Task 3

Confessions of an ex- dancer

I always wanted to be a dancer since I was eight years old. Everyday I waited anxiously for my favourite dance competition show to start. I felt as though I was waiting for a million years for the show to start. I was inspired by the way the contestants in the show dance. They dance ever so gracefully like a swan. It would be a dream come true if I were given the chance to take up dance classes. Little did I know that I would be given the chance to pursue my long waited dream.

My parents noticed how serious I was in being a dancer. They thought why not give me a chance in taking dance classes.Every dance practice that I had gone through brought me closer to my dream of becoming a dancer. At first when I had just started dancing, I felt very awkward and stiff as it was my first time trying out dancing. However, as weeks passed, I was able to dance waltz, quick step, ballet, hip-hop which was my favourite and so on. I was slowly progressing from a beginner to an intermediate dancer.

Soon, I was asked by my dance instructor to participate in a dance competition. I agreed to do so as I wanted to experience how it was like participating in a competition. The days to the dance competition was hectic and tiring. I was not able to take more than a ten minutes break. My legs ached from the impact of my vigorous dance moves. Eventhough my bones felt like breaking, I still persevered on and paid no attention to my aching bones. As the days draw closer to the dance competition, I continued practicing.

I was just a day away from the dance competition. On the big day, I woke up discovering a painful seething ached in my right upper thigh. It became so unbearable that I had such difficulty walking only a short distance. I was so worried that I would not be able to participate in the dance competition in my current condition. My mum sent me to the hospital. The doctors took many bone scans to try to identify the cause of my ached. The dance competition was due in one hour's time I was not going to make it.

The doctors found out had found out the cause. I predicted that it was not going to be good by the facial expression on the doctor's face. I noticed that beads of perspiration started running down his face. The doctor cleared his throat. Shock engulfed me when I found out that I was diagnosed with bone cancer. Suddenly tears started pouring down my rosy cheeks. My dreams of becoming a dancer were shattered. I was to undergo chemotherapy every week. The pain was agonising.

There was no hopes of me being able to dance again . Day by day I am fighting my life threatening disease. I was lucky if I was able to wake up the next day knowing I was still alive. Till now, I still longed for the day I am able to dance again.