Hello everyone, I hope y’all are doing well. To begin I want to thank everyone so much for the overwhelming generosity last year in raising funds for Galen to receive the help he needed. Your contributions truly enabled us to make sure he would continue to fight the battle toward full recovery from his illness. We are thankful to not just those that opened their wallets, but who also opened their hearts and schedules. While the money made this possible it was very much bolstered by the myriad of people that ran streams, appeared as guests, and shared the link around social media. This is something he and I will never forget. It absolutely saved his life.



While Galen’s condition has improved immensely compared to back then, we are definitely not out of the woods yet. Over the past few months, we have come across more obstacles in the journey to his health being restored. This has chiefly been because of one very debilitating thing: having poor living arrangements which exacerbate his health problems. In fact he was recently hospitalized for a few days because of it. The central AC in our place is old and ineffective. The managers refuse to do anything even though we told them it is making Galen sick. His C-Diff colitis mixed with the extreme heat in the apartment led him to being so severely dehydrated that his organs began to lose blood flow. He was rushed to the ER and admitted for two days. We weren’t planning on a move but these recent events have made it necessary.



(View from Galen's hospital room)





Even though it has been last minute we gathered all the funds needed to secure the new place. We need to be out of the current place by the end of the week but we are still struggling to buy moving supplies! So here I am updating the gofundmepage, at the urging of several friends, asking for donations to help us complete the move and keep Galen healthy. We appreciate any help you can offer, even if it’s just sharing the page. I love Galen and I want to see him healthy and happy, no matter what it takes.





Please donate if you can and help spread the word about this gofundme page. If you don't want to donate to Galen's gofundme then please consider donating to another healthcare cause. There are a lot of people out there suffering and struggling to make ends meet due to of lack of adequate healthcare.



www.gofundme.com/Medical-Illness-Healing







____Below is our previous original post in full___

Nevember 2015



My boyfriend Galen has had a terrible year.



­- He has injured his back and neck on two seperate occasions which has exacerbated the spinal stenosis he already suffered from.



­- I broke my leg and although he had back and neck pain he waited on me hand and foot because I couldn't walk.



­- As if the physical pain wasn't bad enough, the ceiling in our apartment started to leak water and the management didn't fix it. The place finally became uninhabitable due to mold and the fact that we couldn't even sleep in the bedroom. Galen and I had to pack up and move despite our limited mobility.





­- Now he has a painful dental infection that if left untreated could spread to his skull and kill him!



Galen has had dental issues for years. It started in 2003 from a freak accident outside a hardware store where he was hit in the mouth with a 2x4. He had to have surgery but they didn't do a good enough job so things have just gotten worse since then.



In the 5 years I have known him Galen has continually suffered from dental problems and he has not been able to get all the procedures done he needs. We have only been able to get him the more temporary procedures that serve more as a band aid than actually fixing the problems. Right now he is practically incapacitated from a dental infection and pain. He has had fever and dizzy spells. He can hardly fall asleep at night because he's so uncomfortable but he can hardly bare to be awake either.



He can't keep going on this way. It's time for him to really get better. No more bandaids or quick fixes! The job needs to be done right. To complete all the dental work he needs it will be about $15k. To get the bare minimum done and help with the infection it will be about $2,000.



Galen is intelligent and has a lot to offer the world. He's always reading and writing and he's currently working on a book. When the pain is bad he isn't able to focus on any of those things.



Please donate so we can help Galen end this awful year on a high note. The money will be used to pay for his needed dental surgeries and procedures so that he won't be in pain and can focus on the things that matter to him in life. Even if you can't donate please share this campaign on social media. Thank you so much!





Galen's Links

Facebook: facebook.com/hallcyon

Twitter: twitter.com/hallcyon

YouTube: youtube.com/user/hallcyon





