This campaign aims to raise funds to continue my regenerative kidney treatments abroad. I count on your vital help!
On March 31, 2019, I was diagnosed with a worldwide rare disease called atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. This disease, linked to the blood structure, contributed to the severe deterioration of my kidney function. On that day, I ended up in intensive care with pneumonia, grade 3 arterial hypertension (200 mmHg/110 mmHg), blurred vision and kidney failure (my kidneys practically did not produce urine). My world, the world of a 24-year-old boy, had just fallen apart.
I started, however, on hemodialysis. Do you know? I cried in hemodialysis sessions. It was a feeling of emptiness, of rottenness, of hurt. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 7pm and 10pm, there I was at the clinic laying down with tubes connected to me, in order to purify my blood. What about dialysis machines? they produced a deafening sound. I couldn't take it anymore. Besides, seeing the other young people on the beach having fun as I rode the ambulance to the clinic reduced me to an insignificant being. Empty. Later, in September 2019, I entered the peritoneal dialysis system, a type of dialysis in which I could do dialysis changes in the comfort of my home.
After so much suffering, I found a tremendous force that drove me to find a clinic based in Fountain Valley, California, United States of America. The doctor I spoke to, Dr. José Jiménez, said that, considering my analyses, my illness, my age and lifestyle, there was a good chance of success. This way, this doctor informed me about the composition of the treatments (approved by the FDA, the North American agency responsible for the approval of therapies and drugs) and their price. These treatments encompassed umbilical cord stem cells (from a compatible donor with me) and exosomes (particles with regenerative properties).
In March, in the first tests after my return from the US, my creatinine (a toxin in the blood that measures kidney function) had dropped approximately one point since the last tests before departure (in February). My urine flow had increased from 1.5 liters average daily to a promising 2.5 liters average daily! Over time, these results improved, to the point that, in October 2020, peritoneal dialysis was discontinued. The following year, in April 2021, my peritoneal dialysis catheter was removed.
However, they ask me: "so, but don't you have the problem solved?". No, I don't. Because despite having come off dialysis, I am currently in stage 4 of chronic kidney disease (currently, there are 5 stages). This means that my kidneys have the autonomy and independence to do their brilliant job. Unfortunately, they are still severely damaged. The "ghost" of dialysis still hangs over me. And I'm sure of one thing: I don't want to suffer. Never. And I am determined, once again, to go to the ends of the world to get healed. For this, 12,000 euros are needed (treatments + accommodation + flights (round trip) + transfers + visas), cheaper because it is a second time. This time the location is Tijuana, Mexico.
And you ask me: "so, why don't you do these treatments in the USA?". The answer is simple: because the cost of treatments in this country has increased. So it pays to have two treatments in Mexico for the price of one treatment in the US. Same procedures, same clinic, same doctor. Only in different places and with different composition, that is, it goes to 200 million stem cells, instead of 60 million the first time.
By helping me, you are "opening doors" so that, in the future, more people around the world can enjoy these treatments with a huge potential for kidney regeneration. I really want to get my "soldiers back". I want to help others with my example. Attached, I send the documents that support my positive clinical results.
Here's a link to an interview I was given in 2020 on the TV program "A Tarde é Sua", with Fátima Lopes. Take a look:
https://tviplayer.iol.pt/programa/a-tarde-e-sua/53c6b3883004dc006243ce59...
Clinic website: https://kentrumclinic.com/
Gratitude !
João Pedro Relvas Soares
Obrigado a todos!
Obrigado a todos e a todas que contribuíram para a minha causa. No fundo, também é uma causa para outras pessoas, milhões com doença renal
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