When all the smoke clears, he says, you don`t have any options, you have to have surgery. Not maybe, it`s no, you cannot. The timing is the issue, that`s the decision to make.
My understanding is that I should have no trouble getting back for spring training. It`s a six-month rehab, maybe, and I have a little extra time in there. Hopefully, I should have no trouble coming back from the first day on.
It was put to me, from (Cincinnati Reds trainer) Dr. (Timothy) Kremchek, that, `you need to have surgery,` ... `When all the smoke clears,` he says, `you don`t have any options. You have to have surgery.`