In general, Estella against her even take painskillers.rob43 said:So would drugs have lessened the pain or actually helped with the problem?
In general, Estella against her even take painskillers.rob43 said:So would drugs have lessened the pain or actually helped with the problem?
Very well said.Kwanford Wife said:Kwan will go on and have a life of success and failure ~ just like the rest of her peers and us average souls. While I hope to see her on the ice competiting again, I would understand if I didn't. But I appreciate all that she has given & know she will go on to bigger & better things... Contrary to popular belief, winning the OGM doesn't guarntee success and NOT winning doesn't mean one's pursuit of it is a failure.
"Perhaps it is weird and hard to explain, but I still want to compete. I don't believe that I will be able to find in any professional skating show that which was the meaning of my life for so many years. And I am afraid that my life will lose meaning."
I don't know if her mother against painkillers is about the healthy children....But as a mother myself, the moment I knew her hip injury such, I thought about the child birth. And I knew she loves children so much. I was wondering this type injury would prevent deliver child naturally?kyla2 said:.
MZHeng, do you really believe that her mother said that bit about healthy children as to why she shouldn't take pain medic.? It has no basis in scientific fact and she is a nurse. That would surprise me to be honest.
Joesitz said:So beautifully written. Nice change from all the speculation that's been going on.
Joe
Thanks, mzheng, I am glad to hear her perspective on skating/life may be better than the quote from the article suggested.mzheng said:I'm glad someone written this article. But on other side, imo, she is not as described like don't know what to do after the competetion. She was planning this as her last season until Olympics. Just this season not going as well as her had planned. She sure has a lot wonderful things waiting ahead of her. She is truely a happy soul on ice, (at those darkest days, the only time she was seeing smile and happy was when she was on ice skating, as long as the pain not bothering her)....As long as she can skate, even just a few laps, she will be fine.
Bingo, we have a winner! I've read this writer's previous works (Elena, not the translator, Nadya) and I've found plenty of discrepencies as well. Lots of unsubstantiated "claims".graceness said:Joe, I rarely post here, but read avidly and wonder if you would explain how this article differs from all the rest of the speculation running rampant on boards and in the media.
There are errors here, on small things, which make me question the veracity of the larger points of the article.
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I'm glad that so many of you find so many wonderful things to read in this article, but so much of it is nothing but pure speculation, at least to me. There are no attributions for a number of things presented as facts in this article. So, who IS this Russian reporter and other than her reference to TT, who are her sources? Since she missed it on some smaller assertions, why are y'all inclined to believe the rest of it?
So, Joe, please tell me why you think this is a refreshing change from speculations. To me, it's nothing BUT speculation.
Mzheng? Others?
Graceness
I only read the translation. It was in the spirit of the writer to define Michelle as a great skater who came upon hard times. That opinion was totally different from others who emphasized the hard times or praised the skater without realizing the hard times, which in my opinion began long before this Olympics.pelladon said:Bingo, we have a winner! I've read this writer's previous works (Elena, not the translator, Nadya) and I've found plenty of discrepencies as well. Lots of unsubstantiated "claims".