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<blockquote data-quote="Grant_Vicat" data-source="post: 2260808" data-attributes="member: 388932"><p>Hi [USER=523988]@Amz1[/USER] In many ways I was in a better position, ridiculous as that sounds! Because I was eleven months old at diagnosis, I hadn't experienced 'real life'. To be dished this card out at your stage in life is a seriously affecting punch. I can fully understand your feelings. There were many times in my twenties and beyond when I would get so down that I would walk out of a really good film or buy loads of recordings, take them home and then not have the mental strength to listen to one. Many of these down periods would be after receiving unwelcome news from the renal department at King's College or when my blood sugars went haywire for no apparent reason (probably under germ attack). But I realised that when my regime was at its best, my mind would be similar. As others all over the forum have said, you are entitled to grieve, but also try and focus on what you can do with your life. Although I am trapped at home (solid transplant recipient) indefinitely, I am still able to do so much that I never dreamt I would do back in 1979, when I had my first eye haemhorrage. I was very badly controlled then, but learnt very quickly that if I didn't heed the advice at King's, I wouldn't be here now! The very best of luck to you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grant_Vicat, post: 2260808, member: 388932"] Hi [USER=523988]@Amz1[/USER] In many ways I was in a better position, ridiculous as that sounds! Because I was eleven months old at diagnosis, I hadn't experienced 'real life'. To be dished this card out at your stage in life is a seriously affecting punch. I can fully understand your feelings. There were many times in my twenties and beyond when I would get so down that I would walk out of a really good film or buy loads of recordings, take them home and then not have the mental strength to listen to one. Many of these down periods would be after receiving unwelcome news from the renal department at King's College or when my blood sugars went haywire for no apparent reason (probably under germ attack). But I realised that when my regime was at its best, my mind would be similar. As others all over the forum have said, you are entitled to grieve, but also try and focus on what you can do with your life. Although I am trapped at home (solid transplant recipient) indefinitely, I am still able to do so much that I never dreamt I would do back in 1979, when I had my first eye haemhorrage. I was very badly controlled then, but learnt very quickly that if I didn't heed the advice at King's, I wouldn't be here now! The very best of luck to you! [/QUOTE]
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