Break a leg, but not mine.

Back in April 2013, my left foot was officially fractured. After my father and sister left me in Australia, I began to feel this pain in my left foot whenever I step on it. At first, I thought it was just a simple muscle cramps that usually happens to any of my other muscles. Two weeks passed, but nothing seems to get better. I used to walk all the way to my university ( approx. 20-40 minutes) and back again to my apartment. I can only imagine how my foot was screaming from the pain.

I used to force myself to walk all this long distances despite the pain that I felt. I decided then that I need to seek medical help, and I thought to myself maybe it's more serious that I thought it would be. The next day I took an appointment, and went to the doctor and explained to her everything that I went through. I've done some normal x-rays, but as expected nothing appeared. Blood test results were perfectly fine, and the final solution was to make a bone scan.

The bone scan actually showed that I have a fracture in my left foot. You can never imagine my surprise that day when the radiologist told me after the test was done. I kept repeating "what?" every single time when he said "you have a fracture". My poor little foot was suffering way too much because of me, and I felt like a complete idiot. The good news was that my fractured bone was already healing itself, which is the main reason why I want to study biology!

I was a fighter back then, I relied solely on myself. They've put a removable medical boot on my foot, and I had to take the bus to college everyday (and for the next few months). I remember my friend's, and my classmate's face expressions when I entered the class with my boot. I would never forget that moment! I loved the attention that I've got. Lets be real everyone loves getting attention for time to time haha. That actually helped me to gain more friends, and to be less shy than before.

An opportunity, yet a destructive one. As my trainer used to say "No pain, no gain". I had pain from my fracture, yet I gained the ability to be less shy around people than before. It's weird how things happen in this world. It makes me giggle. What did I learn from this experience? Self-relience and being strong.

A valuable lesson for a student who is living and studying abroad.