IPA - International Pompe Association

Patient Testimonials

Theo

Published on: Sun, March 23, 2008

In January 1940 I was born as the fourth child of seven. Three sisters had come before me, and one brother, one sister, and then one more brother came after me. To my knowledge, I was a normal baby with normal development. I experienced my youth as pleasant and safe. Only later in life did it strike me as really odd that in elementary school I did not like sports days, whereas the others experienced them as a rather pleasant break. I liked sports in themselves. Upon analysis I came to the conclusion that the feeling of displeasure was mainly caused by the fact that I did not like to sprint (and that I could not really sprint). Also things like sack races, crawling quickly through a barrel, etc., were activities in which I achieved nothing at all and therefore did not enjoy. At the age of 8 I joined a gym club and stayed in it for about one month. Then I went in for football, which I kept up for a couple of years because I liked it, though I could not play well. Very curious.

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