In April of 2010, two days before a big dance competition, I was in gym class playing street hockey. A girl in my class hit me repeatedly in the foot with her hockey stick causing a small stress fracture. But, I still danced at the dance competition that weekend, which made the injury even worse. I was in a short boot that was trying to fix the fracture. The pain seemed better, so I danced at another dance competition and at a two day long dance recital.By then I was put in a cast because the doctors believed I had pulled/torn tendons in my foot. Over the entire summer I was in either a cast or a boot. I started my first day of 8th grade in a cast. On October 27, 2010 I went to a foot specialist who then diagnosed me with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD/CRPS). It was a devastating moment. I was in physical therapy for a long time. I took so many medicines that made me so sick. All I wanted was to know that someone else knew what I was going through. I felt so alone. Whenever … [Read more...]
