What would do if you were told you might have to give up your dream career, because of health conditions.

Say you were told some pretty crappy news from the doctor and that was the outcome.

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exexec · 70-79, C

My nearest experience was when my dream of playing college football died because of an injury. The college trainer would not let me compete. I was devastated until the college baseball coach invited me to play baseball, so all was not lost.

Monalisasmith86 · 41-45, F

@exexec what was the injury that’s dumb a lot of football players get injured but they heal quick that doesn’t mean you can’t continue

exexec · 70-79, C

@Monalisasmith86 It was a knee injury. In the 1960's, diagnosis was difficult, so they couldn't identify it without surgery, and it was only bad enough to keep me from playing "serious" football. I could still run well enough for baseball. I just couldn't cut or run over people like I needed to do for football.