00:00I've had incidents where I've felt very comfortable when no one was looking at me.
00:05I call it the silent disease, yes, because it goes on destroying without realizing it.
00:13Because I have a double-faced deformation, I'm not going to be as different as some of you.
00:19I think it's something more than what you see.
00:25My name is Nate, I'm 29 years old.
00:27I'm normal, I don't have a heart attack.
00:30When I was born, they had to operate on me.
00:34I had a surgery and it was a total success.
00:38But they applied a lot of corticosteroids and as a result, I started to have a heart attack.
00:46I have a needle in my calcitonin, I have more calcium from my waist up than from my waist down.
00:57I call it the silent disease, yes, because it goes on destroying without realizing it.
01:04There are times when it stops, sometimes it continues, it keeps coming back.
01:10Sometimes I see a deformation more inside than outside.
01:14The doctor told me, your daughter has a disease called fibromyalgia.
01:20She has fibromyalgia.
01:23As well as being told how rare her condition was,
01:26doctors also told Lady's mother she would likely lose her ability to walk.
01:53But Lady proved the doctors wrong,
01:56and despite all the health implications arising from her condition,
02:00she's still able to walk today.
02:03However, it's been the enlarged shape of her face
02:06that's been the hardest thing she's had to come to terms with.
02:10When I'm around her, when I'm with her,
02:14I feel like I'm a part of her.
02:18When I'm around her, when I'm with people around her,
02:24it's very normal for people to look at me.
02:27And when they're surprised or something like that, because it's normal.
02:32It's like they're surprised, like wow.
02:34I've had incidents where I felt very comfortable when people looked at me.
02:39The process of acceptance has been long.
02:44I don't know who I am, but I've always had my insecurities.
02:52Hi, Lady.
02:54Hi.
02:55How are you?
02:56Good.
02:57He started motivating me, saying,
03:00Lady, look, you're a rock.
03:02Why don't you start making videos?
03:05Look, you can do well.
03:06When he told me everything, look, I don't know what,
03:10and I've had a lot of friends,
03:12of what they were going to tell me.
03:14Because, let's say, one is not prepared
03:18to face the world.
03:21And he's going to do it that way.
03:23And she's been like that for a long time.
03:25Her story, she even uploaded a video to social media on her page,
03:28on her profile.
03:29And everyone started sharing it, commenting on it.
03:32Comments from all over the world.
03:35People telling her that she's such a beautiful woman,
03:37that she has a great story.
03:40I've been doing well,
03:42you could say, because I've had a lot of followers.
03:44But I've also experienced the bullying part.
03:48The criticism has been very harsh.
03:54Well, really, I do it with the purpose
03:57of inspiring people
03:59who have a lot of insecurities.
04:02So, it doesn't matter the condition,
04:06it doesn't matter how you are.
04:08You have to carry on with life, right?
04:14Thanks to that, I've been able to inspire a lot of people.
04:18Because I have a beautiful face,
04:20I'm not going to be as different as some people.
04:24I'm going to show myself, that I can do it.
04:27I think it's something more than what you see.
04:31When I look in the mirror,
04:33I see a fighter, a warrior,
04:36moving forward with his life.
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