My Journey In High School
Going into my Freshman year I had some high expectations for high school. I will blame that on what I learned from High School Musical as a young fan. I guess singing and dancing while playing a basketball game isn’t a real thing and only happens in that movie. There is no singing or dancing during lunch …show more content…
It was not a good year for me. I ended up quitting basketball and reluctantly continued volleyball. My Junior year for volleyball went well, but I approached some heavy rapids after that season. I started to get really sick. My doctor had a difficult time diagnosing what was wrong with me and this led to many tests which ultimately showed I had Crohn 's disease. The start of my second semester of my Junior year was extremely challenging. While on these rapids, I started wearing a life jacket. Missing a lot of school and dealing with social issues was not how I expected to be spending the end of Junior year. The medicine was hard on my body, inside and out. I completely shut down. I didn’t want to socialize with others. I got nervous and had anxiety (side effect of the medicines) when I was around people. I developed acne covering my entire body. I was nauseous and couldn’t eat much because of the pain I was in from the Crohn’s. I couldn’t sleep at night, catching a couple hours here and there each day. I was constantly tired and took many half days. Up until my diagnosis, I rarely missed school. People would say that I was faking and that I just didn’t want to be at school. I could never catch a break. It was one of the loneliest times of my life. I felt like I was battling class 5 raging river rapids each day, always exhausted at the end. I look back now and see some awesome changes in myself. This is where I am learning to give up in order to start getting up. I learned that I needed to accept the pain and struggles but fight back and not let them control