From a very young age, I have always been active and enjoyed a lot of sports. I competed in all forms of sports and exercises: athletics, rock climbing, basketball, and many more. But in my final year at university, at 22, my feet and hands started to swell all of a sudden. The doctors carried out lots of tests and later explained that I had a condition called rheumatoid arthritis. This is a debilitating condition which affects the joints and causes high levels of inflammation in the body.
My stay in hospital at that time felt like an eternity. My hands and knees had became so swollen and painful; I could hardly walk.
The doctors prescribed a lot of medication and eventually I went back to university. I was really suffering, though, and couldn’t even get to lectures; it was an extremely difficult time. I continued with my studies and completed my university exams, then went back home to my parents. At that point I became mostly bedridden, my mother had to cut up my food, and I could hardly hold a cup in my swollen hands to drink. Getting in and out of bed was very painful, putting weight on my feet to walk was overwhelming. It was almost like I needed to learn to walk again. The doctors told me I would be in a wheelchair by the age of 35 because of the severity of my condition. At this point I had a walking stick.
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