OK, I am not crazy, so I am not actually happy about Wegener's. On the other hand I have gained much by having it.

-- my lack of energy has forced me to empty my day of all but the most important things in life.
-- I married my beloved now rather than later.
-- I realized that I will not be defined by a disease or a demographic factor.
-- I have decided that I am not a victim
-- I have had to overcome my aversion to solitude
-- I have started taking much better care of myself
-- I have faced the possibility of my own mortality. You can't really live until you are prepared to die IMHO
-- I cherish the good in each day.
-- I have, in my solitude, fatigue and pain faced and come to peace with many old emotional wounds and hurts
-- I have found the courage to choose to live as fully as possible every day that I have
-- I have decided to hope and not despair
-- I have found that it is OK to have bad days, be afraid, get angry, be sad, despair, lose perspective