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Over a decade ago, a friend saw that I was struggling to keep my spirits up after breaking my back and being confined to my bed. She was all like, 'Come try this MMO with me.'
'I can't,' I said, 'I'm terrible at games.'
'I'll teach you.'
That MMO was GW1. Suddenly, I could run around again. I could set small goals and complete them. No longer was I stuck in bed, unable to move my lower half; at least virtually, I was whole again.
Eventually, I regained some mobility. GW1 kept me sane until then. I can't emphasize this enough, what you guys created saved me.
GW2 came out, and we migrated there for new adventures.
This time, what struck me down was cancer. Stage 3c. I needed immediate major surgery, and then: 'You've got a couple months to live. With chemo, you might have a few more.'
HoT was just around the corner. It came out after I started treatment.
I didn't play as much as I wanted to, but my guild [ENVY] was a big help. I don't have family, just my sweetie, and it was just he and I against everything, but my online family stepped in to support me, too.
Once again, if I hadn't had this game, I don't know how I would have coped. Some people say that's sad, but that's just the breaks. I made a thread thanking the devs at that point, while I was just about to start chemo.
So many of you showed up here to give me good wishes and send me virtual health. I think I actually cried. Knowing so many people, who'd made so many things that kept me going, were behind me in my treatment that it gave me hope. I carried that with me into every infusion.
In fact, the chemo did something unexpected: it triggered a complete remission that wasn't supposed to happen. I'm not supposed to be here right now, typing this. Some people say it's because I was able to maintain a fighting spirit during that time, I don't know. I know that I would have been much more discouraged without all of you, along with my friends and my sweetie.
You guys are going off into whatever future you'll find. This time, while it's not cancer, I'm sending you my good wishes for health and wealth for you and your families, and I hope that it does for you even a fraction of what yours did for me. You guys have had a profound impact on the lives of not just me, but so many others.
Thank you.
Edit: thank you so much for the silver and the gold and the platinum. <3 ;.;
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