TL;DR/DC? version:
My art teacher is my best friend in the whole damn world. I love him with all my heart perhaps a little too much for MY own good. But whatever my feelings are there is one reality. He's very ill. Has been for years and will continue to be unless there's some miracle or enough help.
He's helped me improve a LOT in my art and taught me many new things and techniques. He motivated me to follow my dreams and took away my trauma about being a teacher. I love him so much... and he needs help.
Below I go straight to it and asked if anyone's willing to give economical aid to contact me, but now I will simply ask if you can find me ANY information for treatments of Muscular Dystrophy, experimental and whatever or just more info about it, if you know experts of it or if you could simply ask your own doctors for anything to help someone with this condition.
His condition called Idiopathic Myopathy: A rare condition involving inflammation of the skeletal muscles which become weak and wasted. The inflammation will cause agonizing pain and cramps, constrictions and spasms. He's had minor strokes happen a few times (that I know) as well as being taken to emergency because he cannot breathe from his lungs collapsing and heart and lungs are muscles too.
Please, any information will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Full version:
For those who don't mind reading a lot or maybe would like to help a bit more, read on for full details.
I've never done this before nor thought I ever would. Definitively not something I'd do for myself but...
Photo to show we are real people. Me and him.
He's now retired, however the government has not send him any checks because they're now taking it to charge him for income taxes he didn't pay one year a lot time ago because of the very human trait of forgetfulness. So now he has absolutely NO income! He has two sons, one around 9, the other 18 who's now searching for a job now to help his father. His medicines alone are very expensive. They can barely manage with some food aid his older son receives once a month. Me and mom will often buy him groceries and even give them money. We even helped pay up an old loan he had at a hospital for an emergency treatment.
If anyone would like to aid him in some way, even economical, would you? I'd be eternally grateful. I'll be eternally -indebted- to you! I'll be your best friend in the world and I will find out ways to repay your generosity. I'm not even sure if it will "buy" him health as I don't know how his illness is treated but I do know he DOES need the economical support real bad.
He's even sacrificed his own health by trying to do art for sale to at least earn some money.
And he doesn't know about me posting this request around because he's just too humble and will never dare ask from others. When we do give him money we usually have to shove it in his pocket or hide it somewhere he'll find it later because he won't accept it. Just like he won't dare accept free food even while his stomach is growling. just because he's way too humble.
If I had a job, if I could give him every single penny I earn, I would. Just for him, because he really needs it. Way more than me. But I can't, I don't have enough, I don't work. Sometimes I actually just buy him things with whatever money I've been given as he'd accept it easier that way, but I know, that when he actually has cash on him, it's all going to his family, for food.
So please, if anyone out there could and is willing to help him in some way. Send me a Private Message or Email me. I'll give you his address and even if it's only words or advice, or to make him cheer up, just be his friend, then I'll give you his email.
I've seen him at his worst, whimpering and squirming from pain while his body spasms violently, and also how his son had to nearly drag him to the bathroom as he could hardly use his legs and how he screamed from pain as he sat him up from bed....and that is a HORRIBLE way to see a loved one. Even worst where you have to just SIT and WATCH him suffer because there's nothing you can do. Even touching him will hurt when he's going through a breakdown.
I love this man so much, he means everything to me. He's the best friend I've ever had plus he's just a wonderful man in general and a great father too. He does NOT deserve any of this. It's so unfair! Even more that is something so damn complicated....freaking "Idiopathic", that only means they don't have a clue WTF is going on and where it came from or how to treat it.
I wish I could do something for him. I'd give my BLOOD for him, my FLESH, my BONES, my whole freaking body if only that could heal him... If he doesn't deserve any better, why would I? I don't want anything else, I've stopped asking for things, I've stopped complaining about anything bad that happens to me...because he's got it worst and he's an angel...
I pray for him every night. To be cured, to be pain-free, to be stronger. To last me a very long time because I can't bare with the thought of him dying on me one day. He's still young, he deserves to be able to live happy before he goes and not be miserable from that damn illness.
So please, if you can... help him. Please I beg you. Anything. If you really can, if you're able to make just one little sacrifice...please do.
And thank you in advance for all who will have him in your prayers for your support and care.
