The Deborah Mullan Health Support Fund
Goal:
CAD $2,060
Raised:
CAD $842
Campaign funds will be received by Deborah Mullan
The Deborah Mullan Health Support Fund
Is Canada's healthcare free? Lol, no. And is it effective? Also no. And does supplemental insurance cover all costs that the provincial healthcare doesn't cover? Again, no.
And here's the problem: Deborah us in too much pain to work. When she doesn't work, she doesn't have money for those little costs. Like parking at the hospital or drugs not covered by insurance, or alternative treatments like riding on roller coasters to pass kidney stones (Validation of a Functional Pyelocalyceal Renal Model for the Evaluation of Renal Calculi Passage While Riding a Roller Coaster).
Until Deborah can get this chronic (and acute) pain dealt with, she can't return to work, so she is asking for your help! Do you have a bit to spare to go toward these random and weird health costs? And yes, she really does want to buy passes to go to Galaxyland to ride roller coasters to try to get multiple stones in both her kidneys to pass. A weekday value pass costs $45, a regular pass costs $64, a week pass is &300, a 3-month pass is $400, and an annual pass is $650 (plus 5% gst).
Donated money will also assist in costs associated with:
- Doctor fees (such as doctor letters to insurance companies, doctor charges for filling out forms, &c)
- Hospital parking fees
- OTC medications that are necessary but not covered by insurance because insurance doesn't cover necessary drugs that are available OTC
- Transportation costs for visiting doctors in the city
What are Deborah's current most pressing issues?
- Multiple kidney stones in both kidneys
- Chronic migraines
- Unknown problems we still need to figure out
Other issues include:
- Chronic kidney disease
- Secondary adrenal insufficiency
- Chronic kidney stones (after these, I'll get more)
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic dark sense of humour
- Irish Catholic guilt
- Loud children whom she loves and adores
Deborah is actually writing this all in the third person, which is really awkward. She appreciates any and all support. If anyone is interested in regular donations to her cause, she may consider setting up a Patreon or Substack and provide exclusive weekly entertainment to subscribers in the form of audio, video, or writing. Let her know if this is something you would enjoy. She is also considering starting a podcast. You could even be among the first to be interviewed!
Recent Donations
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Deborah, praying for you and your family, as you know! Hang in there. Trust in Him. Praying for God's comfort for you. Love, Mum
Go kick rocks, Deborah (out of your ureter)! Still praying for relief and answers!!!
I love you, Deborah!
I love you mum ❤️
Deborah, know you are loved and covered in prayer. You are a very brave woman who is respected by many - John and I are two of your biggest fans.
Updates
Wow, halfway there!
January 31st, 2025
Thank you so much for your generosity, folks. We're halfway there! Hopefully we can reach our goal quickly because I have NEVER experienced passing two kidney stones at once, and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. It's brutal.
Today I called my doctor's office asking if I could have stronger painkillers. The ones I currently have only make me sleepy but don't take away the pain. Not exactly helpful. Unfortunately my doc is on rotation (delivering babies) and out until Wednesday. Her backup doctor is not comfortable prescribing me stronger drugs, I think afraid of making my adrenal insufficiency worse. This is despite the fact that my endocrinologist has told me that we shouldn't worry about that -- that we need to be able to deal with the pain first, and worry about AI second, because the stress of pain is a trigger for AI. Go figure. In any case, the receptionist set me up with an appointment with a locum on Monday to hopefully get stronger meds. We'll see how that goes.
My only other option is to take myself to the ER. Last trip there saw me waiting 7 hours for a 4 hour wait time. I'm not keen on spending 7+ hours in severe pain sitting in an uncomfortable waiting room chair. It just makes things worse. Plus, it puts more strain on an already overloaded healthcare system.
But hey, what if I can go on a bunch of roller coaster rides and knock these stones out?
If you can't donate money, then please consider simply praying for my family and me. We're all under a lot of stress right now. I'm not the only one with chronic pain and medical issues here.
Positive: I haven't been suffering migraines ever since these kidney stones kicked in. I don't know if it's because of the kidney stones, if it's because of the painkillers for the kidney stones, or if it's because of a new medication I recently started for the migraines. Regardless of what it is, I'm incredibly thankful for that, because my migraines feel like leaving in my own mental prison. Relief from them has been pretty incredible.
Finally, today I leave you with this picture of me in this awesome t-shirt a friend bought me a month ago.
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