Daisuke has updated his blog on Nov 18 2008

http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/sports/message/takahashi/index.html

Is there someone who has already translated?
If not, I will do it right away!

Hi Yshion!!
I haven't started transkation yet. Could you do it for us? Thank you!!!

Hi, miyu! I should have asked you to do it if I knew you were here





To everyone

Thank you for sending lots of mails and letters to me this time.
I've already started rehabilitating. Fully from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening at that!!!
Swelling of my knee has been becoming to go down after a while, I had a detailed medical checkup last Friday.
As a result, anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus of my right knee were found injured.

It may be possible for me to struggle with this uneasiness and skate by coaxing (my knee) hereafter toward Vancouver Olympics,
but, regarding my own character, I thought it is not my style to compete at competitions having remaining anxiety.

Considering the way to compete in future and terms to competitions, before this coaxing will become more serious injury,
I decided to have a surgery so that I would not be on the ice in uneasy conditions.

To tell the truth, I have anxiety...but!! it depends on me, myself from now on to make myself able to tell you this was a right choice!
Unfortunatelly, it seems to be taking time to bring myself to the best condition, so I'm afraid I am going to take a rest during this season.
Courage to proceed steadily is important for athletes, but also courage to take a rest is important, I suppose.

Could be a long journey though, this journey may be a trial to fight it out at Olympics.
I must accept something I myself can not change, but I must change something I can change!
I would like to come back with having matured greatly, certainly by thinking many things and learning from this experience
as a skater! as a man! as a human being!!!
I am sorry for making my fans and the persons concerned worried and troubled.
I just do it from now on! Not feeling disheartened here, by storing energy to explode, I will try to do my best so that
I will be able to skate again like everyone gives me applause!

I would appreciate your support from now on too.


From Daisuke






I'm a little relieved he is so positive and brave!!
GO, DAISUKE!!

Yshion, thank you

I, too, am relieved because we now know what it is, and how serious the injury is, and what Daisuke's plans are as of now.

To me, the season won't be the same without him. But I'm willing to wait as long as it takes.

He'll be back.

Thanks for translating, Yshion. Dai has such a great perspective on this and once again, he shows how much he cares about his fans. I'm glad he thought of his health when making his choice because that is the most important thing.

hsuhs wrote:

the season won't be the same without him.

I agree. Hopefully next season, he will be as strong as he was before the injury...or perhaps stronger.

Thank you very very much, Yshion!

He is just great.... What a wonderful person he is!!
Surprisingly I didn't get shocked much yesterday. ( Somehow I could prepare myself to hear this. ) And today I feel rahter "happy" knowing how positive and brave he is in the toughest situation and that I'm a fan of such a great athlete.

hsuhs wrote:

But I'm willing to wait as long as it takes.

Yes!

swandie wrote:

Hopefully next season, he will be as strong as he was before the injury...or perhaps stronger.

I believe he has enough guts to overcome this.

Although the injury itself is still sad, I am somewhat relieved to read his blog entry. It seems that he's in a good spirit and has made some steps forward already.

Obviously he's a little concered, but he's already in the accepting stage, which is a very positive sign! I am sure though he went through all the stages of accepting illness that is such a pain to deal with. (5 stages: denial, anger, fear, grief and acceptance - if you remember psychology 101)

Good for him.

Thank you for the translation, Yshion!
We already know that Daisuke is a very mature and modest person.

Whenever you have the hard times, you are always thinking of your fans....

Thank you so much for your message to us, Daisuke!!
We are waiting for your back to on ice!

ご自分が辛い時にもかかわらず、ファンの事を考えてくれて、
メッセージを送ってくれた高橋選手、本当にありがとうございます！
私たちはあなたが氷上に戻ってくるのを待っています！

Thank you for translation.

ok... I'm crying... Daisuke really touched me...

I will write something later.

Yshion, thank you for translation. I translated your text to russian and posted in my blog (is it ok for you?). Dai doesn't have a need to ask us about courage - he has it more than anyone else.

Euphoria wrote:

I translated your text to russian and posted in my blog (is it ok for you?).

Of course, OK! I'm sure Daisuke will be pleased if Russian fans read his message, thank you, Euphoria

I can't read that without having tears in my eyes.... This is a nightmare.... But he is so brave! He is such a wonderful person, and I do hope him the best, no matter what happens in the future. Keep up the good spirit Dai, and good luck. All of your fans, and many more people, will be waiting for your return.

Please don't cry and don't be sad, everyone. Daisuke hates see you crying. That's why he gave the message for us. It made encourage us and himself efficiently.

