The question was would I rather be born with CAH than not at all. Not at all is the better choice in my case.

Compare it to this. Would you rather have a horse step on your foot or not? Or Would you rather have someone hit you in the face with a brick or not?  The answer to both those questions is no because those options hurt. CAH hurts also, emotionally and physically. Of course it could be  worse but it also could be better. Knowing that other birth defects are worse doesn’t make the experience of CAH hurt any less.

There is a difference in the depressions that are being written about here.  Mr. Carlton, I believe is posting about depression that has an affect on most individuals at different times in their lives . This depression is characterized by lasting no more than two weeks and usually the individual can function on a level where their life is not disrupted. What the rest of you are posting about is clinical depression which requires professional help in the form of drugs and/or something like rational behavior modification. 

As for your last two points in your posts,  You made me laugh and I do hope that was your point. With any birth defect, if you are the parent or the person that has it, a sense of humor goes a long way in coping.

I am a little ornery at times when it comes to a lot of things, not just CAH. When someone asks a question sometimes I don’t give them the answer that they want. My boss was introducing me to someone new. He said," Don’t ask Aimee something you don’t want an honest answer to."  I was mortified but he reassured me with a touch on the shoulder that he liked me for it. 

I thought this would be of some interest.

        "The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse."  - Helen Keller

 

Respectfully yours,

Aimee