一リットルの涙 One Litre of Tears

このドラマは私が見ながら泣いた。

Based on a true story with many lines taken from the Diary of 木藤亜也 ,Kitō Aya, this is a touching story of how a young girl showed much strength and determination in facing up and fighting her fate. For fate brought her a present no one would want - Spinocerebellar ataxia - a disease which has many variations and causes loss of control of one's muscles and yet retains full mental capacity.

She lived till 1988, and now, 20 years on, the disease is still without cure. Modern medicine has not been able to do anything about this disease other than add to the number of variations, which includes hereditary and non-hereditary SCAs.

I am amazed at her willpower to live, to attain control over her own movements and not giving up till the very end, the ability to walk, write and speak on her own. Her sister was right, not everyone will have the strength to keep on doing what she did, for ten years.

What makes it all even more touching is the fact that she was, prior to the onset of the SCA, a very active person and seeing all of that disappear from her life slowly is painstaking. She was lucky to have supportive parents and siblings as well as a few true friends who stood by her through it all.

To say I cried buckets of tears while watching this could really be true, for it is the first time in my life that I actually cried watching every single episode from the 3rd onwards (there are 11 episodes).

I wonder, if I will have at least half her strength, will and determination to live through the hard times in my life now... even if my sorrows and worries do not match hers in any way.

Can I live my life as she lived hers?

本当に今できたいことできられる？