Stem Cell Therapy and Surgery for Vitor Araújo

Hi everyone
My name is Vitor Araújo i am 34 years of age, and i am from Terceira island, Azores, Portugal. I have been diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Growing up here i never imagined something like this would happen to me, i didn't really care about anything, as life here is quiet, peaceful and uneventful.
But one day i got sick and things have definitely gone on a downwards spiral.

For 8 long years i struggled with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis a chronic inflammation of the brain also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, i struggled with it daily and the terrible symptoms, mental fatigue, brain fog, felt like someone was pouring acid down unto my brain, and i could literally feel my brain shutting itself off slowly from the inside out,
the closest thing that i can compare it to, even though it is not even remotely similar, is a flu, how you feel incredibly tired and need to lay down, but without the shivers or the cold sweats, and the always present feeling of doom, like being attacked or something. This happened to me every single day. Eventually developed major depressive disorder as the only thing that i could do was hope for a cure, and sleeping never made me feel refreshed. I could only function properly in the early morning hours, because the brain produces something called cortisone in the morning and in the evening, which allowed me to function properly for about 2 hours a day, before i started to crash.
Luckily i got better from this terrible disease 3 years ago. It is rare, but sometimes it happens. I was one of the lucky ones.


After that, in a sardonic twist of fate, i got a really bad inflammation in both of my eyes, if it's connected i don't know, and developed an extreme form of a condition called Keratocunjuctivitus Sicca, commonly known as Dry Eye Disorder, which become bloodshot red, irritated and inflammed, and gets worse as the day goes on, sometimes i feel like there is dust in my eyes but theres nothing there, rubbing only makes it worse.
For a time i couldn't use any artificial tears, and i tried all brands and types, with preservatives and without, and they all made my eyes worse, even saline solution caused my eyes to feel like they were going to melt away from my face, and that's what doctors use to clean someones eyes from irritants.
For some reason i can use eye drops again, if they don't have preservatives, but they don't diminish the pain i feel sometimes, which feels like someone is stabbing me in the eyes with hot needles.
I also developed a severe form of Digital Eye Strain at the same time, and being in front of screens of digital devices makes my eyes dry up even worse, becoming very badly inflammed and irritated, and i then feel really tired and have trouble focusing.
My eyes hurt as i am writing this, as i usually can only last a few minutes in front of digital devices before the pain starts. It reaches the point that, if someone is using a device and i can see it in my peripheral vision it will still hurt my eyes even at a distance.


I also have a herniated disc in my cervical region and it is pressuring my spinal cord to the left side making my left arm, throb in pain, while my hand goes numb. Sometimes my nerves on the my left side swell and pressure against my spine causing pain, sometimes it's against my lung causing some difficulty breathing,
other times it's just the shoulder that hurts, but as it is getting worse and i can feel it more often. If i turn my neck to the side or up or down, i can feel it going numb as if the connection is getting cut off from my head, i can feel it popping and grinding if i move it around.
It's also causing pain on my hips as i walk that goes down to my left knee and down to my achilles tendon. If i stand up straight for too long my lombar region will start to ache aswell. My orthopedist said it was possible i had another herniation in my lombar region. Before i couldn't use my brain, now i can't use a lot of everything else.

I am also struggling with benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome for the last 2 years and this is my 3rd attempt to quit. i was taking diazepam (Valium) to treat my anxiety resulting from my Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. The first time i tried to quit, i did it cold turkey, that was definetely a mistake as i was unaware of the side effects, i have been tappering off, and even though it is much more manageable, these last couple of years have not been a fun ride.

I haven't worked for many years as a combination of pain, anxiety and mental fatigue has kept me from working most of my life. I have been sick and in some form or another impaired for most of my adult life.
So now i'm turning to you for support. Stem cell therapies(Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells), with all their controversies, are proven to stop inflammation and let the body heal itself, but they are costly. I also need surgery for my herniated disc, or possibly discs.
The money raised would go to the therapy itself and the transportation as i live in an island and flights out of here tend to cost more than average. So please donate or share this campaign as every effort helps.
Thank you for your support.