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I came from South africa to the USA to swim competitively

and now I may never be able to swim again because I have worn away the cartilage in my right knee….it has been four months since my surgery and i still cant go up stairs or do any of the things I had always dreamed of doing at my age. It is starting on the other knee too but the doctors are doing the same cycle of “its not anything, its just in yur mind” that they did with the other knee before finding the truth through an MRI scan….and I am only a freshman! I used to be so happy and see the beauty in absolutely everything, now I haven’t spoken to my mom in over a month because of an argument and my dad and i just fought really badly. I dont feel like I can relate to anyone anywhere the more I slip into this hopeless state. Ive lost all zest for life and I would probably kill myself right now if i had any guts at all because I feel like i am worth absolutely nothing anymore. A lifetime of following superficial values has wound me in a black hole.

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An Undisclosed Location | 9 months, 1 week ago (2 minutes after post)

College freshman or High School Freshman? I would at least wait as long as it takes for your knee to heal.

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Help me with: I feel like I’m wasting my life.
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Nayfair Estates, 07, ZA | 9 months, 1 week ago (12 hours, 16 minutes after post)

Take another South African as an example, Natalie du Toit.

(Taken from her website) It’s important to swim your own race and not some-one else’s, and that is exactly what this remarkable South African swimmer has been doing. Having competed at the Kuala Lumpur Games in 1998 as an able bodied athlete at the age of 14, she lost her leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001. Despite this setback, she was determined to compete at the Manchester Games both as an able bodied and disabled competitor just to prove it could be done. She achieved her goal, swimming into a creditable eighth place in the able bodied 800m Freestyle, and winning gold in the 50 and 100m Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) events. Since then, Natalie has become one of the most successful disabled athletes of all times and an inspiration to many.

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Help me with: Letter in todays, (12 June 2008), newspaper, The Citizen.
webjeff200 offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Chicago, IL, US | 9 months ago (6 days, 23 hours after post)

Try talking to your parent again at the same time if possible and let them know whats going on in your life.

Listen to Les Brown his is a good motivational speaker:
http://www.lesbrown.com/million_dolla…

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