I have used this same method of research to ensure some awesome trips to Nashville, Montreal, Quebec, Saratoga, Notre Dame, St. Louis, US 101 etc. Almost always we hit a few home runs because of the research we have done online prior to going on vacation (or going into battle with a new unknown destination). This does not work in medicine!!!!
Reading medical abstracts and researching drug interactions is not the same as finding the coolest place to take your kids in St.Louis (its City Museum by the way).
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| City Museum - Saint Louis (what happens when hippies build a children's museum) |
I say this because I spent last night sick and awake because of some breathing difficulties and I decided to do some research. I am now sick and depressed, but I guess its to be expected when my best case prognosis is a sixty percent survival rate after forty months.
I have been lying to myself that because I am young and relatively healthy as compared to the other people I have been hearing abut who have this disease that somehow I will be immune to or have a better chance at avoiding its devastating consequences for my body. This is probably just wishful thinking.
Oh well...here is to thinking wishfully.
Brad,
ReplyDeleteKeep being wishful!! I watched my mother battle an illness that debilitated her every move, save her ability to breath and speak for over 30 years. She was called a "vegetable" by a doctor and told that she had not longer than 2 years to live. That was back in 1987. She lived until this year, and went down with a smile on her face, knowing that she beat all of the odds, and lived far more of her life than anyone (including myself!) ever thought possible. On her death bed, she told me to never give up, and to keep smiling. You never know what is possible, and we both know that God is good. Sending prayers and good thoughts your way!
-Jaime from QC