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Dave The Man 
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Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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| Quote: | | FORMER Collingwood defender Marty Clarke has revealed he was diagnosed with a rare energy-sapping disease as he fought to save his AFL career in the second half of 2014. |
This would explain why he did not come back as good as was the 1st time
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-12-20/marty-clarke-at-the-combine
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skaman 
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Wonder if its similar to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), which I had and a lot of other sports persons?
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stui magpie 
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For those interested in finding out about Addisons disease.
http://www.addisons.org.au/assoc/whatis.pdf
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watt price tully
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Sad news. Hope he gets the right treatment. Poor fella, this is a lifelong condition that needs to be managed. Best wishes to him.
Coincidentally, over the last two nights I've been watching the 2007 final against West Coast in Perth where Marty played a great game.
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droversdog65
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Sad news indeed and hope he finds an open minded and committed health professional to help him along the way.
My son had undiagnosed mild Aspbergers syndrome - which in itself is a mild version of Autism though with less severe learning and social problems.
He had a terrible temper and was always in trouble at school, we went through literally HUNDREDS of doctors and specialists who all wanted to put him on A.D.D drugs - his mum and I were adamant it wasn't that, but they simply wouldn't listen.
He left school at the legal age and was simply a wastrel with his only interest being computer gaming. We were at our wits end until our search finally ended when centrelink insisted he go to a counsellor.
She listened to us and he was diagnosed and treatment initiated.
He is now an IT professional (games programmer) living a happy and normal life in Ottowa, Canada.
Health professionals are wonderful people but if they come up against a non-mainstream malady they are prone (in general) to ignore the facts and treat the symptoms. |
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Good for you for fighting the system, and good on centre link too, so glad your son got help and can have the life he, and you, deserve xxx
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watt price tully
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Great to see you did well with your child & your child is doing well. Autism spectrum disorders are entirely different however to Addison's disease.
It is a medical condition with quite specific biological causes in the main. It requires medical intervention to treat this.
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RudeBoy
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That is sad news for Marty.
It probably explains his inability to recapture his earlier sparkling form when he returned after a couple of years back in Ireland. Wish him all the best. |
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droversdog65
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| watt price tully wrote: | Great to see you did well with your child & your child is doing well. Autism spectrum disorders are entirely different however to Addison's disease.
It is a medical condition with quite specific biological causes in the main. It requires medical intervention to treat this. |
Understood tull and agreed however the history I quoted is a microcosm of the whole.
If you have a slightly off mainstream condition it can be hard - if not impossible to find truly understanding and committed health professionals to take on the case.
Far too many pill rollers out there. |
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neil 
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I wonder if all those posters who called Marty a spud and a list clogger will now apologise.
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Dave The Man
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When I was Diagnosed with High Functioning Autism I was 14/15 Years Old.
Took them that long
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Dave The Man
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| neil wrote: | | I wonder if all those posters who called Marty a spud and a list clogger will now apologise. |
Would of Helped IF the Club told us Earlier
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None of our business, should be Marty's choice to share that info
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droversdog65
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| Dave The Man wrote: | When I was Diagnosed with High Functioning Autism I was 14/15 Years Old.
Took them that long |
Dave I was born with mild scoliosis and it wasn't until I had a lower back injury in my '30's that I was diagnosed.
The medical community does sensational work and by and large they are hard working, sincere and dilligent people who ease our suffering.
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If your condition isn't mainstream you are at serious risk of slipping through the gaps.
To complicate this if you dare to question diagnosis or insist on continuing symptoms in the face of their certainty then you WILL be viewed with suspicion and skepticism. |
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Dave The Man
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| droversdog65 wrote: | | Dave The Man wrote: | When I was Diagnosed with High Functioning Autism I was 14/15 Years Old.
Took them that long |
Dave I was born with mild scoliosis and it wasn't until I had a lower back injury in my '30's that I was diagnosed.
The medical community does sensational work and by and large they are hard working, sincere and dilligent people who ease our suffering.
BUT.
If your condition isn't mainstream you are at serious risk of slipping through the gaps.
To complicate this if you dare to question diagnosis or insist on continuing symptoms in the face of their certainty then you WILL be viewed with suspicion and skepticism. |
True - When I was a Little Kid I doubt there was anything called High Functioning Autsim
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