Josephine Jewkes, “A challenge...”
	Josephine Jewkes, dancer with Rambert and formerly an ENB Principal, writes each month on the "dancing life". Link to the previous column Link to later column. January 99 After a hectic family Christmas spent both in London and later in Stockholm, the New Year opens in a "no-business-as-usual" state. Two steroid injections and a course of acupuncture has done the trick with the trochanteric bursitis (hoorah) BUT the pain in my groin is worse than ever. My consultant has now shifted from his "common injuries occur commonly" stance to one of a map-less explorer in foreign lands and I am now officially described as "a challenge". More theories and more scans, but his tentative theory sound logical and feels right: if I tore the 'vastus lateralis' muscle AND a large vein running through the muscle (very unusual for such a thing to be there in the first place), this would explain the lack of healing and bring the various scans into line. If further investigation proves this, then an operation to "tie off" the broken vessel seems to be the only option. La-di-da. So action ‘Option II’ which involves implementing a few New Year's Resolutions: Learn Swedish (very useful, I know) Acquaint myself with a computer and associated keyboard Teach a class and stop dithering The latter two resolutions will kick off on 12 January and the first one has begun already. Meanwhile the first chapter of Maria Fay's floor barre (with my illustrations) should appear in the March issue of Dancing Times, all being well. My husband is in Denmark again, naturally. So, next month I hope to be able to write about teaching my first class (sitting down). Until then: Adjö and Gott Nytt År.
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