"Just so you know, I'm up and back and sick of sitting on the couch," she wrote on her blog. "I'm going to see Cody [Linley] right now. We're going to practice today for about half an hour with Len in his master class."

Hough was rushed to the hospital last month complaining of severe stomach pains after her October 21 performance. She was forced to undergo surgery for endometriosis, and have her appendix and some ovarian cysts removed. This girl is one tough hoofer!

"My surgery was scary. It was supposed to take an hour but took 45 minutes longer. It was a good thing I went in because not only did I have the endometriosis things that needed to be lasered off, but I had a cyst on an ovary and scarred tissue from my appendix that had connected to my right hip. But everything went well and I feel like I have more energy than I did a few weeks ago!"

At least one dancer has triumphed over the DWTS curse!