by .rin okumura. » Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:38 pm
*Sighs* Well, here goes nothing..
I wish I was a normal teenager.
There I said it.
Sorry if this seems long, but I have to share my story...
I guess you can say I'm not your typical teenager. I guess you can say that I'm a rockstar. I make and pass kidney stones daily. (Yes I said daily) The good new is? I don't always feel them. The bad news? When I do feel them I am always at the doctor's or lying at home in bed for the next 3 - 4 days. In May it will be the 5 year anniversary of the very first kidney stone I had (Woot Woot...) and in April will be the 4 year anniversary of when I learned that I made kidney stones every day.
Here's another interesting little tidbit.
I found out last week that I have ovarian cysts on both of my ovaries, which means IF they rupture, it's going to hurt like there's no tomorrow OR those cysts can scar, leaving scar tissue and leaving me unable to have children.
I just sincerely wish that I could be normal. If I was normal I wouldn't be racking up these immensely large medical bills (My family's not rich, but we aren't poor... either way it still takes a toll on us) and maybe the guy I like would go out with me. I mean he likes me back and everything but he deserves someone more active. Like there are some days where I can't even go on a simple car ride or sit down and watch a movie because it just hurts too much.
I have no problem with how I look. (Let's put that out there now) I think I'm pretty, and intelligent. But the thing is, I'm so pale, and I'm losing weight (let me explain that one in a bit) and I guess when I look in the mirror, I just look so sad. I don't know what happened to me and to be honest, this whole thing has just been really scary. I want my old happy self back. I want to be the me that used to pretend to be a dinosaur in the lunchroom to try and make my friends laugh or the me that used to start singing and dancing randomly in public because that's just what I felt like doing.
Back to the weight problem. Trust me when I say that it's not my choice. It physically hurts after I eat. Like I'll go and eat a sandwich but then about 10 minutes later I have to go lie down because my sides just ache. And I do feel hungry and eat something but because I'm sick my body is using up all of my fat reserves. (Sorry if none of you wanted to hear that last paragraph)
I just don't know what to do. It's all happening so fast that I don't have enough time to actually enjoy being a normal teen. And it's scary too.
Sorry for such a long post, I just needed to get that off of my chest.