i was thinking today how lucky i am.  when i was diagnosed they told me and my family that there was a slim chance that we would ever meet anyone else who was dealing with cah.  so i am grateful to my family for being so strong, so caring all these years, and doing it alone at that.  through the hard times especially, it could not have been easy to watch their child go through some of the things that i went through.   no doubt difficult to make some of the choices they had set before them.  choices to be made based on best guesses for the most part.

i also am grateful for this board.  all these years have gone by, and now we have people to talk to, to compare experiences with, to learn with/from.  its also nice to finally be able to relate to some others who know things that we have gone through and things we still deal with.

finally, i am especially grateful to my girlfriend.  she is very understanding, and is very determined to keep me around.  without her i would never have made so many of the healthier choices i have been making, i wouldnt have made such a drive towards learning more about cah to better deal with things.  i wouldnt be doing a lot of things that are just plain better for me.  she is my heart, and my drive to be a better person.

so basically...thanks.