PURPOSE: To share an emotionally fragile personal experience.
AUDIENCE: Adults and teenagers who are close to someone who has had their lives changed by an unfortunate turn of events.
At 12 years old the world was at my fingertips. I was a gymnast, a competitive swimmer and a netballer. I had the ability to achieve anything and had been given the opportunity to train for the Australian Institute of Sport to become a champion swimmer. Life was wonderful and everything was falling into place. All my dreams were coming true and all my work was finally paying off.
In 1993 at the age of 13 I was playing netball for my hometown of Tongala, in country Victoria. I was playing an exceptional game. One of my friends was playing on the opposing team and quietly informed me that the players in her side had been told to remove me from the court by any means necessary.
During the following quarter the opposition team tried to knock me down and trip me at every available opportunity. Finally one girl tripped me in mid air and I landed hard on one shoulder then hit the other into the ash fault. I had a severe concussion and was rushed to hospital for x-rays. .
During the following few weeks I suffered consistent pain throughout both of my shoulders and returned frequently to my doctor for assistance. My doctor sent me to a specialist and surgeon to attempt diagnosis on my condition, and correct the problems which were causing restricted movement and excruciating pain.
My specialist ran tests and concluded there was no other alternative than to perform a complete reconstruction. He explained to me the result of the reconstruction would be full use of my shoulder again and no more pain.
The reconstruction was scheduled for June 27th, twelve months after the injury had occurred. For the period since the accident I had been unable to play any sport and was extremely restricted in movement. The specialist informed me that eight weeks after surgery I would be able to play my sport again like nothing had ever happened.
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