Writing Starter 11

Freshman year, I was hit in the face with a water polo ball and my nose was broken (visibly it was crooked to one side.) I had to have a nose-job in which they moved my nose back to the normal position. It was a painful procedure and I missed a full week of school due to the pain. We realized through this procedure that I am virtually immune to common pain killers such as morphine and vicodin. Suffering through this seems like it has all bad sides. However, this incident actually made me a better goalie. All goalies are really weird people, if you haven't noticed before, and this incident made me able to figure out my weird thing that gets me in the zone.  If I am having a bad game, I purposely get my face hit by a ball. It trigers an adrenaline reaction in me which helps sharpen my reflexes and lessen my natural tendency to shy away from things flying at my face. Because I've been through this procedure, I know that if I have to do it again I can live through it. Therefore, I'm less afraid of being hit with a ball.