RE: My two favorite articles of new Steemians
My energy levels are low and very limited. But I can also feed off the energy of people I'm spending time with in person. I'm actually fairly social, I just don't get many opportunities to socialize. I don't know if you know what an empath is, but it makes making and keeping friends extremely difficult.
Because of my ability to feed off energy, and the fact that one of my chronic illnesses is treated with infusions of IVIG (a blood product, though I've been without IVIG for going on eight years now), I sometimes like to refer to myself as both a sanguine and psychic vampire.
And since I had to have all my teeth removed last year, if I can ever afford dentures, I'm tempted to have dentures with vampire fangs made. (Keep in mind, this is mostly an inside joke regarding my health and how little I feel like a human/actual person. Not feeling like a human doesn't mean I feel like I'm something else, I really just feel less than. The vampire joke is my way of making light of it all and making others a little confused. I'm definitely not one of those people that believes they're a vampire and being a vampire is serious business.)
I'll stop my rambling now. ^^;;
Haha, wow, that's actually a great idea about the vampire fangs. It sounds like you've had it pretty tough, for which I'm sorry for you. But I guess all of our past experiences make us who we are today and I'm sure you're a pretty stand up guy today, which is great!
Don't you need those infusions anymore? Or is it more of a high costs thing that you don't get them anymore (if you don't mind me asking)?
I don't like to give my abusers any credit for anything positive about myself. If I could, I'd have them prosecuted. I'm actually trying to work on legislation to try to get passed. But writing legislation isn't exactly easy, and because of PTSD on the specific subject, it's taking me forever to write it up.
As for the IVIG, it was very expensive and the insurance company didn't cover them as often as I actually needed them, which means it's harder on the body. I then moved halfway across the country, and the issue became not only cost, but a lack of any halfway decent doctors at all. There wasn't even the type of specialist I needed within a four hour drive.
Now we live where we did before, but due to immense cost, and certain people intentionally sabotaging my reputation with the doctors easiest for me to access, I currently don't have a hope in the world of receiving the medical care I need. Not just regarding the IVIG, but overall. I'm lucky to get the lackluster care I get now. And that care is terrible.
Oh gosh, that all sounds horrible! I hope things will change for the better for you one day...
Survival first. Then improvement.
I must endure.