The Thresher has a poignant and informative article about the ordeal Grace Forbes is going through with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (a chronic autoimmune disorder) and Long COVID.

https://www.ricethresher.org/article/202...-her-sport

Quote:“I’ve worked so hard to get better,” Forbes said. “And nothing really makes sense … I’ve had to live with the fact that you can’t question things anymore. It doesn’t make sense, and that’s okay.”

Doctors estimate a two-year recovery, which means her collegiate career is over. Forbes, an academic senior but junior in terms of NCAA eligibility, had planned to compete next year. She now intends to return to Pennsylvania after graduating in May and take two years before starting medical school in 2025.

... after so much of her life had been defined by her sport, Forbes said she struggled to adjust to life without it.

“While running was so important to me, it isn’t just me,” Forbes said. “I’m more than that. And it took a long time to figure that out.”

Forbes hopes to compete again someday, just not in the near future or collegiately. But she also knows she may never race again, and she’s forced herself to come to terms with that.

“I have the privilege of living a great life, with not many obstacles,” Forbes said. “[But] having my greatest passion taken away from me has been really hard. It took a lot of time to accept, but I’m finally at the acceptance point.”

Amazing person. Crummy update. But I know we haven’t heard the last of her.

I hope she is named the Rice female athlete of the year later this spring.

(04-12-2023 04:17 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Amazing person. Crummy update. But I know we haven’t heard the last of her.

I hope she is named the Rice female athlete of the year later this spring.

Second that. A Rice legend.

(04-12-2023 11:14 PM)Greg Netwarble Wrote:  

(04-12-2023 04:17 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Amazing person. Crummy update. But I know we haven’t heard the last of her.

I hope she is named the Rice female athlete of the year later this spring.

Second that. A Rice legend.

Third that. Proud that she’s an Owl