sunshine5637
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Hi! I don't know if you're still looking around but I saw your post and felt the need to respond.
My parents were told I wouldn't see my 6th birthday...but I turn 30 July 26! I had to smile at busyscmom's response about her daughter; she sounds a lot like me when I was younger. I was very active...my Mom always asked my doctor if I could "try" the latest goal I wanted to achieve and her response was always the same: "Let Melissa try what she wants and she will learn her limits." I TRULY believe that being so active is what has helped me so much. That and the fact that my parents took such good care of me...and did a lot of praying!!
I always feel really bad for parents of newly diagnosed CFers. I don't have children so I don't know the TOTAL "motherly" feeling but I can certainly understand the uncertainty you go through. The thing I wish I could say most to parents is that while doctors are intelligent and we certainly need them, they are not God and don't always know how much time we have here.
My parents were told I wouldn't see my 6th birthday...but I turn 30 July 26! I had to smile at busyscmom's response about her daughter; she sounds a lot like me when I was younger. I was very active...my Mom always asked my doctor if I could "try" the latest goal I wanted to achieve and her response was always the same: "Let Melissa try what she wants and she will learn her limits." I TRULY believe that being so active is what has helped me so much. That and the fact that my parents took such good care of me...and did a lot of praying!!
I always feel really bad for parents of newly diagnosed CFers. I don't have children so I don't know the TOTAL "motherly" feeling but I can certainly understand the uncertainty you go through. The thing I wish I could say most to parents is that while doctors are intelligent and we certainly need them, they are not God and don't always know how much time we have here.