Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Here's a story from my life-Shortly after I proposed to my wife I was told I have Wegener's Disease, which has bad outcomes also. My wife (fiancee at the time) stood by me 100%. She could have ran the other direction, but she didn't. If your lady is truly meant to be with you, she will give you her 100% support. And once you get past that point, and you've dealt with news that bad, you know that you're relationship can survive anything. I know what you're going through-I was 24 when this happened to me (and I also live in MN). Jed PSC 6/07 (Just diagnosed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 I think we have to realize that getting the news you've been diagnosed with PSC is not unlike being told you have HIV or terminal cancer. Both carry with them the threat of pending demise. However, any one of us could also be standing at a street corner one fine morning on our way to work and a car could run a red light just as we're stepping out on the street. If you're lucky, the car could swerve and miss you or you could end up on the obits column of your local paper. Personally, I see no reason why you couldn't continue with your relationship and simply be honest with her. If there's chemistry between the two of you already, then this would be something that the two of you would work through together. As you'd indicated already, the median life expectancy sounds fairly grim. But I'd like to think/hope that during the interim, you'd continue living every day to its fullest. As one member here put it very well, you could live to a very old age and die with PSC but not because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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