As a child of two chronically ill parents, I did witness significant amounts of pain, but my childhood was never painful. Doctor’s appointments and prescription refills were penciled into the family calendar alongside t-ball practices and
FA is a chronic illness which affects balance and co-ordination in its patients which leads to limited mobility (Kaneshiro, 2014). This case study of patient 0 may help construct a better understanding of the experiences endured from a chronic illness victim. A victim is exactly what this man is, he had no control over this illness attacking his body, his FA was inherited to him by his Father, and his body had begun to fail on him from birth. When a person is struck with a chronic illness, all rational thinking begins to decline. This man’s experiences of place and where he felt he belonged in society was nearly none existent.
Assignment Description: You will write a two page narrative from a different point of view. You will tell the story in first person. Your person will be experiencing a pivotal moment occurring in our world today.
Research shows that simply the act of deciding to seek help for a medical problem such as back pain or depression or sexual dysfunction can reduce the severity of the problem, even before one actually receives single treatment. Human body has an ability to heal itself – practically anything! There was a case of a 95-pound woman lifting up a 2,000-pound car to save the life of her child who was trapped under its weight. For the adaptability to an emergency like this – at gun point or our feet to the fire – our body is capable of doing outwardly even miraculous triumphs. Mind and body including all physical and chemical processes – called physiology – have instinctive ways of healing.
At my high school there existed an elite group of athletes that was brave, foolish, and above all else a family. This is my distance running community. We suffered for four long years together, and made memories that forged us into a team. We were connected by not only the common struggle and love-hate relationship with our sport, but by a language that was used within our close-knit group, and shared common goals. I joined track when I was a freshman in high school, and spent my year learning to become a sprinter and long jumper.
The value that I was able to find in this narrative writing assignment was the ability to be able to tell my story. It gave me the opportunity to actually think about myself and the life experiences I have gone through. Although, I often go back and reflect from time to time to see the growth in which I have overcome. While in other ways it was hard to believe I made it through those experiences. To reflect on the memories makes it all so real.
As humans there is a set of things we can do intrinsically and a set of things we cannot do. In between lies an infinite spectrum of things some of us can and some cannot do. Some of these abilities are rare, while others pervasive. Swimming fits in that gray area, but it seems – at least to this native Californian boy – farther on the pervasive side. Everyone knows the secret to effortlessly defying Archimedes’ Principle of buoyancy, yet somehow I was left out.
It was a hot summer day in Atlanta, unlike no other, but it was the day that my life changed. My childish screams of pain occupied the air of every house in the neighborhood while my blood flowed out of my head into a kiddie pool. I had jumped headfirst from a blue porch railing into the kiddie pool sitting in my driveway and after passing out, I awoke in my mothers lap with a towel pressed against my head and I was immediately filled with disappointment. Lying there covered in blood, tears, and shock, I realized that I could no longer be a Power Ranger.
Knowing my capability to reach a goal, drives me to change. I had announced at work one day I was going to start weight watchers. A coworker scoffed and said, you will never do it. His lack of faith, motivated a 30 pound weight loss. I decided to make the change and then acted on it.
Generations Past Generations come, and generations go. When each generation passes, with them goes lessons learned, memories of “good old days,” and advice that is most often right. The previous generations are full of useful information that they have picked up by experience. I always enjoyed listening to the stories of these experiences from family and friends. It was a beautiful fall day, with a crisp breeze floating across the land.
Oblivious Growing up, it wasn’t an issue to me. I was unaware to it all because of age and now I fully understand how important it was. This issue, unlike others that were surfacing recently, was a matter of life and death. I had also seen it happen before but it was much later that I decided to act upon the issue. It happened to one of my friends because of this difference.
A year that was meant for chilling and just going to school turned into a challenging life. Doing multiple of things at a pace felt like having eight arms. This year I experience like a 6 year old is being given algebra problems to solve. This year I have learned that once in your life you're going to be responsible and face difficulties that you have to step up to.
I was happier when I let go of things that hurt. Happiness is defined as good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. When I let go of my pain, anger, and regret I found myself in this so called state of happiness. I was braver when I decided to do things out of my comfort zone, when I decided to do little things that make life better. By becoming braver, I became happier, and in the end I was better.
The majority of back pain results from problems in the muscoskeletal system. Regular exercise increases the strength of muscle and bone tissue, increases the blood circulation and reduces stress (Jones, 1997). Chronic low back pain is a common condition associated with disability,
• Illness, discomfort, pain, and the dying process are learning opportunities for both the patient and the physician. It cannot be avoided and should be taken in stride instead to learn more about one’s whole being and life approach. • Physicians and experts are supposed to encourage their patients to evoke the healing power of love, hope, humor, and enthusiasm to release the toxic consequences of hostility, shame, greed, depression, and prolonged fear, anger, and grief. • Optimal health is more than the absence of sickness. It’s the pursuit of the highest qualities of the physical, environmental, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of human
