Moral support
I’m 32 and my kidneys are failing. I’m at 17% kidney function. I was diagnosed with diabetes at 14 and never took care of myself. As a teenager I began experimenting with drugs. My choice of drugs were weed, cough syrup and Xanax but eventually I stopped abusing those and moved onto coke, ketamine, tusi and mdma. I finally quit drugs last August and have felt a lot better mentally. Up until now I’ve felt fine I guess because I’m still young it hasn’t taken a toll on me. It wasn’t till I noticed my eyes were leaking blood that I decided to a see a doctor. My doctor ran some test and that’s when we discovered my kidneys were failing. I’ve made the changes my doctor suggested but I’m just so far gone that I don’t think anything can be done. The nephrologist told me that he added me to the kidney transplant list and that with the extreme diet restrictions I can stay off dialysis for another two years. I’m trying to stay positive and stick to what the doctor told me. My said I should join a support group but idk about that so I decided to join the group. This is my first time posting onto Reddit. I guess I’m just looking for someone to relate to and maybe give me a little more hope.