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John Lennon Mistakes

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"Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans." - John Lennon. Last February, I tore my lateral meniscus while playing indoor lacrosse. Was pulled from play and benched to the side lines. My first surgery in March failed to enable my successful return to play into lacrosse with Coach Bowen last spring. My knee could not tolerate the play. It turned out that the MRI and my surgeon failed to notice a second horizontal tear in my lateral meniscus. It was noticed in my second MRI and I underwent my second surgery in July, which is also failing. I could not play for my field hockey season with Coach Martin-Moore this fall either. I learned to manage school, work, weekly intensive rehabilitation sessions while going

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