In 2002 I was diagnosed with diffuse scleroderma. It was a hard thing to take for me.

My facial expression changed a lot, but this went unnoticed to the people that do not know me very well. My friends say that I have gotten plastic surgery done.

The worst part are the lumps in my chest, some were so uncomfortable that I had to get them surgically removed.

The pain in my joints is strong, but manageable. I take medications, but what has really caused a trauma in me is the aesthetic part.