May 24th was my six month anniversary. Thanks for posting this because it just shows that in the darkest of times, there is always something to celebrate. Life with only one fully functioning arm, is better than no life at all.
Congrats on being alive!

Hey everybody, okay... this time last year I was doing heavy training for the fall volleyball season. And I was able to do squats, hang cleans, dead lifts, blah, blah, blah. haha. Since my injury I have been proactive about what I eat and all that I do, to refrain from gaining weight. That has worke...

Thank you for this post! I am going to talk to my doctor about it.
I hope you are doig very well!

When I went to the Mayo Clinic in March, they mentioned that they were working on a surgery to reduce pain. I honestly think they are close to getting there because he sounded pretty positive. I go back in October, and I would volunteer myself for research if it meant possibly reducing pain and maki...

I was wondering what you guys do when you have one of those days where your pain is nearly unbearable? What things make you feel better? Because I am having those days more often, and I don't know how to put off the pain. Is there something you do to get your mind off of it? I usually resort to movi...

"I don't need easy... just possible." I have yet to see the movie Soul Surfer, but I have had friends send me quotes from it. I am about six months post injury, but mine is healing. I am 19 years old, and I will admit that I was crazy. I mean crazy in the good way, I did everything. And I ...

Thank you so much! Good luck to you as well.

As cliche as it may sound I am not a pretty firm believer in the saying,"Only time will heal." Time will hopefully heal our injuries, time will hopefully heal the disappintments, but most importantly time heals our outlooks. I have only had this injury for four months, and my injury happen...

Thank you for posting this! It was needed!

Angela, I think your scars are beautiful.


Rabindranath Tagore
“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.”