besides not having to do treatments and not fretting so much about pathogens, i don't know that i would really do anything differently...now. i'm 29 and in the school i want to be in, studying the things i want to study and working on becoming what i want to become.
had i been asked this years ago, my answer would likely change very much. when i was younger, i wanted to be the drifter type. my dad's family has many of the drfiter type, including my father. had i not been so sick, we would have probably travelled extensively (heck, we were on our way to england when i got terribly sick in d.c. and was finally diagnosed), but that's another story.
i guess my point (without getting all drawn out like i tend to do) is that cf has limited me, but kept me focused; restricted me, but allowed me to be free in spirit; held me down long enough for me open my eyes.
i don't harbor the same extreme negativity towards my illness that many do. yes, i hate it sometimes. yes, it seems that it restricts me. but i would be naive to think that just not having cf would make the drifter life realistic, or bring those far away lands ever closer.
i've been able to do what i want to do, and i enjoy my life. maybe i just don't know any better, maybe on some deep level i'm not interested in many things because they're not available to me. either way, i accept the things that shape me, and i make the best with what i have. i like who i have become, and i owe it partly to cf.
don't misunderstand me, i don't idolize cf. if there were a way to prevent it, i would advocate it. if there were a cure i would take it. i'm just saying that i would live my life the same.
had i been asked this years ago, my answer would likely change very much. when i was younger, i wanted to be the drifter type. my dad's family has many of the drfiter type, including my father. had i not been so sick, we would have probably travelled extensively (heck, we were on our way to england when i got terribly sick in d.c. and was finally diagnosed), but that's another story.
i guess my point (without getting all drawn out like i tend to do) is that cf has limited me, but kept me focused; restricted me, but allowed me to be free in spirit; held me down long enough for me open my eyes.
i don't harbor the same extreme negativity towards my illness that many do. yes, i hate it sometimes. yes, it seems that it restricts me. but i would be naive to think that just not having cf would make the drifter life realistic, or bring those far away lands ever closer.
i've been able to do what i want to do, and i enjoy my life. maybe i just don't know any better, maybe on some deep level i'm not interested in many things because they're not available to me. either way, i accept the things that shape me, and i make the best with what i have. i like who i have become, and i owe it partly to cf.
don't misunderstand me, i don't idolize cf. if there were a way to prevent it, i would advocate it. if there were a cure i would take it. i'm just saying that i would live my life the same.