C. Weidman spoke after the serious injury suffered in UFC 261. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
Just over two weeks after surgery on his fractured left leg in UFC 261, Chris Weidman He talked about how he has been feeling in the first days of his recovery. The former middleweight champion (up to 83.9kg) stated that he was afraid of having his leg amputated and declared that this surgery was the most brutal of all the ones he has had in his career. The statement was given in his 'Instagram'.
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“I was very scared by this pain because I am thinking about the worst scenarios. The worst of them is that the blood doesn't go back to my bone and doesn't circulate, which would mean a possible amputation. This happened to my thumb that I had operated on after the fight with Kelvin Gastelum. I had surgery on a torn ligament and about eight weeks after the surgery, they noticed the blood wasn't coming back. So, they had to remove my entire bone and put a hip bone in there, because the finger bone was deteriorating and dying. If this happened to my tibia or my fibula, I don't know what the consequences would be. Amputation, leg prosthesis, all of this scares me. I'm praying and I'm sure it won't happen, but it's a possibility. I spoke to a doctor about this and he told me that the tibia has the worst healing percentages post-surgery. It's not a high percentage, about five percent, but it's worrying,” said Chris.
The 'All American' revealed that he has had difficulty doing simple activities like going to the bathroom and that he still feels a lot of pain at the site of the injury.
“When I get up to go to the bathroom, I feel a very strong pain. I need to have a lot of willpower and mental preparation to get up, because as soon as I start to stand up, the blood starts to accumulate in my shin and foot and the pain is absurd”, said the former middleweight leader. .
The former middleweight champion also spoke about the lack of sensitivity in some parts of his feet and that this has scared him. Weidman said it was the most brutal surgery of all 24 procedures he has had throughout his career.
“Another problem is that I have numbness in the sole of my foot and in some of my toes. It's tingling like they're half anesthetized, like the nerve isn't working perfectly. This is also a little scary. I've had 24 surgeries and this one was completely different from all the others. I’ve operated on my neck, my hands and every part of my body you could imagine, but this one was much more brutal,” concluded Weidman.
Middleweight leader between 2013 and 2015, Chris Weidman He is now trying to recover from this serious injury to resume his career. According to doctors, the North American should only walk again within six to 12 months. The veteran fractured his left leg while trying to throw a kick at Uriah Hall No. UFC 261 which happened in April of this year.
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