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I had just left the military to go to college, was a healthy mid-20s person with bright eyes for the future.
After a month, I was getting winded while hiking. After three months, I was fainting with high exertion. After six months, I was getting daily migraines. After eight months, I was having full tonic-clonic seizures.
After ten months, I was sat in front of a cardiologist that told me if I didn't agree to a surgery and a stay in the hospital, I would be dead in three to five months.
This is all significantly shortened, but going from having a real taste of freedom and being able to do anything I set my mind to, to being laid up in a hospital bed with a mile of wires and tube sticking in me and on me -- it was terrifying.
That's so scary. What was the cause? Are you doing okay now?
I'm managing now. Turns out I have a rare cardio-pulmonary condition that was just getting worse and wreaking havoc on my body.
But with medication and some rehab, I'm at an alright point. :)