Some time ago, I messed up my left knee big time in a skiing accident. This is a revival of an older post, one that I wish brings hope to anyone who’s feeling frustrated — about anything. My recovery from that mishap was horrendous, as was dealing with insurance. It wasn’t till six months later that I had healed enough to schedule the surgery I was informed that I needed. A few weeks before the big day, however, I slipped and broke more parts of the same knee. That second fall meant postponing surgery.
A blessing! As I waited anew for the surgery, I met a wonderful orthopedist who suggested that I might not need cutting after all! Lo and behold, within a year and a half later, my knee was — and remains almost perfect! I can dance!
Here are a couple of short clips of my husband and me at the very start of our learning new Tango Elegante steps taught to us by the best Argentine Tango teachers ever! Btw, if you’d like to learn how to edit video, I found this youtube video on how to use iMovie very helpful.
Want to try learning? Here are excellent teachers online…
Did you know that dogs like to dance too? Ours does!
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You two look great together!! Love seeing it. Wish I could have heard music with it!
Daal, very glad your knee is doing so well,,,,,yay!
Thanks for sharing!
Helen
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Thank you, dear Helen!
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Daal re dogs dancing = at the Long Beach Animal Control on Spring Street they actually have class lessons on dog dancing for dogs!!!! Mary Ann
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Who would’ve thought! do you take yours? If so, maybe we could meet up there. Fox trot?
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Yes, there’s quite a bit of Tango here in Wisconsin 🙂 I love the weather in southern CA – hopefully I’ll be able to make it out there again before long. I was curious to see if there were other tango blogs out there on WordPress, and yours came up during a search 🙂
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Thx for reply – yes, we have terrific weather here! Let me know if you visit & perhaps my husband & I can meet up with you at one of our fave tango spots.
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Nice videos 🙂 Glad you’re dancing again – Knee injuries are horrible for dancers!
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Thanks, Joe – your kind words are much appreciated. Love your blog! Have you ever read Art & Fear by Ted Orland? Your writings & insights remind me of that book, which is short chapters on how the most successful artists just to get on with making a bunch of art, rather than get stuck on perfecting only one project.
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Forgot to ask – is there a lot of tango in Wisconsin? here in Los Angeles county, there’s some, but we definitely need more! Also, what led you to my blog?
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Thanks for reading! I’m an Argentine Tango instructor, so I’m very sensitive to knee/leg injuries – it must have been tough to be off the dance floor during the recovery period!
I haven’t read Art & Fear, but it sounds likes something I should check out – Thanks again!
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Am amazed it healed up so well. Helped that doc said that doesn’t hurt to use it even if I need surgery in future. I am active & hated to miss out on walking dogs, etc. As for dancing, my husband is more the dance addict than I am – I felt bad that he was missing his partner, despite fact that once he realized that my knee situation might take quite a while for me to get back on the dance floor, he kept up with classes.
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