Many people have dealt with life changing experiences throughout their lives. My life has changed in the past two years and I have been struggling with a knee problem called Osteochondritis Dissecans, or OCD for short. Osteochondritis Dissecans is a condition where the bone underneath your cartilage dies due to a lack of blood supply. This can cause the bone to crack and loosen and sometimes even completely disconnect from the joint. Not only has OCD taken me out of all my extracurricular activities such as, hockey and soccer, it has also taken a huge toll on my academics. After many physical therapy sessions, 22 doctors appointments, 5 different doctors, and three surgeries, I have finally gotten to where I want to be. This has not been easy
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In my life, reaching a goal is having success. Along the way I have had milestones of success including: being cleared to run, being cleared to skate, being cleared to shoot a ball. Although I am still striving to achieve my ultimate success of being back on a field, playing again, or on a hockey rink skating again, I have had small successes. All these small successes are building up to the day that I have complete success and regain all the things that were taken away from me. All in all, I have continued to work extremely hard on my physical therapy. This past spring, my doctor has cleared me to participate in hockey my senior …show more content…
This was due to the fact that after I had surgery, I was laid up in bed for almost four weeks. Throughout that four weeks, where I could hardly keep my eyes open long enough to watch a 30 minute television show, there was no way I could get any homework or studying done. So when I finally returned to school, I had a lot of catching up to do. I either stayed after school or went in early for about a month straight, finished all my missing work within two weeks, and had all my quizzes and tests made up by the time the semester was over. I finished that semester of my sophomore year, with what I considered, unbelievable grades. This proves that you will succeed if you try hard because even though I was failing I worked as hard and I ended up ending the semester with a B
In my life, reaching a goal is having success. Along the way I have had milestones of success including: being cleared to run, being cleared to skate, being cleared to shoot a ball. Although I am still striving to achieve my ultimate success of being back on a field, playing again, or on a hockey rink skating again, I have had small successes. All these small successes are building up to the day that I have complete success and regain all the things that were taken away from me. All in all, I have continued to work extremely hard on my physical therapy. This past spring, my doctor has cleared me to participate in hockey my senior …show more content…
This was due to the fact that after I had surgery, I was laid up in bed for almost four weeks. Throughout that four weeks, where I could hardly keep my eyes open long enough to watch a 30 minute television show, there was no way I could get any homework or studying done. So when I finally returned to school, I had a lot of catching up to do. I either stayed after school or went in early for about a month straight, finished all my missing work within two weeks, and had all my quizzes and tests made up by the time the semester was over. I finished that semester of my sophomore year, with what I considered, unbelievable grades. This proves that you will succeed if you try hard because even though I was failing I worked as hard and I ended up ending the semester with a B