Nothing Changes (HD)

52 years this body has existed

52 years ago its genetic makeup was set

Known

By God alone

Soon

To be revealed

To the owner of this body

At conception

Was there a special little party

On chromosome 4 (address 4p16.3)?

Did my trinucleotide repeats get carried away

Going beyond the usual 35 repeats or less?

This is the information I will receive

How many CAG repeats are there at that particular address

On chromosome 4?

If the number is high

The unanswerable question is

When will neurons start dying
Are they already?
When will my body start showing the signs of it?

The bigger question is

What does one do to prepare for such information?

Nothing, really.

Nothing changes

My body, my self

Will not change

With the knowing

The day after knowing will not vary greatly from the day before.

So the real question is

 How will I choose to respond to whatever the news may be?
(an easier question if I am "normal")

I plan to share champagne with my family

No matter what the results are

Celebrate life

This is all part of life

Until the freedom of death

The main thing to do is remember

Remember what I know

Remember there are choices

Remember to stay in the moment

Remember that Love is real

Remember that Love fills, surrounds and carries me

Always

Remember that my precious body and soul

Will be carried and led lovingly

Whether it malfunctions, or not

And we will all have malfunctions of the body

We all need Love to carry and guide

Til we're home

p.s. to those who have not read earlier posts, I am awaiting results of a genetic test to see if I have Huntington's Disease.

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