comeback

2025 has hardly begun and it might just be one of my toughest years yet. 

I love playing football. I love being active. 

On the 4th of February, I went to football training like any other day. Around this time, I was loving football more than ever before. I had just got into form, I was playing without pressure, and my game had improved significantly. It was perfect. 

Until I tore my lateral meniscus and sprained my ACL.

On the 4th of February, in the last play of the game, while saving the ball from going out, I pivoted and heard a distinctive 'pop' sound in my knee. An MRI 12 hours later revealed that I had torn my meniscus and that I would need to be in a wheelchair for 3 weeks, on crutches for 3 weeks, and out of training for 6 months. 

It has been exactly 60 days since I played any sport, or even ran. I currently can't walk downstairs or even jog. It has been absolutely frustrating. I am in rehab, doing physio, and doing water conditioning. The last 2 months for me have been a real mental rollercoaster. From being able to do everything one minute, I was unable to even walk the next. Showers, meals, sleeping - everything became a task. 

At one time I thought it was impossible to ever recover - yet 60 days later, I can walk pain-free, I danced at an open floor event in college, and I can start swimming laps freestyle. These small things have given me so much joy and hope for the progress that is to come. 

I can't wait to make more progress, and be back on the pitch - better than ever. I can feel a comeback on its way and I'm so ready for it. 


xoxo

aishu

5-4-25

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