Wolfie, my dear friend,
I haven't been around much so I missed all the intensity and fireworks.

Control is an illusion & you are more than your diagnosis.

I ride a 1,000lb horse with two tiny threads of string tied to a bit of metal in its mouth I gently pull the strings left and right and pretend I am in control... REALLY?!?!?! this thing weighs 800+ Lbs more than me? It could run off, kick, bite, rear... lets be real here!
Life is no different... only a more complex dance.

I have a small white cat (see avitar) He carries a diagnosis of Deaf. His very name is D.C. "Deaf cat". At night he sleeps with the top of his heat tight against the floor. DC is the first to hear me get up in the morning even though he sleeps downstairs in his kennel. As soon as I awake he yowls his morning greeting "MOM... I gotta Pee!!!". Then the others know I am awake.

You know where to find me.