More details have emerged regarding Tom Aspinall’s surgery and current condition.
Nearly 4 months on from his first undisputed title fight, Aspinall recently underwent double-eye surgery with Optegra Eye Healthcare.
The heavyweight champion was unable to proceed in his clash with Ciryl Gane after being poked in each of his eyes.
Fighters have been weighing in on false reports about Aspinall being stripped of his title attributable to his return timeframe still being up within the air.
More details about his medical procedure and health suggest that while positive steps are being taken, we’re still a good distance away from knowing when or even when he’ll return.
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Tom Aspinall’s immediate response to his double-eye surgery recalled
Tom Aspinall hasn’t responded well to a number of the comments which have been made about his eye injuries within the aftermath of UFC 321.
An article from Uncrowned’s Petesy Carroll shared details that make it very easy to grasp why he’d have a problem with people talking about what he’s going through.
Carroll, who accompanied the UFC heavyweight champion to his double-eye surgery earlier this week, wrote in regards to the symptoms that the Brit’s still battling.
“Nearly 4 months later, the champ still can’t track moving targets,” he revealed. “His eyes hurt if he sends too many text messages. He gets vertigo if he alters directions suddenly. He misses people’s hands when he tries to shake them.
“He can not do the thing that’s given him an identity since he was a baby. Hell, he struggles to do essentially the most basic drills. Sometimes, he struggles to play along with his kids. He has to ask people to drive him to most places he goes and ask those self same people to bring him home afterward.”
The image Aspinall shared after his surgery was telling enough in regards to the form of intense procedure that he’d passed through after he selected to get each eyes treated at the identical time to shorten the recovery process.
Aspinall’s immediate response to the surgery, as recalled by Carroll, shows just how testing this experience was.
“I don’t know if I’d have the ability to do this again,” Carroll recalls Aspinall telling the room. “I could feel my eyeball being scraped the complete time I used to be in there, and I had to look at him do it.”
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Tom Aspinall’s vision has been impacted in ways you wouldn’t expect
Uncrowned’s article includes quotes from Dr. Shafiq Rehman before he carried out the surgery, with him explaining that Tom Aspinall’s vision change is considered one of the issues that should be healed.
Issues with seeing things out of the corner of his eyes and seeing, as Aspinall describes, “a black spot” in his eye that never moves or goes away are only other issues that he’s been coping with.
The champion’s thoughts on returning to the Octagon haven’t modified since UFC 321 last October.
He’s only focused on his health in the interim because he wouldn’t have the ability to fight again until his eyes are healed anyway.