My history and way of life. (Hope It helps someone)

[gurdiell]

Hello everyone.

My name is Sergio "gurdiell", I'm 22 years old and I'm from Spain. Maybe some of you know me, or have seen me around GT5. I would like to share my history here, and I wish I could help someone to motivate himself and take life in a different way.

I've been born with 6 months, so early. Since then I've a problem in my eyes, called "Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)", I've never known about it and I had it since then. No one told me about it, neither to my parents. At the beginning of this year I began to see extremely bad, I went to a Hospital and at the time of March, I've been in a surgey to "cure" that illness in my left eye (that was the most affected eye), but went wrong. I got completely blind of it. Some months later, in August, they called me to re-operate that eye, and try to solve the problem, I had a hope that everything would go well, and get my left eye back, but nothing changed, and a month after the surgey and a hard post-surgey treatment, they told me "Sorry Sergio, we can't do anything more".

I couldn't stay so, and I asked for a second opinion in another Hospital. When I arrive to the next Hospital, they make me some test, and here comes the surprise... My illness has no cure nowadays... My left eye is useless forever, and my right eye is so damaged too and will end blind hopefully late. They told me that they wouldn't have operated me of my left eye because there was no cure, so It would be useless as I would loose my eye (as finally happenned) and without getting me in a surgey It would has resisted more time. The only thing they can do is try to slow down that process that will get me completely blind If any solution gets released before It's too late.

Now, every day I go to the Hospital, they tell me that the eye is getting worse and worse, and I feel like I've a limited time to enjoy everything and see the most I can. I always wanted to be a Racing Driver... I've been a simdriver my entire life because of money and I wanted to try to participate in the next GT Academy 2015, as I couldn't in this one because of my operations. I've only one eye, but I wanted to try get into it, but when I've searched for the MSA Requirements (The License you get If you win GT Academy, and also there're the requirements to participate in the GT Academy Race Camp) and I've found that "If any person suddenly looses his sight in one of his eyes, couldn't get a MSA License until 5 years have lapsed". So I couldn't go till 2019. I don't know If my eye will resist until then, I wish, but there's one thing sure, I will not give up trying to catch my dream.

Every day I think about "Why I gotta be in this situation..." but in the end of the day, I think that there're many people worse than me, and they're getting up again and again, day after day. At least I've a great mother, a great girlfriend that will always support me and make my life the best they can do. I've a place where to live, eat, sleep, a DFGT with a Gran Turismo 6 to feel like a Racing Driver, a entire world of beautifull stuff to see, to do, and countless experiences to live, If It's possible, behind a wheel. With all of this, I just want to say, that never give up, tell people what do you feel, be yourself, and enjoy every second of your life, because a second is the difference between winning or loosing a race

Thank you for your time, enjoy your life to the full.

-Sergio.

 

[ibnumgt1]

Hello everyone.

My name is Sergio "gurdiell", I'm 22 years old and I'm from Spain. Maybe some of you know me, or have seen me around GT5. I would like to share my history here, and I wish I could help someone to motivate himself and take life in a different way.

I've been born with 6 months, so early. Since then I've a problem in my eyes, called "Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)", I've never known about it and I had it since then. No one told me about it, neither to my parents. At the beginning of this year I began to see extremely bad, I went to a Hospital and at the time of March, I've been in a surgey to "cure" that illness in my left eye (that was the most affected eye), but went wrong. I got completely blind of it. Some months later, in August, they called me to re-operate that eye, and try to solve the problem, I had a hope that everything would go well, and get my left eye back, but nothing changed, and a month after the surgey and a hard post-surgey treatment, they told me "Sorry Sergio, we can't do anything more".

I couldn't stay so, and I asked for a second opinion in another Hospital. When I arrive to the next Hospital, they make me some test, and here comes the surprise... My illness has no cure nowadays... My left eye is useless forever, and my right eye is so damaged too and will end blind hopefully late. They told me that they wouldn't have operated me of my left eye because there was no cure, so It would be useless as I would loose my eye (as finally happenned) and without getting me in a surgey It would has resisted more time. The only thing they can do is try to slow down that process that will get me completely blind If any solution gets released before It's too late.

Now, every day I go to the Hospital, they tell me that the eye is getting worse and worse, and I feel like I've a limited time to enjoy everything and see the most I can. I always wanted to be a Racing Driver... I've been a simdriver my entire life because of money and I wanted to try to participate in the next GT Academy 2015, as I couldn't in this one because of my operations. I've only one eye, but I wanted to try get into it, but when I've searched for the MSA Requirements (The License you get If you win GT Academy, and also there're the requirements to participate in the GT Academy Race Camp) and I've found that "If any person suddenly looses his sight in one of his eyes, couldn't get a MSA License until 5 years have lapsed". So I couldn't go till 2019. I don't know If my eye will resist until then, I wish, but there's one thing sure, I will not give up trying to catch my dream.

Every day I think about "Why I gotta be in this situation..." but in the end of the day, I think that there're many people worse than me, and they're getting up again and again, day after day. At least I've a great mother, a great girlfriend that will always support me and make my life the best they can do. I've a place where to live, eat, sleep, a DFGT with a Gran Turismo 6 to feel like a Racing Driver, a entire world of beautifull stuff to see, to do, and countless experiences to live, If It's possible, behind a wheel. With all of this, I just want to say, that never give up, tell people what do you feel, be yourself, and enjoy every second of your life, because a second is the difference between winning or loosing a race

Thank you for your time, enjoy your life to the full.

-Sergio.

Your story made me touched. I guess I have to appreciate that I have parents and friends. Some people don't have any of them.

 

[gurdiell]

I'm so happy of hearing that mate. That's the right way to think... When you loose something you really realize how much It was in your life. I always try to keep that in mind.. because there're things that we only can enjoy once in a lifetime, and life is a wonderfull present that can't be wasted being depressed.

 

[Cano]

Sergio, antes que nada, mis condolencias, amigo. Vaya situación la tuya ):

With that out of the way, it's great to see that you're trying to keep going and living life to the fullest you can, which is precisely what should be done... but it's easier said than done, because damn, that's a hard blow. I'm glad to see you've not given yourself to depression. Enjoy all you can while you can, you seem to have determination and willforce. Fortify them now so they won't go weak if you need them later on, bud.

 

[Doodle]

Very inspiring story buddy!

 

[Zkippe]

Wow I had no idea you were dealing with such serious problems as you always seem so upbeat when racing...
I can only to admire the way you are taking all this. I'm not sure I'd have that kind of mental strength if I were put to your situation. This is also a good reminder for me that my personal problems are nothing compared to what some have to deal with and unlike you I still have the possibility to do something about them.

Keep going strong Sergio and let's meet on the track again!