I love nudism and all about it. I first discovered it in 2014, and this is something I have been interested to be into for life. However, we should especially think about health, and it’s something that comes first. I have to give a health update because it doesn’t seem to be optimal news.
Well, as I had posted in a blog post here in 2016, I’ve been dealing with kidney problems. I was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2016, after getting some blood and urine tests in a clinic where I am at in November 2015. This is something that can only be managed with medications and lifestyle changes.
I am sure I had kidney disease before my official diagnosis too. Many people don’t get diagnosed with it for years. It doesn’t come all of a sudden.
I was at first told with my kidney function being at 40 percent function when diagnosed almost six years ago. My official diagnosis came at the beginning of 2016. I had to begin a special diet to maintain my remaining kidney function for as long as possible. And my kidney function has especially come down since 2018.
I was diagnosed at first on stage 3 with kidney disease, which is between 30 and 59 percent kidney function. Now, however, I am on stage 5. I had been between stages 3 and 4 between 2016 and about a few months ago.
In 2018 the sad news is me contracting another condition called valley fever. It is another condition, and it happens pretty frequently where I live in. The valley fever caused my kidney function to drop even more. So, in October 2018 I began to wait on a waiting list for a kidney transplant.
I’ve had to deal with kidney disease, valley fever and Asperger’s syndrome for three years now. But I still remain positive.
I had to begin dialysis on October 14th this year, not so long ago. I’m on dialysis doing it on a center twice a week, Tuesday and Saturday, with the exception being the first day which was a Thursday. My kidneys have failed now. I’m on a new diet compared to how it was until two weeks ago.
Kidneys falling to no more than 15 percent kidney function require renal replacement therapy (RRT) of dialysis or a kidney transplant. Here I am, which is something I had expected to come sooner or later.
So, what does this mean for me and nudism? I know nudism doesn’t discriminate against anyone. I myself read some while ago on another blog post of people on medical issues and if they can participate in nudism. I read that depending on what the condition is, it’s okay. With kidney disease vitamin D can be low, and I’ve had it low. This means nude sunbathing to do to increase the vitamin D by a lot.
Besides, I have seen on a Facebook group of nudists and naturists discussions that some people have had nudism help cope better with their disabilities/chronic diseases. I’ve still slept naked at times in the last five years.
Obviously, while on dialysis it’s not with doing nudism connected to a machine. But if it’s a summer day and I am feeling all right, I can see if it is suitable for me to do nudism, like for swimming naked or doing other nude recreation. I can ask my kidney specialist and/or dialysis nurses/technicians for that.
As I am in the Northern Hemisphere, summer doesn’t come again for quite a while, for a little more than seven months. In the meantime I can see about sleeping naked at the very least.
I remain positive still while dealing with the chronic ailments. I write in my diary, listen to music, learn Romanian and Russian currently, watch Masha and the Bear in different languages, walk at times, go out often, get family support, pray as a non-denominational Christian and am doing some puzzles to not get depressed.
I can practice nudism even more in a two-story house in my area to live in, hopefully starting soon, to cope better with the chronic conditions.
I am also not sure if soon I will get a kidney transplant from someone else’s kidney or get one of the new treatments for the kidneys as the transplanted kidney from a pig like has happened recently, an implantable artificial kidney or a wearable artificial kidney. So it can be unpredictable if I should/can be in practicing nudism while I wait for new kidney failure treatments in the near future.
I’ve read and heard of nudists having chronic health problems too. Still, it can be unpredictable if I am going to be into nudism for the foreseeable future. It’s why I did not post for 16 months on blog post here from June 2016 to November 2017, and it’s why I am not sure if I am to post here again frequently in the future.
But no matter what I am still at least a nudist by spirit and by heart. I’m still remaining positive.