Due to popular demand, I'm going to tell my story about my knee. I've played sports for a long time now, and this fall was my first sports related injury. I joined the Stony Brook girls club lacrosse team and was excited to start training and getting back into shape. However, it wasn't long before in practice, I tore my ACL. It was the strangest thing i've ever felt. I've rolled my ankle countless times, pulled muscles, sprained joints...but it's always been injuries that i could run off or heal myself. A torn ACL requires surgery, and it's very incapacitating. I wasn't in much pain, which is why when i went to the emergency room, they diagnosed me as a sprained knee, and sent me on my way. When i later went to the orthopedic doctor, he was able to tell me that it was my acl in a matter of 10 minutes. This process has been very enlightening for me. I realize all the challenges that people with permanent problems have to go through, and how tough it is to get around without functioning limbs. I see it as a test of character, and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.