What Matters Now: A Memoir of Hope and Finding a Way Through the Dark

Gareth O'callaghan Is One Of Irish Radio's Most Popular And Familiar Voices.in 2018, After Receiving A Life-changing Diagnosis, He Retired From Fulltime Work And Give Up The Career In Radio That He Had Loved For Decades. Here, In This Deeply Personal Story, He Tells His Story Of Resilience, Acceptance And Hope. From The Moments After His Doctor Uttered The Words Multiple System Atrophy -- A Rare, Incurable, Progressive Neurological Disease That Has A Fatal Prognosis -- To Coming To Terms With A New Way Of Living, And He Explains How, Slowly, Inner Reserves And Determination Supported Him On The Path He Finds Himself On. With His Trademark Empathy, Insight And Honesty, He Looks At How, No Matter What The Circumstances, We Can Choose How We Live And That Every Life Must Be Lived To The Fullest. For Me, This Is Not A Choice. It's All I Want, Namely A Full And Loving Life That I Strive To Choose Every Day Over Everything Else - Considering That Maybe The Big Odds Are Heavily Stacked Against That. But I Don't Care What The Odds Might Be; I'll Keep Defying Them For As Long As I Can Keep Fighting And Living.

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