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Hi everyone, I have a promotion. You can buy my ebook (pictured above) for ANY price YOU choose on smashwords.com. Poetic Diversions was written last year and is my second ebook! Now you don't need to be a poetry aficionado to enjoy my ebook nor do you need a complex understanding of poetic concepts. All you need is an open mind and some quiet time to read. All you must do is sign up for a FREE smashwords account then buy this ebook for ANY price you choose. Either free, $2.99 or whatever you feel my work deserves absolutely no obligation to buy. Enjoy!

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UPDATE - This offer has ended, in fact a few weeks ago but apologies for being tardy in correcting this. :)

  

Just what do you mean paralysis?

FREE ebook still available for your viewing pleasure!!!!  17 days left!!!! Time is ticking!

Just what do you mean paralyzed?

I'm always uneasy when saying 'I'm kinda paralyzed'. Paralysis has connotations of someone completely unable to move, having no sensation below a certain point. Well that's not true for DMD. I've coined a term of Duchenne's induced paralysis (not sure if I'm the first to do that), which I characterize as someone who has sensation and very limited movement, like just a few fingers etc.

It's unfortunate using that term but paralysis is so very close to the condition some older adults with DMD find themselves in. Just remember we can feel and may have some movement too!

Extract;
... I definitely needed a one-to-one carer as I was in a wheelchair full time and gradually becoming paralysed because of my DMD...

Every time I mention paralysis just think Duchenne's induced paralysis! Read all about my gradual declining movement in my book DMD LIFE ART & ME!

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Don't forget my FREE e-book offer!!!!! For one month only until the 26th of May the e-book version of DMD LIFE ART & ME is FREE, you can get your FREE version here; https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/69702

Only 17 days left!!!!!

DMD life art & me Ebook now FREE

Great news! For one month only my EBOOK of DMD LIFE ART & ME is FREE! That's right it's absolutely free!! It won't cost YOU a penny! All you need to do is visit smashwords.com and buy the version that suits your device!

If you know someone who might be interested in learning about DMD, then point  them in the direction of this fantastic offer!! It will cost them NOTHING to learn about the devastating effects of this disease and to find out how someone lives with it positively.

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(Offer lasts until the 26th of May, then a price of $3.00 will apply)

As ever if you are a fan of the traditional book, then you can buy my paperback version for the very reasonable price of £9.99 ($18.99) here; http://duchennemen.net16.net/Buy-my-book-s/


Foreword

I’m Ian Griffiths from South Wales. This book is a story of my life so far up to the age of twenty five years. I live with and suffer from the ill effects of DMD which stands for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It is a severe muscle wasting disease and a life limiting terminal illness. It won’t kill you in six months in the traditional sense of ‘terminal’, but it’s far crueller than that, it steals every muscle in your body first and then kills you, anywhere up to the age of thirty. There have been cases of men living past that into their forties and fifties but only with drastic interventions such as ventilators and tracheotomies, more on this can be found by reading on.
I hope to cover a few things in this book, from a history of my childhood years to a more detailed history from sixteen years onwards and finally onto my current problems and triumphs. At times things I write may make you smile or may make you pause and think about the seriousness of life with this devastating disease. I really hope there will be a cure but currently for us supposedly ‘older’ guys with DMD (over twenty one), there seems very little hope. If I don’t see a cure in my lifetime, I hope my campaigning helps in some way bring it about for future generations, so another child won’t have to see their body wither and die before their time.