Help Toinette get "Chewbaka" under control

Hi, My name is Dupie, I'm Toinette’s husband.

If you're reading this, one of us or maybe a friend of ours, sent the link to this campaign, asking for your help.

The Pinch.

I've spent the past several years witnessing Toinette's health and quality of life go backwards. It's been tough seeing the person I love struggle with recurring bouts of pain leading to insomnia, fatigue and illness.

Until a few months ago we weren't sure what was causing this, then, finally, a specialist diagnosed her with Axial Spondyloarthritis (AS), a chronic progressive autoimmune disease that causes intense pain in the spine, chest and pelvis. 

The Pause.

There is no cure for A.S, but with the right care, its effects can be mitigated.

It's in “the right care” department that we've come up with a plan, and where we want to ask for your help.

Treating A.S or Chewi (short for Chewbaka, the nickname we've given the disease to help our kids understand when Toinette is having a particularly bad week) consists...