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All good I understand. There is a chance of heart problems occurring but thankfully neither my sister, or myself have them. But other than that, just knowing that if I do any physical activities without a brace on, there's a good possibility i'll dislocate my knee again.

It's a genetic disease. There are different types of it. Mine, hyper mobility, basically makes almost all my joints "double jointed". In addition to that, my ligaments are much more stretchy and have more room for error than a normal person. I also have very stretchy skin that bruises easily. As for my future - I'll have to wear a brace that keeps my knees from dislocating whenever I do any physical activity. I used to be a fairly good athlete and was hoping to play sports at least in college, no chance of that now.

It doesn't affect my ability to walk unless I'm recovering from one of the dislocations (6 weeks per). Yes actually, I am quite good at that sort of stuff. I've been told that I have a better cartwheel than most of the cheerleaders at my school :)

I went to Cincinnati Childrens Hospital and they did a series of angle test where if your joint bent >X* you got a point. Anything over a 4/9 I believe is hyper mobility.

I love to swim and love the water but I live in a small town so the closest swim team to me is a 25 minute drive :/ We have a pool at our house so I'll just stick to that.