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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU
WISH FOR!
Sometimes what you wish
for isn't always the best thing for you, but of course, I had to learn
this the hard way..
I had woken up after
the long operation, feeling groggy, which was to be expected. The
consultant had come to see me, explaining that the pancreatic cancer
that had eventually raged through my whole body, was gone and that I
was a new woman, completely cured. Apparently I was a PHENOMENON!
After a few days I
started to feel better and felt quite ecstatic. I could start living
again as I was only forty and raring to go! The doctors had warned
me that it would be difficult for me, given the circumstances, but I
wasn't really listening,
They insisted I see the
“shrink” and I reluctantly agreed. She explained the situation,
but I was on such a high, it didn't sink in at all.
"“Look" I said “"
I just want to see my kids"
“"Well, they're not
exactly kids now, are they Mrs Danson, you must realize this?"
Her words at the time
just went over the top of my head; as I said, I was on a high and
nothing at that time could change my mood.
The docs had warned me
that the press would be clamouring for my story and this could be a
real problem for me and the family. I just brushed their concerns
aside at the time, thinking I could cope with anything. I felt so
well, I was invincible!
After a few days the
decision was made to let me see my kids. My consultant Mr De Sousa,
had given the go-ahead after much deliberation with his other
colleagues.
The two elderly gents,
probably in their seventies, I reckoned, stood by my bed staring at
me. At the time I was sitting in one of the chairs. I thought they
looked a bit freaked out and with good reason. I was too.
These were my sons.
I was the only survivor
in the cryogenic ward Nobody else had survived the operations. It
was my choice at the time to be part of this experiment. I had lain
frozen for over 60 years until they had found a cure for the awful
type of cancer that I had suffered from. Apparently I had
grandchildren older than myself. It's very hard to get your head
around this sort of information. I'm regarded by most people as a
freak, a Frankenstein's monster!
"My boys" could
not cope with it, so I don't see them. I don't blame them. I've never met my
grandchildren. I'm told they don't want to know, as it would be too hard for
them and probably make them go crazy, A grandmother younger than
themselves is hard to take!
I've had to change my
name and move abroad to try and start a new life, as the constant
hounding by the press was driving me mad. I feel so let down and
rejected.
I wish I could turn
back the clock. Living like this, in this strange unfamiliar world,
is absolute hell, with its high tech gadgets that I can't get my head around.
It's so hard to make new friends when you have to invent a whole new past.
Be careful what you
wish for!
. .
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