So imagine a line running alongside your life, when you are born you emerge from the line and move away from it, when you are young and well you are far from the line but age and illness more you closer to the line. In 2002, 20 years ago, I was far from the line but a motorbike crash put me in a coma and broke my neck; causing me to rapidly move toward the line and flirt with crossing it.
For 3 months after the crash, I bumped along the line and I began to wake up to learn I was paralysed. I have done well; my immobilised body has kept going. For the following 14 years I stayed well away from the line using my remaining physical capacity to the maximum.
Then in 2016 I had an infection which drew me back towards the line and it took a lot of my strength to keep above the line. After a long stay in ICU I had an operation to fit me with a tracheostomy I returned home to live with a ventilator overnight and reduced strength. My life was getting closer to the line. I started to be concerned for my time left when in 2019 I began to have periods of very low blood pressure. I felt my life moving toward the line on a daily basis. I decided to get my final will completed.
Today I felt myself slipping again as my blood pressure dropped and I felt the pull toward the line. Appreciate your life keep your body healthy and enjoy it.
