[My Story]
       A long time ago, I was diagnosed with a cerebral degeneration. Then a few years later, I was more specificaly diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia. Still later, FA was no longer used as a classification of the disorder due to the mapping of the Human Gnome. It is once again known as just a cerebral degeneration.
What is Friedreich's Ataxia?
(Also known as FA)

       I'm not going to bore you with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo that you really don't want to hear in the first place, so I'll just keep it simple. It's like Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS. This is not Muscular Dystrophy, also known as MD. MS is like FA in that they are both primarily disorders of the nervous system, not a muscle control/usage disorder such as MD. Of course, everything I am saying is basic crap, and isn't really all that accurate. This is just for the layman. One of the reasons I tell people that FA is like MS is because most people have heard of MS. Knowing how to spell 'MS' doesn't mean they really know what MS is, but people wont look at me as if I had just eaten a small living furry thing right before their eyes. Most people do that while I try to explain what is actually wrong. If you are really interested in finding out more, please follow this link to www.ataxia.org.

       I began to notice balance problems around 12. Why didn't I get some kind of diagnosis then? It's simple. When I was 2 years old, I had a very bad head injury. Doctors at that time gave me less than a 5% chance of survival. Needless to say, I didn't die. Perplexed doctors were quite sure that I would have neurological problems within a year or two. I did not. They were positive that problems would defiantly show up by puberty though, so when I started having problems at 12, I assumed the doctors 10 years earlier were right. It wasn't until I was 15 that I figured this could be something else all together. It was...

       In the end, we all have to live in the moment, concentrate on where we are and what we are doing. Life may really suck most of the time, but there's nothing anyone can do to change that. Basically, it's easier and healthier to let all the grief and anxiety go and do what you can with what you have. No one is going to be happy for you. So just eat the shit cookie and don't complain. No matter the situation, it can always get a lot worse.

       By the way, don't take any wooden nickels, don't spit into the wind, and always ware a condom.


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