Friday, August 10, 2012

Stargardt's and Me


So Stargardt's Disease and I have been together for 4 months now, we were formally introduced on April 02, 2012 and my life has never been the same. I had some brief glimpses of Stargardt's before we met with difficulty reading small print and recognizing people from 20 feet away.
Having this disease for me is like beginning a new relationship you spend time learning about your situation and you start to make room for this new experience in your life. The only difference is when my relationship with Stargardt's goes sour I can't simply break things off. I can't say "We just don't see eye to eye." (lame attempt at a blind joke) So I'm in this for the long haul.
Last week I finally got around to writing a post that's a fact sheet about Stargarst's Disease which you can read here. So I figured the next post I wrote should be about my relationship with the disease. Just doing research and talking to others everyone has a different experience with this affliction.

So this is what's going on with me...and Stargardt's: