I was very fortunate to have many family and friends come to see me in the hospital. Some of my visitors I didn’t even know. They would tell me they were friends of my Aunt Jennie or Aunt Mary sent me. I was one lucky kid to have such a caring group of individuals surrounding me during this time.

To the best of my recollection; I would say that I was shy and really just wanted to have all of this over-guess what, I doesn’t go away. After you have that wonderful support system around you; the real world awaits you! These are the folks who stare, ask very intrusive questions or just can’t help themselves-they want to learn more about you and your condition. What are you going to do to cope… Continue reading »