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23 With a defib.


by: AJ on Tue, May 22 2007

Its funny, you tell people that you’re twenty three with a defibrilator and the most common response is that they have an uncle or a grandpa who has one also. How do you do it?

How are you expected to go on and live your life as if it were normal. How am i supposed to pursue a life of a family. I would be cheating them out of a life with a husband and a father. I suppose wanting those things are completly normal and okay. But acting on them seems so selfish. I have my beleifs and I believe that God is greater and that ultimately He has a plan. I guess sometimes its hard to trust that when you have to be aware of your problem everyday. Its hard to just put it aside.

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  1. Sat, Sep 15 2007
    I am sorry to hear you have to live with a defibrulator, at the young age of 23. Have you talked to a cardiologist about the advisability of having ...Read

May 2007

  • 23 With a defib. - by AJ - (Tue, May 22 2007)
    Its funny, you tell people that you’re twenty three with a defibrilator and the most common response is that they have an uncle or a grandpa who has one also. How do you do it? [more..]
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