Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
No cure... yet. I wouldn't give up hope, even as bad as things seem right now. At least you're alive, but there may be medical advancements in the future that could resolve this disease in due time.

But like you said, try not to swallow all of it at once. Take things day by day, one step at a time. We're all here to support you. :3
Yeah I'm just trying to take stuff in stride. The treatment plan they have me on is the best they have atm and seems to be pretty successful so even though it's not a cure, it's not like my life is over. It's just something I'll have to deal with for the rest of my life, assuming no cure is ever made ofc. My mom is more stressed out about it than I am. And like there is reason to worry because my kidneys are the main things suffering right now, and if I lose a kidney quite candidly I'm kinda screwed over in many ways, but it doesn't sound like that's something I have to stress over quite yet so I'm just taking it as I go.

Quote Originally Posted by Chakramaster View Post
Man, like you said that's not good news at all. Can only hope it's not like they say and you only get better. It is very good that they caught it early for sure. Seriously take your time and don't rush back into things. Take it at an easy pace for sure. Hopefully you can figure out something on your job side. By home bound I guess you mean no longer in DC?

I'm sorry to hear all this Noble. I hope things will only get better for you soon. Is there a name for whatever this is you contracted?
Nope I'll still be in DC! Homebound meaning I literally can't leave my apartment at all except for treatments/doctor visits for the next 6 months-ish. My parents are taking shifts to help take care of me since I can't even go visit the grocery store or anything. Which means I might lose my job since a component of it does require me to be in person, but obviously I can't do that if I'm not allowed to leave the house.

It's called Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, or GPA for short. You might have heard it called "Wegener's granulomatosis" which is the former name for it, but that was changed because the scientist it was named for was a Nazi. It's part of a family of disorders called "vasculitis" which is like the easiest of the names to say, haha.