Gimpesha Limpalot!
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(Me, in my cast and crutches. Look at that lovely pointed foot.)
Hey everyone! Just wanted to apologize for not writing in such a long period of time, I’ve just been caught up with everything as we all are sometimes! I have been meaning to post for so long, but never got around to it. Well anyways I finally have some news (which is in fact quite old by now) but I thought I would wait a while before I blogged about it.
Well, as all of us dancers know, it’s inevitable that sometime in our careers we will get injured, well I guess it was my turn, last month in the middle of June I broke the base of my 5th metatarsal, so I have been on a cast and crutches (non-weight bearing) for over a month now! I was doing some partnering work and I guess I mis-stepped a little and stepped on my foot sideways and it just cracked. At first I didn’t think it was actually broken, I thought it was fine, so I just kind of walked it off, and 10 minutes later I looked down and saw a nice little golf ball-ish lump on my foot… I decided it was time to get some ice, hahaa.
I’m actually quite thankful that it happened when it did because we are actually off right now so it’ll give me some time to rest before our season starts back up again at the end of July. I’m hoping that I’ll be out of my cast in the next few weeks and hopefully walking again, however I’ve already acquired a special name of “Gimpesha Limpalot” by my dear friends.
It’s not so bad to be in crutches right now (I’m back in Canada at home, and my family is able to take care of my needs, hehe… I’m being spoiled!) but man, is it ever hard when you’re in rehearsal in a cast… watching other people dance… watching other people dance roles that you wanted to dance… it just feels like everything is slipping away from your grasp and you have no control over it. There was still about a week and a half left of work when I broke my foot, and that week and a half was terrible. Going into rehearsals when you can’t dance makes you even want to dance more! And being on crutches in the super hot Miami weather does NOT feel nice, hahaa.
Well I thought I would get really depressed being in my cast and crutches, but for some reason it hasn’t been so bad. Maybe it hasn’t even really hit me that my foot is ACTUALLY broken, but everyone has been very supportive. I always believe that “everything happens for a reason” and all my friends stressed to me that I should really try and enjoy this, well, MANDATORY break. I guess I am enjoying it as much as I can, and I feel like being on crutches and walking a lot with them is maybe helping my upper body strength as well as maybe helping me burn some calories since I’m not getting to exercise as much as I would like to! Haha
Well anyways I’m really crossing my fingers to be in my cast for only about a week and a half more. The doctor told me that it takes anywhere from 6-12 weeks to heal, but since I’m healthy I should hit the 6-8 week mark… which means I’m really aiming for that 6 week mark (July 26th)! Keep your fingers crossed for me! 
Anyhow, I hope you all have a wonderful summer!
