Hello all!
I am new here but feel very welcome!
I am a 28 year old guy from Los Angeles but currently live in Las vegas.
I have been suffering from Severe Ulcerative Colitis for about 3.5 years and it has drastically changed my life.
I used to be very athletic and social (parties, clubs, etc...) but this disease has left my body ravaged. I have poor energy and cannot do most of the things that I really enjoy doing (playing tennis,hockey,baseball,etc..).
I am Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired!
I am not a very religious man but I now feel that I have a higher calling in life. I really believe that this battle with UC has changed my life for the better. I believe that I got this condition to help others (and myself of course!) overcome.
I wanted to get some of your opinions and possibly some help with a Documentary that I plan on filming about my currrent battle with Severe Ulcerative Colitis. I want to make this film about the various forms of IBD and Colon Cancer. I want to raise awareness!
The film will be about my personal every day struggle with the disease and how it has severly limited me. I want to show how I plan on healing myself through a healthy diet and lifestyle ( i hope it works!). I will film various Doctor visits and tests (colonoscopies, blood work results, etc..), support groups, a daily-diary of how I feel on diffferent days, and other's suffering from this and how their lives and the lives of their loved one's are affected.
I am thinking that this documentary is less about me but rather about everyone else out there suffering and how people are afraid or reluctant to talk about these diseases.
We need to raise awareness about Colon cancer and how it is preventable.
I am really scared that I might get Cancer if I don't do something about my condition!!
I want to interview people who have and are currently taking on these ravaging diseases. PERHAPS MOLLY might be available in Newport Beach for an interview as I plan on attending!
What do you all think about this? Would you be interested in participating?
Any advice please?
I would also like to form a Non-Profit Organization in my area. Las Vegas.
I want to form this and help raise money for others that do not have health insurance and the money needed for medications and/or treatments. I know what it feels like!
Any ideas?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in Advance,
Charlie
www.helpcharliegetwell.com