My name is Vitaly Shilo , I am a twenty-aged Russian boy living in the North Kazakhstan, a part of the former Soviet Union ,close to Siberia. Although I am young , I have very big problems with my health . The main causes of this are constantly degrading economical situation and very bad medical politics in our country, hard ecological bequest - we live not far from the notorious Semipalatinsk nuclear poligone, and many other places of ecological catastrophes,the main of which are "Mayak" atomic station, Aral Sea, and also very bad ecology in our city - it is the famous place of coal-mining, and we live in endless smoke during all year, non-attention and non-experience of local doctors ,and ,finally, a number of accidents personally with me.
When I was born, I got the birth-trauma of my brain due to bad attention of local doctors. I have a lot of records from that time in my old medical card. The causes of life were always very complicated for my family. My father who left us when I was seven, was an officer of Russian rocket army, and my family rambled through all the former Soviet Union ,on very far places - deserts, mountains, where Soviet rockets was placing, constantly waiting for a new order of re-dislocation. So, although I had got the diagnosis "hydrocephalious syndrome and hypertensious syndrome " in age of 1.5, I never had not only good, but even any medical attention. ( Also, I was recorded under a neuropathologist's observation then, but due to social politics and also false promises of local doctors about healing without any curing, my family lost many priceless time...but it's impossible to imagine not living in such a country -every try of seeing a doctor finished by turning out.In better case, they wrote me very simple cures.) So, since my early childhood, I suffered of very strong headaches. Another (but also important) medical problems I had then were my very weak immunity for any infection, psychological weakness (a very tender child), and strong allergy for fur and hair -even my own hair when hair-dressing. Genetic factor may have place ,as my mother had thyroid gland resection in age of 19 ( I was born when 22), her aunt had bronchial asthma and diabetes, my grandmother and grandfather from mother's side both died of cancer. (My grandfather was working on oil fabric for all his life). As for my father ( I have only few information here) his family was more healthy.
I was born not far from the place where I'm living, and, when I was seven and my father left us, me and my mother returned here. I was a clever child, but problems with my health added with every new year. But doctors still ignored us. Maybe, a new stage of my life began in 1988. During 1988-1990, I had many nervous shocks due to our cruel school and pupils. Since already then my health was very weak, I never could beat anyone who could beat me. And every my success in studying became a reason for new ll course of thyreotoxicos healing - levothyroxine, mercasolil, beta-blocators, also had antidiuretics, and common therapy.
I was at a neuropathologist's there, and he wrote the medical conclusion basing in this tomogramme there. I had nuclear thyroid scanning there. It all was very hard, but unfortunately since that time I have not any possibility for healing. I still managed to get something in 1995-96, but now nobody here can help me.
Life of my family is very hard. My mother is a simple clerk on a post-office. Fortunately, she has still job, but in the present I live with my hopes for somebody's help and charity and I am very obliged for any people who could help me.
Respectfully, Vitaly Shilo