Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / December 2004

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My Last Surgery
This week marks the beginning of the end of my long rehabilitation.

I just had a surgery on my left foot, so the bad news is that I'm kind
of hurting right now. The good news is that it was my last surgery. So
right now my leg is elevated after the tube was taken out of it.

They had to do a tendon transfer. That was the reason that I was having
a hard time running, because the nerve that helps your foot move up and
down basically got severed. If I didn't have my brace on, I was walking
so that my foot was basically dragging on the ground. What the tendon
transfer did was take a tendon on the inside of my foot that use to pull
my foot in and move that to the top of my foot to give me the ability to
pick my foot up on my own again.

So, I had a nice little two hour surgery on Tuesday and I've just kind
of been laying low ever since. I'm in a soft cast now, and it will be
that way for two weeks, then I will go to a hard cast for about four
weeks. Then its straight out to the wolves again - playing basketball,
running without a brace on. I will then have eight months before that
time next year when it is my time.

Mentally, I'm feeling great right now, mostly because this week the
doctors said my knee is back to 98%, they said it is "rock solid". The
doctor was also pleased with how the surgery went, so everything is
leaning in the right direction.

I've been working so hard for so long to finally get to this point right
now, where all of my surgeries have been completed and it will just be
about me taking my shot. I finally got here and I've just got to keep
taking strides to try to make it end up the best way it can.

But even in my time off the court, I keep busy. Along with my interest
in broadcasting and working with ESPN, I've also been preparing for the
Series 6 Exam (for sales of Mutual Funds and Variable Annuities). Once
I'm in the hard cast I will be able to start working some games for
ESPN, but I'm in a very fragile state right now in the soft cast.

I'll be able to go home to New Jersey for Christmas, so that's nice. I
will have some free time for a few weeks, but I learned my lesson a few
years ago when I had some free time and I rode a motorcycle. This time,
I'm going to stick to reading and watching TV and getting caught up in
the little things in life that I miss doing so much. Have a great
holiday season. Give thanks for every little thing that you have.
Posted by Jay Williams - Dec 10 2004 1:57PM

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http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/06/26/3efae4249e5df

I hope he can play again.