McWeed Industries

Hey Folks, Last week we got some bad news. We currently rent the house we are living in near Sacramento. We moved here to have easy access to the UCDavis hospital and all of my doctors, including my newest surgeon who is scheduled to operate in a little over three weeks. Unfortunately, the folks who own this house need to sell. We are unable to purchase it, so we have to move out by the middle of September. Due to the serious housing issues in California, especially after last year's and this year's fires, we can no longer afford to stay here. Rent went up more than 25% in this area in less than a year. I have cancelled my endometriosis excision surgery and have no anticipated date or location for rescheduling at this time. We are moving back to New England, to be closer to family. I am scrambling to find physicians in Boston who can take my case and continue to help. My current team here is frantically trying to get me stable enough for the week long drive across the country...

Hello! That's me! When starting a new project, introductions can be helpful. Now is as good a time as any to introduce myself. My name is Mariah, though I go by the pseudonym Madame McWeed. I was born in Maine and grew up on the coast there until my early twenties when I moved with my husband (who was my fiancé at the time) to Alabama for five years for him to go to graduate school. After that, we moved to California, where we have been for three years now. I never thought I would leave New England and now I have lived on all three US coasts. Talk about a charmed life. Living in three such disparate places has shown me so much about life. Moving to California also significantly increased my ability to access good quality healthcare and doctors. No one should have to move clear across the continent just to get taken seriously and get adequate treatment and care. I was born with a connective tissue defect, though I was not diagnosed until I was 29. Growing up undiagnosed was...