The first doctor I went to said I'll never play sports again but my mom refused to believe that so a few weeks later we ended up going to a knee specialist. He told me the other doctor was ridiculous and that he already had me in the brace I was in way too long. It turns out I have a "bone deformity". The bone that holds my knee cap in place is too shallow and make it really easy to come out of place. Surgery was an option but nobody wanted me to go through with that. Every doctor I went to said the same thing "You can make it stronger but there's no guarntee it'll not pop out again". I rehabbed plenty but I knew it wasn't strong enough. I know how strong you need your legs to be and my good leg wasn't even strong enough to play again. Just all the stress and traumatizing things that I went through I just never ever wanted to have to go through that again. So now I just run cross country and track. I'm sure if I was mentally able to do it I could physically do it. But I'm really just way too terrified. Just after everything I went through I can't do it again. It pretty much just took my life right there, soccer was everything. I devoted myself completely to it and loved every second of it. I don't know, I just really need to get myself mentally altogether. So if anybody knows of any techniques or anything to do I'd be forever grateful.
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And did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange
a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
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