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ISPO was fun. I'm still recovering from my foot injury and focusing on other stuff in my life.

MRI

I went to get an MRI done last week in order to see if there may be an indication for surgery on my ankle. I got good and bad news. Good news is that there's no surgery necessary at the moment and the cartilage is alright. The bad news is that not only my anterior ankle ligament is ruptured (which is very common, and heals pretty quickly) but also the syndesmosis between the fibula and tibia as well as the articular capsule are fully torn. As a result, my whole ankle joint is still inflamed and has considerable effusion. This means that the recovery takes much longer than I originally thought. However, open surgery on the ankle still has a worse outcome so it's better to leave the body alone and let it do the healing for now. I really can't tell how long it takes, I was surprised to see in the MRI that the healing is making only slow progress. I got a shot of cortison in my ankle joint to ease the pain and inflammation but it's only a symptomatic treatment, so I still shouldn't strain my ankle too much for at least another month.
Unbelievable that one can be injured for half a year from a bail like that:


Anyhow, there's also stuff to look forward to! My exam is over next week, after that I'll go to Munich for the ISPO and after that I'll finally do some of the stuff I've always postponed, like getting my driver's permit (watch out!) and stuff like that.

I'll see how it goes with my ankle but I promised myself I wouldn't go riding at all until I can go jogging for half an hour without any pain.

There's not much to write. I'm feeling stunned and sad. My condolences to the family.

Happy New Year

I'm a little bit late :)
Anyway, my foot is not getting better and it looks like I'm missing out on the best winter I've ever seen. I'm really bummed out about that! >:(
Luckily, I'm a full-time student so I can for once be a true student...
If anyone knows a good new hobby that doesn't involve my foot (no running, jumping or walking), please do let me know. So far, I've taken up the violin again, I've been spending a considerable amount of time on YouTube and Vimeo and also my cooking and babysitting skills are improving...

Cast off - finally!

So, finally after 6 weeks of limping like a shot stray dog, I'm cast-free! I still have some pain in my ankle but I hope with some physiotherapy and optmistic thoughts it will go away soon. Maybe I'll go check out the Laax glacier but the weather doesn't look very good at the weekend (which is GOOD!). I hope the big snowfall starts soon...

5 More Minutes...Please?!

I have a friends part in the most awesomest Euro girls movie ever. Check it out now!

Blume edit

This is the official edit. I'm speechless. What a perfect event!

Yesterday I was at the Lipstick prod. premiere. I hope the movie will be out soon so I can watch it over and over again!! Check it out if you can!