I would be one of those cliches I guess. If I didn't go through decades of hell with my bucket of MIs I wouldn't have met my husband, wouldn't have had my daughter, etc. I definitely wouldn't be continuing to improve myself even with these illnesses. I probably wouldn't be alive now.

I understand that people suffer a LOT and wouldn't want this. And yeah, my life would've been much different. But I do appreciate what I have now. I don't take anything for granted.