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Who knows what the future holds. What makes me relax about the future is that firstly, there is a big team of people behind me supporting me. Friends, family, local authority and even people in the street who, hopefully, will recognize my situation and lend the help I need, if I ask for it. Secondly I really believe or feel that I am doing the right things to promote a good life, living with Ataxia. Thirdly ( this might sound heavy), I have always tried to do right rather than wrong. It is part of my character to offer to help to others, smile and not to "tread on other peoples toes" while I go about my day to day pursuits. I think I am the type of bloke who deserves a happy future. I wont harp on. I don't like blowing ones own trumpet but I do want to share the way I think, if it helps other people to live with Ataxia. |
I think accepting diagnosis is not a one-off exercise. Nearly everyday we have to realize the challenges we have, then deal with them, then move forward. The picture on the side can be hard for anyone to accept, even me. But I do admit it is part of my future. When use of a wheelchair is going to make my life safer and manageable I will be positive about using one. I would never forgive myself if I fell and, say broke my arm, when I had the opportunity to do the same thing in the safety of a wheelchair. Using a wheelchair does not, automatically, make you lazy, if you combine it with an exercise regime. If you have Ataxia you have been dealt a cruel blow. What you should avoid is, constantly, thinking what life would be like without Ataxia.
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