Gareth,

I am with you 100%.  My daughter has SWCAH and also has a passion for sports.  We have always encouraged her and her endo supports us in this decision, for all the reasons you noted.  I can’t imagine her NOT participating.  It is part of who she is.  She plays travel soccer year round and travel basketball.  She endures the worst heat of the summer and the cold in the winter.  Yes she needs extra salt for those hot days and her potential for injury is higher than if she didn’t play.  But she has to live HER life.  All her coaches are aware the her condition and either my husband or I  are ALWAYS at her games.  Only twice in 5 years has she ever needed a stress dose due to injury.  We dealt with it and moved on.  CAH will not inhibit her in any way, and yet she must learn to be responsible and have respect for her condition and its consequences.  It’s my job to see to that, as exhausting as it might be.

 

Michele