I don't write diaries very often. For the most part, I find writing difficult - funny, because as a Research Specialist in molecular virology, writing is part of my life.
But some things move me to pour my soul out to the community and this is one of them. It's less a plea for help and more, perhaps, a bit of comfort, for I am entering the most difficult battle of my life, a real David and Goliath one-man-against-the-Man sort of battle, with the life of one person - myself - at stake.
Follow me below the break, if you wish, for my tale of woe. I apologize in advance of its length and lack of pretty pictures, but perhaps there is a lesson here for you too.