Statistics are not destiny
Population statistics describe groups. They cannot tell us precisely what will happen to an individual.
Living with uncertainty
When the future cannot be known, the challenge shifts from prediction to judgment: What do I know? What don’t I know? What do I do now?
Patient agency
Agency does not mean rejecting medicine or expertise. It means participating actively: questioning assumptions, understanding choices, and making decisions with your medical team.
There is no normal. Only forward.
Serious illness can make returning to the person you were impossible. The question becomes not how to get back, but what to build from where you are now.
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