First blog .....ever. I do not gernerally write about my situation unless it is legal or required by my therapist. Seriously this is a great site. In the begining of my "experiance"I was convinced i needed no help and I would get through this (as i have everything else) on my own. Wrong... It was a relief to let that notion go and let others help. Finding this site helped make me feel normal.After talking with other amputees and professionals feeling normal is a goal that is reachable.
I wanna know who is "normal"? I hate that word! I also don't like using the word hate, its to strong of a word..anyways, I really wanna know what classifies anyone as 'normal', Everyone has their own problems or their own struggles with life...may they be to fat, to skinny, not as smart, way to smart, may they be gay, may they be a cheater, may they have bad breathe, I could continue on but I will not.
BrandonI too shared those same feelings, but it got me thinking what is normal, do we realy wanna be normal? I guess some of us do, me though - NOWAY, well I guess maybe sometimes I do, but for the most part I am very happy with who I am. Sure I might be missing my legs below my knees but who cares, I still have my mind, one heck of one too I might add-lol.
I guess my point is, ever since I was diagnosed with my disease, and than a year or two after being diagnosed I lost my first leg(left) and than 3 years after that I lost my second leg, sure I may have had my strugles with it, but for the most part I have become a better person. I know longer worry about the small things in life that would generally speaking ruin the "normal" persons day. Im by far a better person than my piers, they worry about where the next party is and when, they spend a lot of their time chasing the other sex, for the most part they have no clue what they are gonna do with their own lives, they have no idea what they are even here for (as in why they are alive and on this wonderful planet), they are generally speaking rude to others, they have the typical attitude most of us had when we were teenagers-the I dont care attitude. Since I've lost my legs, I could care less about parties and all that other stuff, I know why Im here (alive). I believe God has kept me alive so I can help others..bla bla bla I dont wana get into that, its not the right place or time...But my point is I have compasion, Im not rude, I will listen to others, I will help who ever I can, and however I can.
I guess what Im saying is, its ok not to be "normal" I've became by far a better person because Im not "normal". I used to be just like my friends (i refered to them as piers earlier). However I can see where your coming from, your kindof a newbie (please dont be offended) with the whole ampuitee thing, I shared those same feelings that you have for a good while after loosing my first leg (maybe 3 or 4 years) but as time went on, it all started making sense to me..I noticed this is starting to get way way to long, i didnt expect that, so Im going to end it...Who cares if we aren't "normal" to the World, We are the "normal" for this community though, and the werdos aren't us, they are the ones who have all four-atleast in this community! PLEASE dont be offended by what I said
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