You know those tower defense games where you have to defend your tower or some castle against waves of enemies that get harder and harder as you go along ? that’s how Bechet’s Syndrome felt.
Up until this point I thought I had the upper hand, finally I got my life back, I could go out and socialize again after months of laying in bed in pain. Then Wave 3 comes along to remind me Bechet’s is still there, From then to now I have continued to visit doctors to keep up with its progression and keep me stable. Bechet’s Syndrome has many effects and slowly but surely I was starting to show signs of a few of them. Once diagnosed with Bechet’s Syndrome a person can have bumps that look like acne on the skin, pain in the knees, ankles, wrists and elbows. If the Brain or Spinal cord is affected a person can have Fever, headache, stiff neck, memory loss and trouble speaking. If the Digestive system is affected stomach pain, diarrhea and stomach bleeding can occur. Bechet’s can be hard to diagnose but the most telltale signs for doctors is sores in the mouth, genitals or skin and swelling in the eyes or vision loss.
Right about now would be a good time to use a health kit and heal everything; if only it was that easy. Bechet’s manifests itself differently in different people. I was lucky enough not to experience half the symptoms I mentioned above but I am battling the arthritis and eye problems. Steroid and Corticoid medication are used to treat Bechet’s symptoms since doctors do not know what causes it or how a person gets it. Because of these heavy medications my diet has changed, my routine has changed and it has become a battle to do simple chores with the joint pains constantly bugging me. But video games haven’t failed me yet and they won’t fail me now, I have recently rediscovered Fallout brotherhood of steel. An old game with equally old charm, it may lack the puzzle and landscape aspect unlike the other fallout games but what it lacks in cosmetics it makes up for in story and lore.
Released on January 13, 2004, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel was the fourth video game to be set in the Fallout universe and the first to be made for video game consoles. It was also the last Fallout title to be released before the franchise’s license passed from Interplay to Bethesda Softworks. The game chronicles the adventures of a Brotherhood of Steel initiate as they go through carbon Texas years after the bombs dropped in search of some missing brotherhood of steel paladins. Although this game is not officially a part of the fallout universe due to inconsistencies in timeline and story. It does still have connections to the other fallout games.
The game quality is low but seriously it was made in the early 2000’s enough said; but its gameplay and story keep me coming back after all this time. In the game we meet characters such as Vidya, Ruby, Richard, Armpit and Jesse these are some of the main characters and as we go through Carbon, Ghoul City and the Vault we meet a few more. When we explore the vault we scrape the tip of the iceberg that is Vault Tech, human and animal experiments, Bioweapons research and the Force Evolutionary Virus. This game has enough storyline for a movie or a book if you ask me, despite is non-canon connection to the other games if you look up information on certain characters online you see a slight connection. Bechet Syndrome may feel like a wasteland to me right now as things keep looking a little bleaker as the days pass, but if I fight like I do against the raiders, ghouls and monsters of the wasteland then I’ll get through it no problem.
J's Journey 