I'm very disappointed that he won't be competing this season. However, I agree that it is the best decision he can make, to ensure he is healthy and in good shape for the Olympics!

I'm proud of his attitude and how kind he is regarding his fans, and how bravely he is taking this. He seems very determined.

His blog touched me too. Now I'm pondering the idea of sending him a letter to help encourage him.

Ganbatte Daisuke! Go for the gold in '10! This will be worth it in the end!

i am so sad to hear that... this season will be awful without him!!
but i'm happy to see he seems determined. i'll miss him a lot, this season will be kinda boring i think... at least for me. i hope he recovers soon.


がんばれ大ちゃん！！

Dai-cha is strong. He will be able to make this. We just have to be patient! GO DAISUKE!

It has been conforting to read Daisuke's message and to see that he's trying to front this difficult situation. He isn't getting disheartened and this attitude will help him also during recovery.

Thank you Daisuke!
You surprise me each time. It 's incredible than even in this situation you can worry about your fans!
It's for this reason that your message touched me so much...
Don't worry about our support! We always love you!

I haven’t said this in a long time, but thank you as always for your wonderful translation of Daisuke’s blog entry, Yshion.

Yshion wrote:

It may be possible for me to struggle with this uneasiness and skate by coaxing (my knee) hereafter toward Vancouver Olympics, but, regarding my own character, I thought it is not my style to compete at competitions having remaining anxiety. Considering the way to compete in future and terms to competitions, before this coaxing will become more serious injury, I decided to have a surgery so that I would not be on the ice in uneasy conditions.

Wow, does this mean that Daisuke could have competed even with the injured knee but he decided not to? If this is true, then this decision made by him was even more brave and incredible than I could have thought. As always I admire him for being able to make thoughtful decisions under the most difficult circumstances.

I’ve had difficulty trying to accept this outcome, but now I just want to stay focused on following the progress of his treatment in the next few months. This seems more productive than just being sad for the rest of this season because of his absence.

Hi, UMgal! I'm really glad to see you here again

And Euphoria, I found some major and minor mistakes on my translation and have corrected them several times.
Would you please check and correct them in your Russian translation? Sorry, and thank you

UMgal wrote:

I’ve had difficulty trying to accept this outcome, but now I just want to stay focused on following the progress of his treatment in the next few months. This seems more productive than just being sad for the rest of this season because of his absence.

Yes! Why don't you participate in miyu's idea at the message thread?
Let's cheer Daisuke together instead of being sad !!

I am so surprised and sad for him. I am disappointed not to see him competing... but I understand that he will recover, and will be stronger the next season.

Long time no see, Shatterpoint & enrica & UMgal!!
How have you been?

Yshion wrote:

Yes! Why don't you participate in miyu's idea at the message thread?
Let's cheer Daisuke together instead of being sad !!

Thank you for saying so, Yshion! But it's not my project. It's DTFF's project for Dai-chan.

Of course you can send him a letter of post card directly.
But PLEASE leave your message here too, Shatterpoint & enrica & UMgal & SoMiTripleAxel.
Don't you think it's nice to send him messages as DTFF, our wonderful forum?

(I'm writing my message... But it's difficult. I have so many things I want to say to him! )

Thank you so much Yshion for translating the message for us!

Daisuke is such a wonderful person - he really cares about his fans! And he is so brave!!! I understand fully his decision, and I wish him all the luck in the world with the surgery. It is a scary thing, but I am praying for a full and quick recovery for him!

I'm so glad I got to see him in Gothenburg. His Swan Lake was for me the highlight of the whole championship! I miss miss miss him so much this season.

Daisuke, ganbatte!

Hi Yshion!
I translate Daisuke's message for an italian forum. I hope it's ok for you.
Thank you again for your work in this forum!

Yshion wrote:

And Euphoria, I found some major and minor mistakes on my translation and have corrected them several times.
Would you please check and correct them in your Russian translation?

Yes, sure. I'll do it a little bit later, don't worry

miyu wrote:

Thank you for saying so, Yshion! But it's not my project. It's DTFF's project for Dai-chan.

Of course I know, miyu I just wanted to pay my respects to you who started that wonderful idea!!

glorydave wrote:

I translate Daisuke's message for an italian forum. I hope it's ok for you.

Thank you for translating it in Italian, glorydave! Daisuke will be glad figure skating fans in Italy can read his message, too


Please, DTFF members.
You don't have to ask me about re-translating the message in any language.
Because it's not my message, it's Daisuke's message and I know everybody at this forum really really loves Daisuke.
But, thank you for showing your respect to my translation