Talk about lucky

[willo]

Hi all

I got married when I was 17, my wife was 19 and we had our first son 18 months later. (Don't worry it isn't my life story) We are still together, celebrated our 40th anniverssary in September 2012.

Talk about lucky; what a fantastic, supportive and compassionate woman my wife is.

My illnesses / conditions: CVID autoimmune variant, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, CFS, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, chronic diarrhoea and on tablets to elevate my mood.

Talk about lucky; the NHS, thanks to British society, has provided me with an excellent immuology team at the Grahame Hayton Unit, London, excellent, caring nurses who administer all types of infusions at the Jubilee unit, Clacton and an excellent GP and medical team at the Mayflower Medical Centre, Dovercourt.

Talk about lucky; I have lived in England all of my life. There are so many places that I would dread to have been brought up in.

Stay well

[john]

hiya bill,
yes, i agree, because like me you are indeed a lucky man.
i know this is true because i feel exactly the same way myself, although others who don't understand the nature of good fortune would probably not understand.
it never occurred to me before you mentioned the GHU that we have probably met, by the way!
i recently had the misfortune to witness the health service in italy, when a woman we were on holiday with fell and broke her wrist. she was kept waiting in the a and e for seven and a half hours without even being offered pain control, although she was in agony. at 7.45 she was x-rayed, but because nobody wanted to stay after 8.00 she had to return the next dat for diagnosis and plastering. and this is called a health service? as you say, thank god we live in britain!!
thanks for this uplifting post bill.

[liz2mac]

Hi both,
I agree so much. Many years ago, when I was involved with the HGG Society (which was later taken over by the PiA) I met a Mum from Poland, whose little boy had CVID. In order to get him treatment, she used to steal the reps samples of IgG. I've never forgotten that. Things have moved on since then and please God, that is no longer the case. I also know that people living in the States, our fellow Zebras, are not treated according to what their Doctors feel they need, but the insurance companies dictate what level of treatment they are allowed to have..............The NHS has its faults, but I KNOW that id I'd been born in maost of the rest of the world, I would either not be alive today, or else would be living some half life dominated by continual infection and resulting organ damage. Talk about lucky! Do you know the other reason I think I'm lucky? Its because of all of you out there whom I've either met face to face or "met" here on the forum. I'm so lucky that I've got all of you to share the burden of my PAD with. Thank you all.
Liz