Around the time I was nine years old is when my life had been impacted the most. I played competitive soccer and like every other student I had a P.E. class in elementary school. Being constantly involved with sport …show more content…
We had to go see a doctor in Tampa right next to the University of South Florida. My first visit they took blood and I had to pee in a cup to see exactly how bad my kidney disease was. I remember my doctor telling me exactly that if we did not catch my kidney disease this early something serious could have happened and I could have had to get surgery. The doctor also had to do a physical test to see what areas of my body was swollen and what areas were tender. After he did all of his test and got the results he gave me my prescription to help me get better. Once I visited him the first time I had to return almost every week or two weeks and do all of the test again every time to see if I was getting better or …show more content…
It really sucked dealing with it because I went from being one of the most athletic kids I know to not being able to do anything. Once I stopped taking the medicine and started getting better I started to play sports again. The first thing I did was play every sport I could possibly play at the YMCA. After about a year of that I stopped playing at the YMCA and I went to play recreational soccer at Lakeland FC. After the spring season of that I went and tried backout for my old team. I ended up making the team and getting my life back to how it use to be. I still haven't gotten back to how skinny I was but I slimmed down