If you compare this image to my current appearance there is a slight difference with the way my facial bone got smaller. That was the effect of my Parathyroid medication "Cinacalcet" which is the drug alternative to parathyroidectomy which I am painstakingly trying to achieve but because of setbacks on crypto prices I couldn't possibly reach that goal. But who knows? I believe that crypto prices really have a crazy movements so I am not losing hope about what I want to achieve in my prodigal existence.
Hi! I am again Arnold from the happy land of the Philippines and if you do not know me and I am fairly sure that you do because you are a former steemian, I am a dialysis patient for 18 years now which is unfortunate because I happen to get a longer life and with that I suffered and is still suffering from the bone complications brought about my being a chronic dialysis patient which explains my unappetizing to the eye appearance. I am so ugly that some people treats me like a garbage. I try not to care though but it still hurts my feelings.
Anyway I had been sickly ever since my childhood. My mother told me that when I was still one year old she brought me to the hospital because I was crying nonstop. Our neighbor advised my mother to bring me to the hospital because my father was working abroad back then.
Then I grew up being still a frail child, non-athletic, and weak but still I was able to attend until College which I quite abruptly because of my advanced condition as I could not really cope anymore first physically and then of course it affected my studies. I told my self "I'll wait until I am well and then start schooling again" but that never happened because around five years later I went for my first dialysis session.
Then due to my inability financially to really fulfill a much better medical treatment for my condition, imbalances in my body had made me like you see me today. At first I can still walk but gradually my joints just couldn't bear my weight anymore considering that I am as lightweight as a pillow even a small gust of wind could topple me over.
But with the grace of God I discovered this community where I reached-out and many people helped until now. I met a lot of friends here where some really had been behind me since from the start with their unwavering love affecting me bone-deep, they are my treasure in this lifetime which until now to the time of my death and beyond I will just never forget.
I still stand firm about my determination and persistence in trying to alleviate my life. I think I am in the process if God still wills it for me because first my well-being before I started from this community is really hell-like as the pain on my back is always killing me. I still have pains now all over but unlike what I was experiencing about three years ago.
I think that I can still achieve almost impossible things, I passed the test of Appendectomy from January. Before that my severe anemia miraculously got resolved on its own which made my blood count normal. The only thing that is a barrier for my plans are the people around me even my parents and my Endocrinologist doesn't believe that I can do the Parathyroid surgery goal that I am aiming for.
But I know that I have nothing to lose really, the only setback is that if my body will capitulate before I am financially able to sustain my needs. So now I just have to hope and set my sights to my target just like before when I was just starting nonstop blogging because for me the only way is to move forward because I just do not like giving up before I try.