AyanBanerjee's Story
i have club feetHi...
Wishin all a grt new yr .
i was born with clubfoot(right)but got surgery done when i was 5 years old.I am 26 yrs now and is leading a sound and healthy life thanks to god who has given me financially sound parents without whom i dont know what my life would have been.Whenever i look at the photo of me at age 4 i am ashamed of myself how could i be so different than the others(i dont have anyone in my family with this problem).My mother had to undergo scissorian operation in order to pull me out of her womb.
After the leg surgery my foot became all right but is smaller by 2 inches than the left foot.In my school days many people used to ask me why i was walking in a peculiar way(limping)?Since i was smalli didnt knew how to answer them but used to ran away from them .This had affected my studies also at one stage such that i had to repeat a year in class because i could not concentrate on studies , day and night i used to think that why i was born like this ?? My mother used to have fights with my father thinking that one of them were responsible for my condition.I suffered from depression once and tried to break my right foot by kicking on the corner of a wall ,i got nothing but excurciating pain on my right leg .I used to love one girl in my school but didnt had the courage to say her thinking that she might reject me because of my condition.
when i saw forrest gump movie i was greatly inspired that even tom hanks has got club foot(i thought that even a great actor like tom hanks had club foot ).You should be strong mentally then only you could have a sound life.I even had a very good sports life when i was in my school.My parents used to encourage me saying that there are people in this world who were suffering from still worse diseases like blindness,deaf,cancer,heart disease,skin cancer,etc. This made me think that if these persons can lead a normal life and can challenge the normal guys in any field why cant i .I looked at Hellen Kellar ,stephen hawkins for inspiration (scientist who had a brain disease) and thought that if these persons can prosper why cant i ?? By sturding the life of indian sages i learnt to face obstacles and not to run away from them.I dont care if any people laugh at me because i know that he is also not complete and might have some disease which i am not seeing physically.
My friends internal diseases are much worser than physical disability .
Now i had completed my studies and is having a sound life without any mental depression.
I thank you for giving your time in reading this long passage and also special thanks to the person who has created this web site !!!
Added on 13 Jan 2010
Comments
All times are in GMT -04:00Comment added by Jessica Craddock on the Mon 1 March 2010 a 06:51pm
my name is jessica and i was born with a club foot . i am the only 1 in my family with it.sometimes i get depressed and wish other people in my family had my condition . i am also very jealous because they dont have to wear a brace and tennis shoes everywhere they go. i am the one who have to put with people starring and puting up with name calling,i know ishouldnt be jealous but it how i feel. if they had a clubfoot for a day then i would be HAPPY.then they could see what i go thru.