I’m just thinking aloud, but I just had an interesting thought so here goes... I think one of the reasons I don’t have quite as much independence as I would like to have is due to the way I have approached Cerebral Palsy for over 20 years. I have never tried to get the most out of my disability as it existed. Making the best of a bad situation has never made sense to me. Since I was very young I’ve tried to push my condition forward more than I have tried to push myself forward. A rising tide lifts all boats. This is the road less traveled. Maybe, in the short term, it would have been much easier to try to make the best of my weakened state. I’m sure had I not burned so much physical and emotional energy pushing my brain and body so hard I could have already carved out a fairly normal life and something closer to a normal lifestyle, but that’s not the road I chose. I have never accepted my physical state. I have always pushed, I have always plotted, I have always dreamed of being better than I am. When you push as hard as I have there will be setbacks and delays, but I’m very comfortable with where I have ended up. I think science and medicine have finally caught up to my ambition. If I’m right, great! If not, oh well. One way or another we are about to all find out.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:07:26 +0000
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