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The surgery is essential to give Melissa a future.
Time is running out: her condition is rapidly deteriorating.

In addition to the symptoms listed on the home page, these are additional symptoms Melissa experiences on a daily basis:

  • Peeing problems
  • Autonomic dysfunction: heart, respiration and temperature become dysregulated, POTS, blood pressure drops, exercise intolerance, bowel problems, poor food intake, asymptomatic allergies and immunity problems, weight loss, palpitations, …
  • Balance and balance disorders
  • Double and blurred vision, painful and watering eyes, eye pressure
  • Turning dizziness, disorientation
  • Coordination problems
  • Pressure burning sensation at the base of the skull or back of the head
  • Dystonia (abnormal posture or movement)
  • Cracking vertebrae and pain with the slightest movement
  • Sensory problems such as electrical sensations and shocks
  • Tachycardia
  • Trembling and shaking
  • Hyperreflexia / overactive gag reflex
  • Tinnitus / Ear pressure
  • Sleep problems
  • Extreme exhaustion

The home page of this website already lists some of the symptoms Melissa experiences on a daily basis. Here are a few more:

  • Peeing problems
  • Autonomic dysfunction: heart, respiration and temperature become dysregulated, POTS, blood pressure drops, exercise intolerance, intestinal problems, poor food intake, asymptomatic allergies and immunity problems, weight loss, palpitations, excessive sweating...
  • Balance and balance disorders
  • Double and blurred vision, painful and watering eyes, eye pressure
  • Turning dizziness, disorientation
  • Coordination problems
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👉 The long list of symptoms increases and becomes more and more intense.

Pressure on blood vessels and neck veins causes progressive decrease in blood supply and increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure.

The increasing pressure on her brainstem and other vital areas is putting her life more and more at risk.

Meanwhile, serious things can happen: road rage, strokes, spinal cord infarcts, blindness, the blood supply to the brain can stop, the brain stem or skull can slip due to oppression or wrong movement, resulting in sudden death.

Time is running out. Melissa really needs that life-saving surgery!

By giving her body the necessary stability and space again – especially at the level of the brain stem – a tremendous amount can recover and improve.

💛 However, there is hope.

Many patients got their lives back as a result. They experienced a dramatic improvement in their quality of life, on average with 80-90% recovery, and were thus able to avoid the devastating effects of CCI-AAI. Many were able to resume their lives (almost) completely.

👉 With your help, she can get the surgery that saves her future.

Your support can change everything.

Please help her fight for life-saving surgery.
If you have any questions, please contact us using the contact form.

💛 Give Melissa hope !

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If you prefer to make a direct transfer yourself, you can find the details of the non-profit organization KopOp – Help Melissa here :

non-profit organization KopOp – Help Melissa
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BIC/SWIFT: BBRUBEBB (for payments outside of Belgium)
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