Reflections over human illnesses, and hydrocephalus…
Posted By Luana on April 17, 2010
Only another chance to look at my parents’ medicine books and encyclopedias was enough to make me shiver; once again. I was scared as a kid of these big heavy manuals, filled with articles and photos of the worst and almost incurable human illnesses, and though another feeling was conflicting with my sense of fear – curiousity – I used to feel extremely sad and depressed about it. Yes, you read it right: I was curious, I wanted to know WHAT my parents were doing all day exactly, I wanted to share a feeling of symphaty with all those persons who were fighting against their body sickness, I wanted to see how real life was – not all roses and happiness. I was touched by photos of children with hydrocephalus, an illness that affects the brain; to make it short, water (cerebrospinal fluid) is formed around the brain, and it must be taken off surgically and/or treated, else it will cause nerves damage. Like many others, hydrocephalus treatment is a delicate matter, and the thought of children undergoing all that gives me shivers. I’m so lucky to be a healthy young woman with only a few hormonal unbalances and hypothyroidism… There is so much more to health issues in this world, and I should really look at life more positively; because I was given so much to smile over. 
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Hi! My name is Luana. I'm a 26 years old Italian girl living in a province of Rome.
I'm engaged to my one and only soulmate Simone (and married to a Transformer, 
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