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A life I'm forced to live

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Atrophy - The dictionaries meaning: "Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body". Atrophy - My meaning: WTF!!! Why would nature create such an illness that slowly wastes your body away. From the moment one is born with this disease, their body starts to waste away. From childhood you don't realise that before you ever grow fully strong, you start to fade. I know, because I have this terrible fucked up illness - SMA. I have watched myself lose my movement in my arms, hands and legs. From being able to write, play music and even feed myself - I now can barely move two thumbs and my toes. As well as that, I can't even breathe fully because my lungs are to weak.  People say I should be grateful that I'm alive. Some say I'm lucky and some say I'm unlucky or have bad Karma. You wanna hear what I think? What goes unheard in this storm of silence! I'll tell you!......... Despite my misgivings and flaws - Despite my curr...