Melanie


About Melanie

PLEASE DONATE NOW to #MelaniesMissionToLive - a charitable trust fund created to fund specialised medical transport and world specialist, life-saving spinal and brain surgery for Mel (a 32yr old Newcastle University biology graduate from Cramlington, Northumberland) before its too late!! Due to Mel's complex underlying conditions (EDS and CCI) her only option for revision surgery to fix her broken fusion is to seek help abroad! WE NEED YOUR HELP

It’s my Birthday!! What a year it’s been!  I’ve set up a birthday PayPal pool if anyone wishes to donate to my fund. https://www.paypal.com/pool/9rWWx9CtCr?sr=ancr I attempted a night out on Saturday night but was very unwell and had to come home after nebulisers and emergency injections – so that was […]

It’s my Birthday!


46%-£43,189 raised of £94K goal – (£25K for 2025 Surgery debt, £69K for rib fusion surgery, in 2026 due to the added complications and hospital stay- see breakdown quoted on GoFundMe)  I’m finally starting to recover from the chest infection I’ve had for wayyyy over a month. It’s causing nasty […]

August 2026


My first “proper” outing since surgery!  ????44%-£41,193 raised of £94K goal – (£25K for 2025 Surgery debt, £69K for rib fusion surgery, in 2026 due to the added complications and hospital stay- see breakdown am quoted on GoFundMe)  Hi!   I finally have had a little more energy this week and […]

My first ”proper” trips out post op!