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ORIGINAL: LinnaeaBorealis

I took a water aerobics class after my accident in an attempt to be able to bend my knee again.  When I walked into the pool area, the older heavier ladies were already in the pool.  Here I come all young, cute & thin & they're glaring at me, like what the heck am I doing there???  I walked in with my towel covering my leg because I was very self-conscious of the humongous scar at the time.  So I'm doing all the exercises with everyone else & they're still looking sideways at me.  Then the instructor tells us to pull our left knees up to our chests & I do that.  Then she tells us to pull our right knees up to our chests & mine doesn't bend & I start laughing about my clumsy efforts to do what she's instructing us to do.  After that, they all accepted me.  I *belonged*!!!