Retha De Wet

is a patient columnist from sunny South Africa. When she’s not writing, she is practicing as a speech therapist. Diagnosed with myasthenia gravis just around her twentieth birthday, she has been through several treatment options since then and has been classified as refractory. She hopes her column will encourage its readers to look for the good in life and always keep fighting. She loves her dog an irrational amount and is always willing to share pictures of him.

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