Renvela is a brand name of Sevelamer Carbonate, it is a phosphate binder which I use to not let my body to absorb Phosphates or phosphorus in my system. Why so? It is because high elevations of phosphorus would trigger the Parathyroid to pump its hormones so that Calcium from my bones are leached out. So it has been like that all these past years and I mean nearly two decades already and it already lead to the condition that I am suffering from which is called "Leontiasis Ossea."
My Renvela would just last me until today but I still have a fistful of these calcium. I have to take two tablets as advised by my doctor every meal which means six tablets per day. But since I could only eat two per day I often just ended up with ingesting four tablets per day. It is good that I can buy my Calcium online while Renvela has to be bought in our local pharmacy although my parents have to go to town or city just to be able to purchase it.
Leontiasis is such a brutal and dehumanazing medical condition that I do not even want to read about it, I do not want to see other people already suffered and suffering from it. It is such a rare illness that only a few in a hundred milllion or a billion people has it. The problem with me now is that I survived much of my years as a dialysis patient that is why I developed this condition as a result.
If only my medical need providers/doctors/nurses had educated or had made me aware of what to expect then thing would be a bit different than it is today. But in the past I would not even afford to buy Renvela anyway because of its forbidding price and taking it everytime I would eat really makes my every meal expensive like eating in a restaurant without a varied meal but the same cost.
I also have to top-up with my "Cinacalcet" that one is also a brutal drug for Parathyroid. After taking it I already would be feeling nauseous already. I will not be surprised if I would develop another illness from taking it because of its inherent noxious smell and possibly taste. The smell of gasoline is much sweeter than the smell of that tablet when I open it. Thinking about it too makes me want to cry but I have to take it every passing day just to make my Parathyroid to tame down a bit although the last lab test showed that it is still pumping more than 700 times the normal level as evidenced by my body's worsening pain.
