Story about Achalasia .

My accident

Aug 14, 2017

By: Eddie


GROWING UP I GOT INTO EXTREME SPORTS. MAINLY BMX AND SKATEBOARDING. I LOVED TO JUMP. RAMPS, CURBS,  EVEN OVER PEOPLE. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GET AIR. AFTER SCHOOL IT WAS HOME WORK(SOMETIMES) THEN TO BIKE. ONE WEEKEND WE WENT TO VISIT FAMILY. MY COUSIN DIDN'T HAVE A BIKE BUT DID HAVE A POGOBALL. I JUMPED ON IT AND STARTED TO BOUNCE. I WAS TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AIR AS POSSIBLE. I STARTED JUMPING UP AND DOWN OFF THE CURB AND INTO THE STREET. ON ONE OF THE JUMPS THE BOTTOM OF THE BALL CLIPS THE CURB. I DON'T CATCH MYSELF AND LAND LEFT SIDE FOREHEAD FIRST ON TO THE STREET. I DON'T KNOCK OUT, IT DIDN'T HURT. I GET UP REAL FAST AND SAY TO MY COUSINS WHOA! THEY FREAK OUT AND SAY "YOU GOT A BIG BUMP ON YOUR HEAD! " I REACHED UP AND WAS FREAKED OUT. THE FIRST THING I THAT RAN THRU MY MIND WAS MY PARENTS WERE GONNA KILL ME. BUT THEY ICE IT AND GO ABOUT OUR VISIT. NEXT MORNING I WAKE UP WITH BRUISES AROUND MY EYES. LATER THAT DAY I TRIED TO EAT DINNER AND IT WOULDN'T STAY DOWN. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. A YEAR IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND SEEING SPECIALIST BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP ANYTHING DOWN. I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT. I WENT FROM 140 TO 89LBS IN ABOUT 4 MONTH'S. I STOPPED SWEATING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY. NO ONE COULD STOP IT. FINALLY A MESSAGE THERAPIST RUBBED MY STOMACH AND NOTICED A BUMP IN MY INTESTINES. IT WAS BLOCKING EVERYTHING FROM EXITING. THE ACHALASIA WASN'T LET FOOD GO DOWN. THE DOCS FINALLY FIGURE MY COMPLETE DIGESTIVE MOTILITY GOT SCREWED UP. STILL FIGHTING IT TO THIS DAY. 

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