Posted by B2chica on July 19, 2007, at 10:58:29
In reply to Re: all that you can't leave behind, posted by Sigismund on July 8, 2007, at 21:57:00
i work with people with disabilities and one group of folks i work with have a specific terminal illness. and its interesting because i too GREATLY enjoy their company. they are some of the best people i've met. i think it does concentrate the mind...but somehow i think it's almost given them a freedom because their personalities (though all deal with dx differently) tend to become light-hearted and use a lot of humor, even about themselves or the disease. they don't seem too terribly serious (till the very very end) but infact tend to take things less serious than they normally would. however, it may be this particular illness. there were a few that took the dx really hard and became very serious, very negative. it was those few that soon quit our clinic didn't receive services, became isolated and very quickly died. although that may not have been such a terrible thing as this illness can be quite harrowing depending on how it progresses, but nonetheless it makes it that much more truly amazing for those that get the dx and seem to become 'better' because of it. they seem to 'enhance' themselves.
just wanted to chime in my thoughts here.
btw, i tend to agree with the aussie. i've thought that on many occasions...without an illness.
b2c
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