My name is Darin I'm 43 from Merthyr Tydfil.
When I was 25 I worked as a kitchen fitter which I loved, one day I was carrying a granite island and felt a pop in my lower back and my legs got heavy, I thought nothing of it and went about my day.
The following morning I couldn't move an inch without screaming in pain and was bed bound for 3 weeks.
This has been going on ever since (I do have good days but they are getting few and far better now) The last 6ish years have been a nightmare, it's very rare I can wash myself below my waist (thank God for my partner) I can't even sit down! Just lay in bed for days/weeks on end waiting for my good days.
The NHS have done NOTHING in this time except send me to physio which makes it worse and give me paracetamol,
All I want is to be able to live a normal life and return to work, I feel worthless without my work that I loved doing.
This fund raising is because I need an artificial disc replacement surgery in L4-L5 lumbar and will be used solely for this. The surgery will cost approximately £5,000
Please help me achieve this goal to be pain free I will be eternally grateful for any help at all.
Thank you to all who have taken the time to read this.