Major Challenges I Have Overcome In Life - Rushi Shah, TAPMI

It is about the time during my first year of under graduation. I had met a major accident, where in my left arm broken from the elbow joint. It was not clear, till the surgery on my left arm was completed, whether my left hand would function normally. Luckily, it turned out that with an implant in my left arm, I could use it normally but with one exception. I can never lift heavy weights with left arm. I started going college within two weeks after surgery was done against doctor’s suggestion. I still had plaster on when I started going to college. One and half month later, the plaster was removed from my left hand. The fracture got completely recovered. But I was shocked to discover that I was not able to move even a finger of my hand. It was tennis elbow. It took ten months of physiotherapy to recover to normalcy. Despite having an option to take rest for a month or two after surgery(parents and doctors suggesting the same), I chose to return to college within two weeks so that my studies are not harmed. I discovered my new side during this phase, the realization of the importance of work in one’s life irrespective of severe challenges. Qualities like patience, tolerance, determination and optimism helped me in attending my college despite having a tennis elbow for almost a year after surgery.