There were many games and practices that I tried to play, and I was constantly going against my body and making myself worse rather than better. I ended up spending months in the hospital which resulted to me having to quit playing the sport that I had grown to love. I didn’t want to quit, and as hard as it was for me quit, and no matter how upset I got because I felt like I was letting my teammates down, I knew that my determination to play had allowed me to gain one more piece of knowledge that I use today. I learned that in everything I do and that if I continue to try, regardless of how many times it takes, I will eventually succeed. All I have to do to is put my mind to whatever I am trying to accomplish and stay determined, with giving up not even being an
Since then, chronic pain has greatly impacted my life; the things I am able to do, the things I can no longer do, the profession I had hoped to be involved in, the one I am currently pursuing, my moods and relationships. I have always viewed myself as a person with a positive, persevering personality. I have tried to maintain this, but I must admit at times it has certainly been a struggle. After the lady drove through the stop sign, that December afternoon and our vehicles collided, I thought I would soon be back to normal. Imagine my dismay, when several months later, I was still in much pain.
They have to leave their families for long periods of time to be in war and combat. Sometimes they come home injured or hurt and they can’t get the best treatment. Some even have to leave their jobs and can’t get one when they come home. Sometimes they can even get a disease that is in the country that they are fighting in. There have been many people who come home with permanent injuries and have to wait months for a surgery.
Since my accident I had when I was little my anxiety grew and made things worse so knowing in my life I know I have failed many times and the felling is good somethings but something bad. I will never forget when I had my first panic attack and will never forget my accident I had and the surgery that I was awake in feeling all those needles go in my mouth made me feel emotions I have never experienced. So the lesson for this kids is to never run when your at the pool but when we think of success is knowing you did something wrong but it teaches you a lessons in life to control my anxiety better and learn my lesson that I
I wanted to jump right in the pool. My friends and I had fun, dunking each other. I felt like an older kid and decided to try to jump off the low diving board. Self-doubt came over me that I might drown. The next phase of my life was starting high school, I was unsure of what to expect.
The doctors told him that he will be in the wheel chair for the rest of his life but he was determined to regain his strength and movement. How can one attain this disorder? The specialists struggled to find out the cause of this disorder for decades and there is still no answer. In Ian’s case, this disorder was acquired through the gastric flu because the antibodies to the infection attacked his body. His mother was assuming it was because Ian had a busy work schedule, he worked many difficult shifts.
Sickle Cell in athletes has become a major problem in the past seven years, simply because coaches do not know the dangers of this disease. Athletes, like myself, have to maintain a specific workout limit to prevent complications. When an athlete with SCD or SCT does an excessive workout one can experience over exertion. Over exertion is the dryness of the mouth, abdominal pain, light headedness, dizziness, and change in color of the hands. While an athlete is over exerting, they cells are doing what they call “extreme sickling”.
After surgery I was told my chances of playing my senior season were not in my favor. Once I was out of my cast, I began physical therapy and my quest was underway. Countless days of physical therapy and the determination to play my last season became my lifestyle. I pushed myself over and over again until I was comfortable with my progress. Soon enough, I was running like I never broke my leg
Ellis’s team would often face intolerance and prejudice, for example after warm ups, they would come back to find their stuff moved into a corner, and one time a parent from another team said to Ellis, “you have basketball, track, football, boxing, and now you want swimming!” Despite discrimination Jim Ellis’s team has sent at least one swimmer every year to the Olympic trials and has been nationally recognized by the release of the movie Pride, based on Jim Ellis’s team and how they overcame prejudice and discrimination. Most Americans believe that since the abolishment of slavery and the passage of Civil Rights legislation, that racism, prejudice, and stereotyping is no longer an issue. Despite modern advancements, and using Jim Ellis’s story as an example it is evident that racism, prejudice, and stereotyping are still prevalent in today’s society. That’s why stereotyping is a problem and must be reduced. When we discriminate against others and put them down just because we were using are cognitive and not getting to know people for who they are is when there is a problem.
My team and I were going to play St. Rita, a battle we had persistently prepared for since the last game of our sophmore year. The sun was beating on my pads, radiating the heat to make practice seem even worse. I was exhausted and looking forward to the end of my last sweat, pouring practice for the week. Our team was repetitively executing plays to make sure they were like second nature to us on friday. The coach yelled, "Last Play!"