I wish I could say that things have been going well lately but I’ve definitely been better. I believe I’m going to schedule my 5th embolization procedure for September, so that’s good at least. I’ve found a part time job at a clothing store that I’ve been working for a few months, and even though it’s painful for me, due to my sciatic nerve damage and AVM getting worse, I still manage. Recently had a scam situation where women falsely enrolling people into the affordable care act approached me at work and got all my info so I had to make a bunch of reports and now I’m just hoping nothing bad comes of it. It’s despicable how these people prey on those who are desperate and in need. They had me thinking that I’d be able to get the surgeries I need. I’m really upset with myself for being so gullible. On top of that I recently got a really bad dental infection because I’m still without a working vehicle and I couldn’t get to the dentist in time so they ended up just taking the tooth out so that the infection would stop spreading. Was on two different antibiotics for like two weeks. And to put the icing on the cake I’ve had some eye floaters for a few months and I went to get it checked out and they apparently found that the blood vessels in both of my eyes are really narrow “like a 50-60 year old with high blood pressure”. They told me I need to see a specialist so now I’m trying to get back out to see my surgeon 4 hours away to figure out what’s going on. I hope it’s nothing serious. This year has truly sucked so far, and this past month in particular. I’m trying to hang in there but I am really being tried.
Hang in there. I hope those women were not a scam 
Unfortunately it was a scam, I had to make reports of the incident and I’m just hoping they don’t use my info for anything nefarious. Also I’m turning 24 at the end of August so I’m hoping for better times ahead. I feel really stuck and scared, like I should have accomplished more by now and I don’t know how to move forward. And having such a severe AVM gives me a sense of urgency, like I need to hurry and make the most of what I can, because my future feels very uncertain.
Personally, I think your twenties are for finding your feet, so don’t panic about being 24: it’s absolutely fine:
Hang in there, things can only get better… God bless!
Hey @moonglow500
This is Merl from the modsupport team.
Firstly, BIG +1 for the comments of both @DickD and @Adrian1 I don’t say this because they’re usually right (which they usually are 
) but because at your age I was on a similar journey to you and I couldn’t see any ‘light at the end of the tunnel’. All I saw was an oncoming train.
Fast forward a couple of decades and I can’t really believe where I ended up. To be honest, I had no intent to be here now. I thought I’d be long dead by now. Please, don’t get me wrong here, I’m by no means saying it’s been smooth sailing, far from it, but as I told someone the other day “I can still walk and talk and wipe my own backside, many can’t. I’ve got to be thankful for that at least…”.
As for the scammers, they seem to have exploded everywhere. They need victims and what easier targets than those in need, kick us whilst we’re at our lowest. I received a call from the Federal Tax Dept for a debt. To be repaid using gift cards. I’m in Australia, we don’t have a Federal Tax Dept, we have the ATO, the Australian Tax Office. I haven’t ‘worked’ for years and they would have been on my case long ago if I’d owed them monies. And then to be repaid in gift cards??? Nahh. It just didn’t add up.
Now, I’m super cautious. Any cold callers, I just hang up. But it really can shake your confidence.
We’re always here if you need to chat or just simply need to vent.
Merl from the Modsupport Team
You will have better times ahead.