Meet Becky. My car. She's basic and has low miles. She gets me reliably where I need to go, and more importantly where I have to go keep myself alive and kicking. Becky takes me to dialysis three times a week.
This month I traded about 20 Steem for fiat to pay for insurance for Becky. It was a last resort as A) I want to keep powering up as much as I can, and B) I was dreading putting my brain to work trying to figure out how to actually go about getting some money for Steem. It was a little painful, but not as bad as I had anticipated.
I joined Steemit a little less than a year ago with a very skeptic outlook on the site, but I thought, why not, what do I have to lose? So I lurked for a bit, then started posting stuff about my life with chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and one of my main messages, organ donation awareness.
To my surprise the Steemit community rallied around me and a few posts have done quite well. My skepticism was erased and I have met some incredible people here. Some just put a smile on my face, others opened my eyes to issues that I would have never given a second thought.
So that brings us to now. Last month was harder for me than usual. I had some problems with low blood pressure, which makes me feel like a zombie, and that unfortunately made me less productive than normal. I realized I would be short on my car insurance this month if I didn't do something. And so, I traded about 20 Steem to get me through.
I cannot thank everyone enough for your upvotes, resteems, and words of wisdom. Really, I mean it. A huge part of any dialysis patients life is getting to treatment. I've seen patients die because they missed a treatment or two. They just couldn't get themselves to a dialysis center, their health declined and they never recovered.
Thank you everyone.
L.