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The Days When I Cannot Swim I've been swimming for more than a decade and have been doing it rain or shine without a stop. It's my favorite hobby and the sole activity that gives me the strength for any given day. Not long ago, I started to feel pain on both of my knees. At first, I turned a blind eye to it, hoping that this painful feeling will fade away as time goes by. However, much to my dismay, the pain didn't disappear but increase its intensity. It was not until that I felt pain from both knees while walking than I decided to face the music and go see a doctor. After some treatments, the doctor told me that I had to rest for at least a week or so; otherwise, the injuries may get even more serious. This came as a blow out of the blue to me because for the past 10 years, I've never stopped swimming for more than two to three days. I really have a hard time just sitting there resting. Now, I can finally understand a bit more how terrible it will be for those who have even more serious problems which may bring about their disability in movements of all kinds. I guess I should be thankful that I, at least, have big chances to still recover from this temporarily miserable state.

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The Days When I Cannot Swim

I've been swimming for more than a decade and have been doing it rain or shine without a stop. It's my favorite hobby and the sole activity that gives me the strength for any given day. Not long ago, I started to feel pain on in both of my knees. At first, I turned a blind eye to it, hoping that this painful feeling will would (1) fade away as time went goes by. However, much to my dismay, the pain didn't disappear but increased in its intensity. It was not until that It was only after I felt started feeling pain from both knees while walking that I decided to face the music and go see a doctor.

After some treatments, the doctor told me that I had to rest for at least a week or so. Otherwise, the injuries might get even more serious. Out of the blue, this came as a blow out of the blue to for me because for the past ten years, I've never stopped swimming for more than two to three days. I really have a hard time just sitting there and resting. Now, I can finally understand a bit more on how terrible it will be is for those who have even more serious problems which may bring about their disability in movements of all kinds. I guess I should be thankful that I will, at least, have big chance to still recover of recovering from this temporary (2) temporarily miserable state.

Hi Giselle, 

I am sorry to hear that you have injured yourself. I hope you will be in the pink of health soon. 

I would like to share my thoughts on two parts of your writing, which I feel are useful for you.

(1) In this sentence, you are describing yourself in the past when you turned a blind eye. Imagine that from this point in the past, you were hoping that your pain would subside some time in the future. When we describe the future from a historical event, we use "would". When we describe the future from the current moment, we use "will".

(2) We can use more than one adjective to describe the qualities of a noun. In this case, "temporary" and "miserable" are adjectives; "temporarily" is an adverb of frequency.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, 

Lance


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((Great work here! Hope these edits help. =) ))

The Days When I Cannot Swim

I've been swimming for more than a decade and have been doing it so, rain or shine, without a stop stopping. It's my favorite hobby and the sole activity that gives me the strength for any given day. Not long ago, I started to feel pain on in both of my knees. At first, I turned a blind eye to it, hoping that this painful feeling will would fade away as time goes went by. However, much to my dismay, the pain didn't disappear but increased its intensity. It was not until that I felt pain from in both knees while walking than I decided to face the music and go see a doctor. ((Excellent writing here! Note that the knee story takes place in the past, so I made some verb tense corrections. Also, knee pain is usually IN the knee, unless it's literally a cut or scrape on the outside skin.))
After some treatments, the doctor told me that I had to rest for at least a week or so; otherwise, the injuries may get even more serious. This came as a blow out of the blue to me because for the past 10 years, I've never stopped swimming for more than two to three days. I really have a hard time just sitting there resting. Now, I can finally understand a bit more how terrible it will can be for those who have even more serious problems which may bring about involve their disabilities in movements of all kinds. I guess I should be thankful that I, at least, have big chances to still have a great chance to recover from this temporarily miserable state. ((Minor phrasing edits here. I changed 'will' to 'can' because many people presently might have disabilities, as well as in the future.))

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