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I feared this day would come

My sweet baby girl has been diagnosed with mild to moderate tourette's syndrome. With everything else she has to deal with now this. I'm broken
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My heart hurts reading this. I know how heavy it feels when another diagnosis gets added to a list that already feels unfairly long. It’s okay to feel broken right now — that doesn’t mean you are.

Your daughter is still the same sweet, incredible girl she was before those words were spoken. Tourette’s doesn’t take away who she is or who she can become, and having a parent who loves her as fiercely as you do already puts her miles ahead.

I know you carry your own experiences with this, and that probably makes it hit even deeper. But it also means you understand her in a way very few people ever could. She’s lucky to have you in her corner, even on the days it feels like you’re barely holding yourself together.

You don’t have to carry this alone. I’m here — for the venting, the anger, the grief, or the quiet moments when it all feels too much. 💛
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@MyMonstersAreReal thank you dear friend that means alot to me. I need a bit of time to process this, a few cigars and whiskey and then I will support my girl like always
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Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@geoam1 and your kind commenta always help me very much thank you
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I’m so sorry my friend. I know you’ll gear up for battle and fight this with her and support her as you’ve always done with each challenge your precious children have faced. But I know how devastating the news must have been to hear. 🫂
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@OlderSometimesWiser it was one of my biggest fears, but I know she will get the love, support and help she needs and I pray it will be easier for her to manage than it has been for me
She's still the same person she was before. Nothing has changed. She just formally has the diag now, which is a good thing, so she can be better helped.
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@Magicianzini she will get the love, support and help I never got at her age. I know things will be better for her because of this. I will not let her suffer like I did.
@Cigarguy I knew you wouldn't.

This is a great opportunity to right a wrong.. though you may have to do some inner child work here.

I wish you both the best.
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@Magicianzini everything they did wrong with me, I'm going to right for her. She will never know what I went through.
ineedadrink · 51-55, M
Having to watch your child cope with a chronic illness is such a difficult thing to endure. Especially when there isn't too much you can do to cure it. Hang in there Dad.
YoMomma ·
It will be ok ☺🤗
YoMomma ·
@Cigarguy she will be ok.. anyway wouldn't you have noticed and known if she had it anyway? It’s just an official statement 😳 nothing changed right?
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@YoMomma many of her tics have been hidden the coping skills we have worked on for her sensory issues. So in a way it's good she has learned to deal with them in ways I never did and we didn't even know she was having them
YoMomma ·
@Cigarguy oh ok
MarineBob · 61-69, M
Damn the luck. Wish I could have a excuse for my my outbursts
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@MarineBob it's not a fun as you think it would be
MarineBob · 61-69, M
@Cigarguy hoping you don't think the worst of me, just trying to lighten the mood on the rough patch
Cigarguy · 41-45, M
@MarineBob no I do not, not at all, I know you were trying to lighten the mood. Forgive me for being a bit in my feelings tonight. Nothing a few cigars and whiskey won't fix

 
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