ADifferentViewAtage14，15and16，thewaywelookedwasthemostimportantthingintheworldtous．MyfriendsandIwantednothinglessthanperfection．Inhighschool，wejoinedthegymnasticsteam，andour（36）___becauseevenmoreim
A Different View
At age 14，15and 16，the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us．My friends and I wanted nothing less than perfection．
In high school，we joined the gymnastics team，and our（36）___because even more important to us．We had no fat，only muscle．On the weekends，we would go to the beach，（37）___ of our flat stomachs．
One summer day，all my friends were at my house（38）___．At one point，I was running back to the pool．I（39）___ on a bee，and while it was dying under my foot，it stung （蛰） me．I instantly started to feel（40）___．That night，I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red，hot and swollen．I couldn't walk．I could barely（41）___．
When my foot started to go numb，everyone became more（42）___．My foot was not getting enough blood．I had to go to the（43）___，and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken．I couldn't move．All I could do was think about how soft my middle was becoming．That（44）___me more than any concern over my leg．
That would all（45）___ when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot．It was still not getting the（46）___supply it needed．The doctors would have to speed up their treatment．
Never before did I have such great（47）___for my foot．And walking seemed like a（48）___from the gods．Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about（49）___and who was wearing what．More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital，who were quickly becoming my friends．
One girl came to visit me（50）___．Every time she came，she brought flowers．She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and（51）___ the other patients．
She still had no hair，and she was swollen from medications she had been taking．I would not have given this girl a second（52）___ before．I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her（53）___．
Finally，I was improving and soon I went home．My leg was still swollen，（54）___ I was walking，and I had