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!

46%-£39,321 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 on GoFundMe)  HOME AT LAST!  We arrived home the early hours of Tuesday morning after a stressful trip home which began with […]

New update- home at last and more help needed!

Hi everyone, Mel is now out of surgery and according to the surgeons all went well, but took alot longer than originally planned. Mel is currently in ICU and will post more as she starts her recovery ‘’Unfortunately Mel has had to borrow a huge amount of money until we […]

Mel is out of surgery much later than planned!

????45%-£38,469 raised of£85K goal – (£25K for 2025surgery and £60k for this rib fusion surgery in 2026) Hi, it’s Mel here, again! I managed a little sleep last night- a couple of hours which is a win!Managed two physio seasons in bed today for the first time and had my […]

A little sleep

????45%-£38,449 raised of£85K goal – (£25K for 2025surgery and £60k for this rib fusion surgery in 2026) Hi, it’s Mel here, It’s a painful recovery that’s for sure but my team are trying their very best as always. Using my phone is hard hence the lack of posts but there’s […]

Step by step

????45% – £38,038 raised of£85K goal – (£25K from 2025 surgery and £60k from 2026 surgery) Hi, it’s Mel here, I’m back in the room on the ward where they all know and look after me so well. Wow! So the surgery was expected to finish at around 1pm but […]

Back in the room from ICU

44%-£37,750 raised of £85K goal Surgery day!  At 8am Spanish time I will be going for my major thoracic/spinal surgery.  Today I had a my anaesthesia appointment and was admitted to the ward, where I was welcomed by my favourite nurse from my last surgery!  I got settled in my bed, […]

Surgery day 2026

38% raised –£32,672 of £85K target. WE HAVE SET THE DATE I’m having a rough old time lately! I spent an hour in my chair on Sunday and then yesterday was a total write off – in bed in agony and awake till after 3am in the morning sweating with […]

New surgery date Jan 29th 2026

????24% to target for both surgeries -£20,248 raised of £85K goal Today I had some of my stitches out, and again like over the weekend my adrenal crisis began! Blood sugar dropping really low when my steroids wear off.. so we’ve had to increase the dose and speak to my […]

A rough weekend

Increased target for new surgery!! ????23% to target -£19,376 raised of £85K  As you know I recently rapidly deteriorated and had to rush back to Barcelona to have T4 fused with new hardware…. Hence the original target on this fundraiser of £25K. However when they did the surgery they discovered my ribs were dislocating at the […]

Target increased for rib/spine fusion surgery

It’s midnight here in Barcelona and I’m lying in bed, it’s where I always am now as moving is just too painful. I have to try and lie still and breathe shallow breaths as deep ones make my ribs dislocate more, the pains excruciating yet I need to wean off […]

I need a miracle

In the week prior to my surgery I took a massive decline. What started as one place popping turned into what seemed like EVERYTHING popping all of a sudden and the pain was ridiculous- as you’ll remember from my updates! However during the fusion surgery it was found that my […]

Things aren’t going so well… ????

A little update from ITV on my latest setback and the desperate need to raise £25K in 5 weeks, to get me back to Barcelona and fix my spine instability at T4 so I can recover and begin my teacher training in October- before too much irreversible damage is done […]

ITV Tyne Tees update August 2025

????Here’s a little video update from the lovely Amy Lea on tonight’s ITV Tyne Tees News.???? It highlights my story and recovery after spending 18month existing in a surgical halo, having life-threatening seizures, and my major lifesaving surgeries. These were a worlds first to be undertaken in such a way […]

Itv update 18th July 2024

???????? ???????????? ????????????????????????????’???? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????? Is to be drawn via Facebook live video. ????Tickets are £2/strip or 3strips for £5…& the list of AMAZING raffle prizes are in the image below! Tickets are on sale to everyone via the link. I will keep the originals […]

Melanies mission Grand Raffle

New Melanies Mission Charitable Trust campaign video for Melanies Mission To Live 2023. Summarises my fundraising mission from the start, to my recent return home from TWO major world first lifesaving neurosurgeries by Dr. Gilete at Centro Médico Teknon in Barcelona! My surgeries, broken fusion, recent revolutionary surgeries, and why […]

Melanies mission campaign video 2023

The Melanie’s Mission Grand Purple Ball Saturday the 1st of April at the Grand Hotel Gosforth Park Newcastle!  Sparkling Prosecco reception Delicious 3 Course meal – (Followed by coffee) Comedian Compere:  — Christian Steel Live 4piece band: — Liberty Belle! Grand Raffle Silent Auction About the Melanie’s Mission Grand Purple Ball:  If you […]

The Melanies Mission Grand Purple Ball 2023