dagblog - Comments for "A Very Personal Book Review: Still Alice by Lisa Genova"

Any child would be blessed to

kalakitty17 — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:33:44 +0000

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Any child would be blessed to have a parent as selfless as one that would consider putting aside their own desires (especially as one inherent as become a parent) in consideration of what may, or may not, happen down the road. As someone who has been through the adoption process I have done a lot of soul searching myself. There are no guarantees for any of us and I hope if you feel becoming a parent is the path you are supposed to take that you take it.

Another thing about knowing

Orlando — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:04:12 +0000

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Another thing about knowing in advance is that I'd be able to get in on new treatments and trials in the very early stages.

I was going to mention the

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:42:54 +0000

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I was going to mention the insurance issue in my original comment. I don't think that you should risk a test without solid insurance. You'd be screwed with a pre-existing condition. Maybe Obama's plan will help. And since there is no treatment right now, finding out right now won't accomplish anything in terms of treatment.

That said, I think that I would have a hard time resisting if I were you.

There is a very large part of

Orlando — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:10:58 +0000

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There is a very large part of me that agrees with that. But, the pragmatist in me says that I should know. If I don't have the genetic mutation, I could still end up with the disease, but if I do have it, I definitely will. Hopefully, medicine will have advanced at that point, and I would be able to receive treatment to stop or dramatically slow it down. But here I am at the point in my life where I need to make some serious decisions. What am I going to do with the next 10 years, especially where it relates to whether or not to have or adopt children? I've always wanted kids, but I can't in good conscience raise a child for ten years only to place such a horrible emotional and physical burden on them for the next twenty.

On the other hand, if I test positive, then I have a pre-existing condition which, as things stand now, pretty much completely destroys me financially when I can't get any kind of insurance coverage to pay for expensive medication and treatment.

Mostly, I think I want to make and own a decision. I don't want to fritter away the next ten years, not sure of what I should be doing, and then have regrets either way at the end of them.

No one knows the future. Have

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:21:44 +0000

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No one knows the future. Have hope.