A different kind of story

In 2018 I was alone, paralyzed and affected by an incurable disease. Today I ask for your help!



        Born and raised in a normal family in Orșova (225200 ), a child of straight A`s until 8th grade, national chemistry Olympian 6 years in a row, with dreams and difficulties just like you, I always tried to do things properly. But, as you will learn from my story, sometimes no matter how hard you try to control certain things, you will fail. So I decided to make this fundraiser because even though I was tired, I didn't give up! My problems started to appear in 2011 when I left for my first year of college in Timisoara. During this time, my father became very ill. As a result, I began to return home from college more and more often and prioritize the time spent with him, but hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis weakened him more and more and he did not respond to treatment, whatever we tried. .

        In 2014 I received a phone call from my mother, telling me to come home urgently… ..
I realized instantly what had happened: I had lost my father and the world had turned upside down. Both devastated, I decided to stay home with my mother for a few months, with the idea of helping her get back on her feet. After two months and countless insistences and pressures from her, making sure everything was ok, I returned to Timisoara to continue my studies.

        Not a year later, in March 2015, my girlfriend's phone rang, she answered and burst into tears… I also lost my mother due to a heart attack. I was only 22 years old and I was left alone in the world. I actually felt I was emotionally deteriorating and since then nothing has been the same for a very long time. Entering a very deep depression, I began to have panic attacks, became anti-social and isolate myself.
I decided to drop out of school because I could not re-integrate given the stage I was in. Moreover, they did not give me the death grant from the rectory because I had not made a "request", I who had just lost both my parents… As if all the harm done through indifference was not enough, 4 years later they complained to me at the pension house as ineligible for a survivor's pension based on a percentage of attendance at classes. And so the state asked me to return about € 10,000 received in 4 years of 1000 lei per month.

        In 2017, my psychological problems worsened, and although depression and anxiety seemed normal already, other symptoms began to appear that scared me: panic attacks, depersonalization, problems with concentration and memory. I decided to go to a psychologist, and after several good months of sessions, one day I woke up seeing a double, literally. The problem persisted and after a week of panic I went to a neurologist and was sent for an MRI. As I came out of the scan I saw the doctors putting their hands on their heads… Diagnosis: Multiple Sclerosis, 9 demyelinating lesions on the brain.

        I actually felt that I couldn't stand it anymore and I spent a lot of time in 2018 trying to find a more explicit treatment or diagnosis, I went to most hospitals and doctors in Timisoara and Bucharest, I started selling everything I inherited from my parents in the hope that I will find an answer. A better answer than “you have an autoimmune disease; there is treatment but it does not cure it, it only slows it down ”. In the context in which mental problems were already impossible to bear, this was not a solution. I had to return to Orșova because I couldn't find an answer and money was a huge problem.

        Towards the end of the year I started to have a burning sensation in my left leg and by January 2019 I was paralyzed on the whole left side. This was the moment when I decided to take my health into my own hands because no one offered me any answer and the disease got worse. I locked myself in the house and started reading, watching all the health videos that can be found on the internet, meditating, struggling to cook. The torment was more physical, because everyday things were already difficult to do, such as shopping, cooking, cleaning, washing, etc.

        I tried all kinds of diets until, at some point, on the carnivorous diet, I started to recover a bit. By summer I was starting to feel better, my leg was slowly recovering, and in the fall I moved to Bucharest in an attempt to find a job and do something with my life. The problems re-emerged, affected by chronic fatigue it was very difficult for me to do anything and I decided to go to a nutritionist, specializing in integrative medicine. After many tests and absolutely the last money spent, I finally had a diagnosis: chronic neurological Lyme.

        Although the diagnosis finally appeared as a ray of light, the treatment is very expensive and I had to move to Orșova again. Now, after almost 8 months of treatment, I have started to feel better, but part of my hope depends on you. Without financial help and with all the properties sold, I had the courage to include you in my journey to healing. Your support would make an essential contribution to further treatment and especially to rebuild my life. Your involvement can mean a lot, any donation, share or like can be essential for my cause.

                  I have probably been sick all my life and didn`t even know it. I just want a chance to see what it`s like too be free!