While thinking about what helped me grow as a person, I decided to go with something that literally helped me grow as a person. Being scared of needles my entire life, I was immediately traumatized by the introduction of Human Growth Hormones into my life. Learning that I would need to take hormones to become ‘normal’ and like everyone else was not an easy decision. Until then I hadn’t realized just how much short stature had affected me, my confidence, my motivation, and my drive. It was a big decision to overcome the ease of the status quo. Starting off at 4’11’’ and finishing at 5’4’’ my height and my life was very much affected. Despite my fear of needles and blood, I agreed to subject myself to horrible injections every day. And I am so glad I did because if I hadn’t I might have never overcome my fears. …show more content…
Being different and looking different is very hard to overcome. I realized that while my peers were growing in stature, I was not. Becoming aware of how important and related mental and physical health are my parents and I began to wonder was there a physical problem? This led me to an endocrinologist to find out. It was then that we learned that I was deficient in HGH. I had to get many different tests to see if injections would help someone of my age, an x-ray in my hand to see if my growth plate was still open. It was, and I was still able to grow. I then had to accept the challenges of learning about this diagnosis by having to give blood and having to be held down by two separate nurses. I was not an easy or cooperative patient in the beginning of this
The perceived goal of children, or their parents, in Bailey’s article is to be of normal height at adulthood; but what is normal? The average height for American men is 5’9” and for women it is 5’4” (Bailey). According to Robert W. Steele, M.D., “alterations [in growth] may be in the form of a growth slow down, accelerated growth, or disproportionate grow...
Throughout my life, I have found myself always striving to help others. This has been bestowed upon me since I was a young child. My brother, Justin was born with health problems. He had to be fed through his stomach from birth to he was five years of age. Because of Justin’s health conditions he was a lot smaller than kids his age. He was held back in school for a year and he was still eight inches shorter than the other kids in his class. With all of his ailments and his stature I felt that it was up to me, his big brother, to be there for him and defend him from anyone picking or ridiculing him. I later helped my mother teach second grade kids in Sunday school. This opened my eyes to a lot of learning diversities
A couple of weeks ago, I was challenged to break a board with my bare hand. On the board, I wrote down some obstacles that prevent me from pursuing things I want to achieve. After breaking the board with my bare hand, I've never felt more alive.
I had learned many things from others that helped me to grow mentally and physically and allowed me to be successful. For example, a few years later there was a time when I did not know how to drive. My boyfriend came along to help through this situation I was facing. He thought all about the signs of the road, what it meant and so on. I learned a lot from him. Since that time, I am now able to drive around anywhere I want and most importantly I can help my family with grocery shopping and sometimes when I don’t have school, I offer my siblings a ride to school. This was also an opportunity for me to find a great job that I could now attend to early. Compare to before it was difficult for me to make it on time because of having to take the city bus. As I learned how to drive from my boyfriend I was able to grow mentally and be
Growing up for me some would say it was rather difficult and in some ways I would agree. There have been a lot of rough times that I have been through. This has and will affect my life for the rest of my life. The leading up to adoption, adoption and after adoption are the reasons my life were difficult.
There is a quote, of contested origins, having no rightful owner. That quote is recited as follows: "Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” While we stand in hindsight, we often look back upon where we came and what experiences brought us to the point we are now. I think of this quote often as I reflect upon my intellectual growth. I wonder how my life might have been different had I not been told I was stupid. I sat depressed thinking of the intellectual challenges that will face Shane and how those same challenges adversely affected my will to learn. In that moment, I faced a monumental question: If we are comparable thinkers, are we compare
Lucky for me, I finally learned how to be healthy. It took longer than I would’ve liked but I don’t regret my journey. Learning what being healthy means made me the person I am today.
When I was 10 years old I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. Not only was this the begging of a life long struggle, but it was also the beginning of a love affair with medicine. This unfortunate occurrence was the reason I became interested in healthcare as a whole. I grew up knowing that I wanted to help people the way that my doctors helped me. I was immensely impressed with their vast knowledge and I
When I was born, I was 2 weeks late and 10 pounds. Then, I grew more into my body around 5 years old and was not as chunky. Then when I was about 10 years old, I was skinny and just over average height. Then, once I got to be 16 years old, I began lifting and I saw myself getting bigger, not fatter but just more muscle to add onto my stick thin figure. However, I stopped growing height wise and haven’t gotten much taller since, but have gained weight through muscle, as muscle weighs 3 times more than fat. My personal example just shows exactly how you can’t assume your child will grow up to be big, small, short, or tall. It all depends on their genes and their
Entering middle school, I was scared because I looked differently compared to the other kids around me. I feared that I might get bullied by upperclassmen or even my peers. Though it did help that my elementary was literally 5 steps from Luna Middle School, the middle school that I attended, so that was nice. Even then there was many new faces in that school. I was entering Middle school, “ the next chapter of my life” as my mom called it, extremely unfit. I was 5 foot 6 inches and I weighed 170-175, I was pre-diabetic and my liver was showing complications.
many things leading me to gain the self-esteem slowly that I lost back in high school.
For me, growth as person, mentally and in maturity has always been a center point. It has been achieved by maternal guidance, tough love, and reassurance like none other. My family is my harness. If all confidence was lost, all backs were turned, and fear were in my heart, I know, without a doubt I would have my family to lean on. Countless lessons I have been taught and countless lessons I will learn, for that is what has shaped me.
I wished many times I would grow, but out of pride I told nobody and held it inside. I pretended not to mind in front of everyone and always acted happily. But my friends sometimes say a small girl is cuter and these words were my only support at the
Growth is all around us, and we witness growth many, many times during our life. A very good piece showcasing the growth within oneself would be Emily Dickinson’s poem “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark.” She states how people generally will either learn to cope and find meaning within suffering, or they just give up and crumble away into the
Surgery was a part of every summer when I was younger. It was never something that I looked forward to, but it was always something that was necessary. The surgery I had in the summer between second and third grade was the hardest that I have had yet, but it helped me realize something very important.