Personal Narrative: Personal Experiences Of An Athlete

The one thing that an athlete doesn’t want to hear is that they cannot play their favorite sport because of an injury they recently got. This actually happened to me when I injured my knee while lifting high amount of weight. After my lifting class I was walking perfectly and prepared to get through the rest of the day. Only an hour later I couldn’t walk with my right leg and had to limp through the rest of the day. Two hours after I was limping and trying not to cry from the sharp, acute sting in my right knee.
A couple of days after I had a doctor’s appointment to figure out the problem with my knee. While waiting for the specialist to see me, I was sitting with my left leg I was bouncing my leg up and down. When the specialist came in he

told me that I injured my knee and that it is most likely that I will be able to play football in the fall if I don’t do any further injury to it. I exhaled my breath that I was holding when he told me I should be able to play football next year. Even though the doctor didn’t know what I injured, he believed that I should be able to test for lifting that next month. The specialist just told me to stay off it for two weeks and I should be good to go for testing.
When testing came up my knee became swollen and I started thinking that I won’t be able to test because of my knee and I won’t be able to get to the thousand pound club. When testing day came I sucked it up and tested, but still thought my knee was going to hold me back from getting to the thousand pound club. So I mustered through my knee problem and tested with high amount of weight. After testing I found out that I got to the thousand pound club and jumped with joy. Later my doctor found out that I tore my meniscus, which is the cushion in the knee. A couple of months later I had surgery on my knee and was excited to get back to lifting the weight that I use to do.
This experience has helped me develop my humanity. By showing me that I am not invisible and can get hurt by anything. So I have to careful and not to take my body or position in life for granted. Also helped me to ask people for help instead of doing it all by myself after my surgery.