I didn't say that, this young woman did .......
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This is not about comparing one condition with another, nor is it about saying there are people worse off than me, illness is an individual thing.
This is about being on the inside looking out. I can't imagine being Louise and she can't imagine being me. We both have what we have. For each other and our loved ones, for whom our respective statuses seem 'intolerable' the truth for me is this.
We adapt, we change, we tolerate, we live with, we have no choice. And thats how it is. Try and overlay your life onto mine your head will spin. If I think about being Louise, or another gutsy woman I know Leanne, my head would spin. We can wear our own heads and manage.
My point tonight is a little cloudy, I have overdosed on chocolate and emotion, but I guess if anything its this. This is how I feel ..... Its down to each of us to make the very best life we can have, no one else. Illness is lonely but for me not in a sad way. In a way that makes me know that I must be the one to drive forward, to find solutions, to make things happen. I must do this for me. And I do.
Bravo Louise