TheSwordandTheSpoon
"I got an official 22q deletion drone diagnosis on Tuesday!!! My micro array confirmed I’m missing 47 genes on my 22 chromosome! He called it!!!! I am SO excited. Now we can focus on maintaining my levels, because I’ve done the hard stuff. Years of therapy. I really thought about what I wanted to ask, and decided to sit and write out a six page document by category with my questions in each category. He seemed to think I was doing pretty well given my circumstances and that’s just not the case, and I wanted to paint the appropriate picture. I get flustered when I try to talk it out, so I figured writing it down in that way was better. Sooooo almost six pages worth of questions later. I haven’t heard back yet. We met just long enough Tuesday to formalize things. He told me he’d carve out more time next week and to write down my questions anyway. So. Yeah. I feel like i finally have my identity back. And that pieces of me really ARE missing. It could be more than the 47, according to the test. I want more tests done to see if I have any other genetic things. But this is a BIG win. I feel like I can finally breathe. And maybe, just maybe, get a little of the life I had before things went south back. My chest X-ray shows a cyst kn my liver I’m wigged out about, but I am determined to go to the beach in a few weeks to see my family. It’ll just have to wait. But it’s official. I have 22q Deletion Syndrome!"