Give a hand to a father

I am Dimitar. 44 years old. I am married to the most amazing woman. I am a father of two amazing, wonderful, long-sought-after children. And I am sick. I'm sick, and the diagnosis is multiple sclerosis. That incurable disease, "the disease with many faces".

It comes into your life quietly, imperceptibly, inexorably. It develops rapidly, destroys everything it touches. You don't have a full life. You have almost no life. There is only a war between the organism and itself.

Your future is debilitating. Your sentence is a wheelchair.

It sounds scary. It's not scary.

It's terrifying.

She chose me - the man who had everything yet to come, the one full of energy, the one craving life. She took away my normal life insidiously and persistently, every day, until she almost turned me into a wreck. Took away my walks and my dance with my wife. I don't know when my legs will give out completely. Took away my playing with our children. I don't know when my arms will stop. I don't know until I can hold them in them. It took my conversations with my friends - I don't know if the words will be enough or when I'll shut up.

I don't want him to take my eyes either.

Couldn't take my love. Couldn't take my hope. Couldn't take my will to live. As long as I breathe, I will fight. For my wife, for our unborn children. Because as long as I live, I have hope that I will stop this disease, multiple sclerosis. Because I know I will succeed! I know I will live!

I am taking the risk of undergoing a procedure that is terrifyingly unknown in this country - Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. Doctors report over 70% success in treating young patients. With timely initiation of treatment, my chances for a real, normal, human life are enormous. The transplant is successfully performed at the Pirogov Medical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The amount needed for the procedure is prohibitive. It amounts to 50,000 euros.

I am appealing to all of you. I ask for your help. Please, who can support my cause, do so. Please, whoever can spread my appeal, do so.

Thank you!

Please lend me a hand to be a fulfilling father again!