Up from the Abyss (ePub)
A Journey of Personal Redemption from the Ravages of Guillain-Barrè Syndrome
(Sprache: Englisch)
I assure you, though, there is nothing trite about coming down with Guillain-Barr syndrome. For the person hit by it, it's war and revolution wrapped in one: A catastrophe, an upheaval, a devastating blow.
But also an invaluable experience and a...
But also an invaluable experience and a...
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I assure you, though, there is nothing trite about coming down with Guillain-Barr syndrome. For the person hit by it, it's war and revolution wrapped in one: A catastrophe, an upheaval, a devastating blow.
But also an invaluable experience and a possibility for renewal.
I wouldn't be what I am now, a man at peace with himself and the world, had I not come down with, and fought back from, this terrible ailment. But I don't want to sound excessive. It isn't terminal cancer at young age, or trauma-induced coma and vegetative state; but, as Joseph Heller said, it's no laughing matter, either. The blessing about Guillain-Barr syndrome-and I mean that with only a little bit of irony-is that it doesn't affect the gray matter upstairs. You know it's bad, but you also know it can be defeated, and the struggle to overcome it lends a tremendous meaning of truthfulness to the old saying: "That which does not kill you " You know the rest. It can paralyze you completely, and, occasionally, do you in, but the road back or, as I imply in my title, the uphill struggle from the abyss is Herculean and character forming.
But also an invaluable experience and a possibility for renewal.
I wouldn't be what I am now, a man at peace with himself and the world, had I not come down with, and fought back from, this terrible ailment. But I don't want to sound excessive. It isn't terminal cancer at young age, or trauma-induced coma and vegetative state; but, as Joseph Heller said, it's no laughing matter, either. The blessing about Guillain-Barr syndrome-and I mean that with only a little bit of irony-is that it doesn't affect the gray matter upstairs. You know it's bad, but you also know it can be defeated, and the struggle to overcome it lends a tremendous meaning of truthfulness to the old saying: "That which does not kill you " You know the rest. It can paralyze you completely, and, occasionally, do you in, but the road back or, as I imply in my title, the uphill struggle from the abyss is Herculean and character forming.
Autoren-Porträt von Italo Giovanni Savella
Life in two countries (Italy and the USA), two marriages, one son, and three academic degrees happened to me before Guillain-Barrè syndrome knocked me down for the count. Writing was part of the healing therapy. I was born in 1947 in Utica, NY, and currently live in Rochester.
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- Autor: Italo Giovanni Savella
- 2005, 72 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: iUniverse
- ISBN-10: 0595807410
- ISBN-13: 9780595807413
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2005
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