The following was posted today on WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms’ MySpace blog. We wish him a speedy recovery:
Thursday, April 06, 2006
***NEW*** UPDATE!
In response to everyone’s questions about how my recovery is going, let me address this. A week after the surgery I had a pretty bad complication. A blood vessel deep inside my nose ruptured. I rushed to my Dr, but they couldn’t get the bleeding to stop. They were trying everything, and it all hurt, LOL. They even tried to electrically cauterize the blood vessel, which means they shot an electric current up my nose 3 TIMES! Yeah, as bad as that sounds, it hurt even worse. Keep in mind, my nose is still broken at this point because when they surgically repaired it, they had to reset it, so the slightest touch makes me uncomfortable. I was then rushed to the hospital and to make a long story short, I bled for over 6 and a half hours! The hospital was preparing the operating room to take me back into emergency surgery but luckily the bleeding finally stopped. So while a broken nose may not sound all that bad, apparently it can lead to some serious situations. But that’s all over now, I hope, lol. I’m finally back in the gym, and I hope to be back in the ring sooner than later. And for those that have wondered, yes there will be hell to pay when I return!
