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article_snippet: So my mum didn’t have to watch me die.
article_snippet: But the reaction we’ve had has touched people.
article_snippet: But I thought I was mentally weak.
article_snippet: Weakness through the blood loss was an issue.
article_snippet: ‘reminding me to die’.
article_snippet: I knew I was struggling, but I was too stubborn, maybe too afraid, to ask for help,’ Malarchuk writes.
article_snippet: I was trained to cowboy up.
article_snippet: If you get bucked off the horse, you get back on.
article_snippet: I nearly bled out in front of thousands.
article_snippet: I still have a long, tough ride, but I’m tightening my grip and holding on — because this life is a crazy game and I’m determined to win this life.