IN 2024 I ALMOST DIED SEVERAL TIMES. IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT AND YET TRANSFORMATIVE YEAR IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I HAD:
- 3 AMBULANCE TRIPS
- 10 HOSPITAL TRIPS AND STAYS
- 1 ANAPHYLAXIS DRUG REACTION
- SEVERAL CONTINUOUS DRUG AND SUPPLEMENT REACTIONS TO ANYTHING I TRIED WHICH LEFT ME BED BOUND FOR MONTHS AND IN THE WORST PAIN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
- COUNTLESS SEIZURES FOR HOURS AT A TIME
- SEVERAL DROP ATTACKS AND FULL BODY PARALYSIS
- PASSED OUT COMPLETELY AND ALMOST WENT TO THE ICU DURING A SEIZURE
- WAS NEVER CLOSER TO ENDING IT ALL BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME PAIN AND TRAUMA AND MEDICAL GASLIGHTING THE LAST TWO YEARS
I ALSO:
- WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED WITH EDS, FND, AND NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES, AND FINALLY CAN END MY FIGHT FOR ANSWERS AND BEING DESPERATE TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
- HAD SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING MEDICAL TREATMENT IN BETWEEN THE HORRIFIC ONES
- BECAME CLOSER THAN I EVER HAVE TO MY FAMILY
- REDISCOVERED MY VOICE AND PASSIONS
- AM GETTING BACK INTO FASHION, MODELING, WRITING, SPEAKING, AND ADVOCACY
- SHARED MY STORY AND WRITING WITH TWO MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR EDS AWARENESS AND DV AWARENESS
- HAVE HAD THE BEST TREATMENT I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE FROM A GUY OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME, AFTER 2 OTHER GUYS LEFT ME AFTER GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE
- HAVE LAUGHED MORE THAN I CAN REMEMBER
- STARTED THE GRIEVING PROCESS
- AM SLOWLY FINDING ANYTHING THAT HELPS THE DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS AND PAIN DAILY
HERE IS TO 2025. I AM HOPING EVERY MOMENT I CONTINUE TO BE BRAVE AND STAY ALIVE IS GOING TO BE WORTH IT. EVERY SINGLE DAY IS TERRIFYING AND DIFFICULT BUT I WANT TO LIVE FOR MORE WHILE I STILL CAN.
- RKD
01-03-25