pinkwind
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Both Master Andy and myself are have health issues. He has had a stroke, was prone to lung collapses and has been diagnosed with MS, although it has not made any real impact on his life to date. He is my carer, as i have osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and MS, all of which have conspired to making life rather challenging! We found each other on another kink site, our searching and meeting and eventual moving in together was conducted in the same manner as anyone else's as far as i have seen from other people's descriptions of their own stages, the only difference being we had an extra few boxes to tick, and more to be open and upfront about at the beginning of our tentative negotiations. i do wish people with health issues, what ever they may be, would understand that there is no special route for them to find happiness other than the ones every other human being takes, just that there is a little more baggage than some, a little less than others too. Our infirmities do not define us, and anyone who thinks they do is on a hiding to nothing. It matters not whether it is the Dom or sub, or both, who have health issues, but how they factor them in to life as it is lived, and their honesty, with themselves as well as others about their abilities rather than their disabilities that counts most. What folk have to be is realistic, open minded, amenable to all sorts of possibilities, and slow to judge...and that goes for all, looking and looked for.
< Message edited by pinkwind -- 6/15/2008 3:31:26 AM >
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