Alot of people who read my profile and wonder how do I do what I do...how can i be such a strong person..in my situation I have to be and I'm sure you can or will understand why...In '99 i was told i needed a kidney transplant and thought what could be worse than this, why bother going on...came to my senses and had to do it for myself first and secondly for my kids...so i'm dealing with that...some people go to work as part of their routine...I go to dialysis 3 times a week for 3 1/2 hrs each time which is part of my daily routine...in and out of the hospitals all the time...people think I'm fragile but I'm not...I do consider myself a strong willed person who doesn't let anything get in my way...I will always find a way to keep going forward and not give up...last year I kept having a re occuring bone infection that got worse every time it came back to the point where there was nothing else to do but amputate the leg...was I scared??? hell yeah...can't lie about that...after the surgery I felt alot better...wanting to learn how to walk with a prosthetic, which I did..until this past december...I developed an infection in my knee, had surgery again which got rid of the infection but set me back abit...i just started walking again a month agoagain but am having problems with the new prosthetic..always going back to have it adjusted
...If I didn't keep my head on straight, keep thinking positive, take a challange as it comes my way I don't think I would be here today...i didn't give up on myself, just pushed myself harder, stronger and more determined than ever...yeah this is a big deal for me...writing it down helps me out and lets others know what i'm going through and it does help others also...I am just like everybody else...with a few exceptions..if you can't see past my disabilites I feel sorry for you...and not me...so don't judge me just by my looks...it's what I have inside me that counts...i said what I wanted to say, which helped me out and hopefully you can understand my point of view on how i see things and act the way I do and especially say what's on my mind whether good or bad...my point is...I am who I am and that's "truely one of a kind"
