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Christian Petracca’s 2024 Season Ending Injuries

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22 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Any doctors in the house who can shed some light on whether the two medical events are related, or a completely unfortunate coincidence? 
 

I’m a general surgeon. I don’t think this would be related, just bad luck. 

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    1 minute ago, Proud Demon said:

    I’m a general surgeon. I don’t think this would be related, just bad luck. 

    At least we don't have to fear him missing games in 2025 with appendicitis.

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    1 hour ago, Proud Demon said:

    I’m a general surgeon. I don’t think this would be related, just bad luck. 

    Thanks for that 

    What’s the timeframe for recovery after an appendectomy?

     
    3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Thanks for that 

    What’s the timeframe for recovery after an appendectomy?

    Back in the early 70's  Jenkin the pies ruckman missed one game. Now with keyhole surgery I would not think it would be very long.

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    • Whispering_Jack changed the title to Christian Petracca’s 2024 Season Ending Injuries

    I was in hospital for appendectomy for a few days back in the mid 70s.

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    2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    Any doctors in the house who can shed some light on whether the two medical events are related, or a completely unfortunate coincidence? 

    I find it best to consult the experts in cases like this.  The diagnosis is not encouraging, I'm afraid.

     

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    2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    Any doctors in the house who can shed some light on whether the two medical events are related, or a completely unfortunate coincidence? 
     

    I think the link, if there is one, is that the spleen injury led to a "reset" of his immune system, e.g. he needs all his immunisations again, and maybe that increased the chance of appendicitis?

    But obviously I have no actual idea.

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    7 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    I find it best to consult the experts in cases like this.  The diagnosis is not encouraging, I'm afraid.

     

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    The indirect connection is via the aspleendix nerve which may have been inflamed by Trac’s injury. 

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    38 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Thanks for that 

    What’s the timeframe for recovery after an appendectomy?

    If it’s not a complicated case would usually go home after an overnight stay. Most of my patients aren’t elite athletes but for someone who is fit could usually play in a week or two. Obviously not a problem for Trac and they might be more cautious with things like antibiotics for longer given his spleen. 

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    22 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Any update on Trac?  

    Looks like he’s in Noosa on holidays at the moment.

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    On 28/06/2024 at 08:49, layzie said:

    You're right. 

    As bad as the situation seems we really have to embrace the potential positives to come out of it. One door closes another opens or some cliché line like that. Rivers has been thrown the keys and I for one am excited about an extended run through the middle. No doubt we'll see a lot more experiments in there, we lose a star but it's time to make a new one. Plenty to play for.

    And thank you for using the term 'champing', the alternative does my head in. 

     

    One door closes another will slam you firmly in the face

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    On 08/07/2024 at 13:15, CatFishPig said:

    Will he be back for the grand final?

    just to watch it

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    On 08/07/2024 at 13:14, old dee said:

    Back in the early 70's  Jenkin the pies ruckman missed one game. Now with keyhole surgery I would not think it would be very long.

    Yes I doubt you could sprain you appendics


    Hopefully he is recovering.  It was quite an ordeal. I thought he might get back to work with younger guys like Kolt on how to position himself and pass on his footy IQ. Or even in recruitment.  Imagine Trac and JT coming to meet you and your parents as part of the MFC recruitment.  

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    Will be interesting to observe when Trac joina the rehab group. Monday will mark 7 weeks from the injury and the literature suggests 8 weeks from injury to return to play, with rest for the first 6 weeks. He won't be doing any form of training, not even jogging at this stage.

    Once he's in the rehab group it should then be a matter of regaining fitness and conditioning. It will be interesting to see if we look to make finals and playing our best footy whether Trac will press his case for finals or whether the club puts him on ice for 2025.

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    Trac was on Nova this morning and will be back at the club tomorrow on light running duties. He wont be playing this year as he will be on non contact duties until October. 

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    11 minutes ago, Demonsterative said:

    Trac was on Nova this morning and will be back at the club tomorrow on light running duties. He wont be playing this year as he will be on non contact duties until October. 

    i feel sorry for him cos i dare say he has just had his 6 week holiday.... longest pre-season ever! 

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    25 minutes ago, Demonsterative said:

    Trac was on Nova this morning and will be back at the club tomorrow on light running duties. He wont be playing this year as he will be on non contact duties until October. 

    Good timing. I was thinking that we hadn’t had an update and wondered if he was going ok.  Thanks for the update.  

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    Yeah, we need to accept that Trac isn't going to be playing again this season. Even non-contact athletics would be pushing it for making a sufficient recovery to be both effective and safe. Entering a collision sport again within just a few months would be incuring a risk that is simply out of scale with anything we could hope to gain this season vs his football future, and anything football offers in general as far as Trac & family at a human level.

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    It was reported that Christian was resuming some light running earlier last week. Does anyone know if this actually happened?

    [censored] - thread titles like these make my heart stop. Can we add a bit more context to the thread title to help poor souls like me :D 

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    I asked Chat GPT and it gave me the recipe for passata.

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    7 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    [censored] - thread titles like these make my heart stop. Can we add a bit more context to the thread title to help poor souls like me :D 

    Click bait 😂


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