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Laparoscopic cyst removal for Mwanaisha: covering what insurance won't
A scheduled laparoscopic cyst removal in October is out of reach without help covering $100 of the cost.
🇹🇿 Dodoma, Tanzania464 views
In July I was diagnosed with a herniated spinal disc. My surgeon at Dodoma University Hospital recommended laparoscopic cyst removal, and I have been placed on the schedule for October. The hospital's financial office gave me a written estimate of $145, and after what my employer's plan will pay, I'm still $100 short.
Doctors at Dodoma University Hospital told me a herniated spinal disc will get worse without laparoscopic cyst removal. I work as a delivery rider, and I have saved what I can, but the estimate of $145 is far beyond what I've.
Until the surgery I can't work full days, and my hours as a delivery rider have already been cut. Every week of waiting means more pain and a bigger risk.
Rehabilitation is expected to take about 3 weeks. I'll not be able to look after the children alone during that time, so this has become a financial emergency as well as a medical one.
The money goes straight to the treatment bills, and I'll share the invoices as they're paid so you can see exactly what your gift did.
Where the $100 goes:
• Pre-operative tests and imaging: $35
• Physiotherapy sessions: $35
• Post-operative medication: $30
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Mwanaisha
- due date
- 2025-09-24
- bill type
- Hospital invoice
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keep going, Mwanaisha. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best
Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Khon Kaen but we're thinking of you. Take care.
Hang in there, Mwanaisha. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Hope things get better soon, Mwanaisha. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Dodoma.
Praying for you, Mwanaisha. Gave what I could, wish it was more. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Dar es Salaam.
Thanks for sharing this. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Nha Trang.
take care, Mwanaisha. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Entebbe this morning. God bless.
Thanks for sharing this, Mwanaisha. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. Love from Radom.
thinking of you and your family, Mwanaisha. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Take care.