Recovery is a lottery. I know good men who have suffered from this disease for 10 years. Are they to be abandoned? Some people get worse over time, rather than better. Marc Turner was one example with 40+ symptoms. Same question. What about them? In my view the main problem this community has is its individualism and selfishness. My recovery, my symptoms, my case. Not caring about the collective issue and how to tackle it.
As for 90% versus 100%. The richness of life is all that matters to me and I’m willing to make great personal sacrifices in order to be able to live life as it was intended rather than have my experience be marred by this poison. To fully feel the embrace of a woman, the joy of travel, the bliss of swimming in the ocean. To me, nothing is more important than this and I would gladly sacrifice my privacy and wealth to get this back.
In any case, I’m happy Itookfinanddutast is better and if that makes people feel more hopeful then that’s a good thing. I also agree with his call for awareness raising.