundme page. It will also be used to help keep bills paid, food on the table, her medical expenses afterwards, ect as a supplement of what i make on my paycheck every 2 weeks. Any help is GREATLY appreciated and a very big help no matter what it is.

She also had some of her own words she wanted me to pass down. So the rest of this message is directly from her explaining more.

""To really understand the gravity of my situation, you have to look way back. At least 11 or so years ago, back to when I was an avid figure skater. It's a beautiful, elegant, and graceful sport. But contrary to popular belief, it's also incredibly strenuous on the body. The falls, the landing of jumps, the long term injuries. Which brings me to when I believe it happened.
One night during a routine practice session, I happened to take one very hard fall to the tail bone, right on the edge of a step that led onto the ice. How it happened is a complicated discussion. All that needs to be known is that my back was never the same after that night. The next morning, and every day since then, I have experienced a dull and aching, sometimes a throbbing and shooting pain in my lower back that no doctor could seem to explain. So I ignored it. Dealt with it. Ignored it.

That brings me up to date. All of my years of negligence have created a crippling condition called Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. The odds were already against me by way of genetics. I was born with scoliosis. My back was already weak to begin with. But now, I'm 23 years old and I can't kneel down without knowing I'll have help standing up. It's excruciating. It's nauseating. It's embarrassing. I wouldn't wish this kind of pain on my worst enemies. Because let me tell you, it affects every aspect of my life. From walking, to sleeping, to walking, even standing is difficult. I didn't understand what this condition was in the beginning, or what it really meant for my future. And then I decided to suck it up and learn.

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis is a painful condition in which the disks between the lumbar vertebrae become compressed. They flatten under pressure and can often herniate. My affected disk is between the L4 and L5 lumbar, very low in my spine. And it's progressed enough that it pinches off my spinal cord. Strange sensations shoot down my leg, often leading to tingling and/or numbness. It's crippling when you're in the middle of your work shift. What I learned about this condition is that there are ways to manage it. To live with it. Epidural steroid injections are among the most common forms of pain management for this issue. I will be honest, it's not a pleasant experience. Followed by 1-2 days of painful soreness that really prevents you from functioning other that turning over in bed. Not fun. Not including damaging to your bones after a while.

Pain medication.

For a while, I was taking Vicodin. Which worked. But had a terrible side effect. Constipation. Ohh my goodness, unimaginable constipation. So after a few months of this, I sought out another option and was prescribed Hydrocodone. Anyone knows that these narcotics are no joking matter. Can't be taken lightly or irresponsibly. Personally, I don't enjoy taking the medication, I hate feeling like I'm reliant on a little white pill to at least feel like a human being for a few hours. But truly, even the pain medication runs its course. I'm tired of being a slave to my pain.
So what else was there to try? Gabapentin, or, Neurotin. And it does what everyone says it does. It works. But it also drains me of every ounce of energy that I possess. I've slept a collective 12 hours a day since I started this medicine over a week ago. And the dizziness is something else. Like I'm on a constantly drifting boat, it never seems t
o stop.

I was at my wits end. Until now.

23 years old. And will have to endure corrective spinal surgery with the hope, the possibility of a normal life. There's always room for error or backtracking with this condition. My doctor was against this, until he realized how terribly miserable I have become. And just how sorry he feels for me. 23 years old and I walk around looking like an elderly woman, hunched over with the hopes of relieving the pain just a little. ""


Thank you for taking the time to read this, and both of us could not thank you enough if it can be signal boost.

Sincerely, Angelo