Every single story I read the person died. No victory stories. However, there are so few of us that I figure the people who beat it didn't have to blog.......they were free.
Kelly, you are probably right. Just because you didn't find any success stories doesn't mean that there aren't any.
Just an observation I've made, especially with the Internet. When you go to sites like Bizrate and other places that are set up for consumers to rate retailers, you almost always see negative comments. I think it's human nature for someone to want to vent when they're unhappy about a purchase, but if they're happy, then they're happy and why bother? The same seems true with sites that rate doctors, restaurants, etc. Just speaking for myself, if I went to a restaurant and had a really bad experience, I might take the time to log onto the Internet and warn others, but if my meal was perfect, then I'd come home happy and that would be that.
So like you said, the people who beat it may be out happily enjoying life rather than blogging about something in their past.
Last year my husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 50. They decided to remove the prostate rather than try radiation therapy, based on his relatively young age (prostate cancer is slow growing, so a 70-year-old will more likely die of old age than the cancer). The surgery was not without risks. He could have been left incontinent, among other things. But all went well and he made a full recovery. If things had gone differently, I might have blogged about it as a way of informing others, but it had a happy ending, so we celebrated, and moved on.
What I'm saying, in a really long-winded way, is that it might actually be a good sign that you aren't finding stories from survivors. As you said, "they're free." Hey, if I were free of my N mother's torment , would I be here? Probably not. I'd be free and no longer in need of help.
So hang in there, and stay positive. There ARE happy endings out there.
Kathy
