The story of Jasmina
I’m Jasmina Stojkovska from Prilep, Macedonia.I have acromegaly diagnosed almost 13 years.My path is thorny and difficult.The first signs of illness I had in 2001.Then the doctors in my country diagnosed that I was a drug overdose “eutirox” for the thyroid gland.A doctor was quashed me the medicine, but my condition did not improve and for more than a year.I had a terrible pain in the left side of my skull, the swelling by the hands and feet, I thought I was overweight.I’ve had tachycardia, arrhythmia.Pain in the bones.I could not watch my two daughters when 11 and 5 years.Then I was alone on my hand made MRI, because the headaches were terrible.Endocrinologist in my country diagnostic incidentalom..I still do not know ,”incidentalom” – this exists in medicine ?Then on my account, I was go in Republic of Slovenia, and there was diagnosed akromegaly.Dr. Maria Pfaiper there said that the pituitary Tumur have to be removed as quickly as possible.The tumor was removed at the VMA-Serbia 23.07.2003 year.It was a successful operation.I do not accept hormonal drugs now, but I have a problem with the heart, arrhythmias going into blocks, I have premature depolarization of the heart, I have increased levels of cholesterol, bone pain.
I took out my teeth, because my jaw healed. I operated on nine times jaw.In my country, I am not in a group of rare diseases.I not have any kind of protection.How my family fell apart after the disease was left alone with two daughters.I am a knitwear designer clothing, try to earn a living but someone has to work hard.I do not have control of my health conditions and control may go to two or three years and then I feel like I should not go because they say that I am healthy .This is my story!I share with you in order to prevent others to pass what I have on my thorny path in which every day is a new challenge!Thank you!