Two years ago I was in my freshman year. I had a real good time every day; I used to go to parties, hang out with my friends, met new people and have a normal life. One day I start to sleep more than the usual let me tell you I used to sleep a lot. My glands start to inflame and I felt uncomfortable, them my wrist joint hurts a lot so I told my mom and we went to the doctor. By the symptoms he thought it was a viral infection and he said we have to wait, but 2 months later I had the same pain in my wrist. The doctor recommend me to go to a specialist to see what was happening, He prescribe some blood exams. I went to the laboratory to make my exams and they give me the results. I was very calm because I never thought something bad can happen, so I try to keep it easy.
Days later I had an appointment with the doctor, well I was diagnosed lupus, it is chronic autoimmune disease that affects the connective tissue characterizes by inflammation and tissue damage mediated by the immune system, specifically because of the union of the body’s cells and the deposit of complex antigen-antibodies. I had no idea what was that, but my mom did. She was very sad and she start crying because her aunt and my second grade cousin died because of lupus, in that time the treatments and the medical control wasn’t studied as now on days. I had to take a treatment but I didn’t start since the day they told me the news. My parents thought that if they treatment me with native medicine It would be better for my body. I start to miss at school because I was very sick, my hands where swollen that I couldn’t even grab my fork to eat, I had terrible headache and muscular sorrow.
I missed a lot my friends, going to school even if you don’t believe me, my friend’s birthday and my social life. I start absent school since final days of September; I was in bed all the time, I couldn’t even stand up to the bathroom and sit on the bowl because my thigh hurt a lot. I spent 1 month and a half in bed. One day my parents realize that the natural medicine wasn’t working as they thought so they took me to a rheumatic doctor, who is the one that examine rheumatic diseases, he told my parents I was almost in the limit; it means I was very sick. He prescribe some medicines I had to take that my parents didn’t agree, but it was for my health. I had to take 45mg of cortisone, take care of the sun and some other indications to make me feel better and to have controlled my diseased.
Let me tell you, when he told me I had to take care of the sun, he killed me. I loved the sun, tan, going to the beach; it was my favorite things to do. I hate being that white and when I tanned I loved how I looked, now is very different because I have to buy those autobroncers that last 2 days. I have to find a way to cover myself, I can’t use any clothe I like and I love clothing, shorts, skirts, dresses, tank tops. My life change a lot not only because I was a teenager also I wasn’t that older to change my life that drastic, I know it sounds kind of dramatic but it is really difficult to me to find cute things to cover my skin from the sun. With the cortisone your body change a lot, not only cause it affects your organism, but also because it swell up your stomach, face, legs and If you are a girl you understand what I’m talking about and that was one of the things that take me time to accept, I hate how my body looks, my face and my stomach principal. Now my face has reduced a lot since last year, but still I have to take my pills every day, try to give my best and live my life as normal as I can because I know if I have faith maybe a miracle will grant power of me.
