Gregor Sikošek doesn’t know yet when he will return, but the Maribor defender admits: ‘Worst period of my life’
Football players
Maribor
are on holiday, but Gregor Sikošek can’t afford to think too much about a break. The Maribor side defender is in the middle of the recovery process after a serious knee injury and at the same time a serious complication after the first surgery. He was hospitalised for longer than expected due to inflammation of the knee joint and underwent supportive surgery and antibiotic treatment. But when will Gregor Sikošek actually return to the greens? He doesn’t know the exact answer yet, but it’s a fact that he won’t be wearing the purple jersey for a while.
After all, Gregor Sikošek has revealed that he will have to go under the knife again due to unexpected complications.
“My current base is Terme Čatež. I am feeling well, undergoing therapies in preparation for a second anterior cruciate ligament operation due to complications that arose after the first operation. The plan, which I have been following consistently, is to prepare the knee as much as possible so that everything will be OK after the operation. Not to start from ‘minus’, but from zero, so to speak. There has been significant progress, in fact the situation is improving day by day. Once the knee is ready, the date of surgery will be confirmed,” for
club website
explained Gregor Sikošek.
He lost a lot of weight in hospital
The 29-year-old, who has also made 11 appearances for the national team, went on to reveal that he is facing a very, very challenging period. “I can say that it was the worst period of my life so far. Very stressful, for the body and for the head. If I had only had to deal with an injury, that would have been fine and completely understandable. The complications that arose after the operation and then the long days, weeks in hospital, that was the worst… Since then I have a different perspective on things, in football and in life in general. I am positive, I have learned a lot,” says the former player of Brežice, Krško, Koper, Brondby, Silkeborg and Domžale.
The 1994-born footballer continued: ‘When I was in hospital, I had a lot of time to think. I used to get angry about every little thing, but then you see why it’s worth getting ‘nervous’ about, and what things are pointless. The most frustrating part was the waiting in the meantime for the results. When it’s for the better, you’re happy. Then the day comes when it takes a turn for the worse and you’re slapped. In fact, I spent six weeks in hospital, feeling unwell in the meantime, and battling a fever. I lost a lot of weight, but now I’m back and I’m only a kilo and a half away from my normal weight. What I missed most, alongside my family, was home-cooked food and a home bathroom. When I got home, the first thing I did was to take a long shower.”
The worst phase is over
And back to the greens? The Ludské Hradec Králové player – as he said – stressed that it was too early to talk about it:”It is too early to talk about it. They usually say that it should be 6 to 8 months after the operation. I will work hard, but I cannot put my head through a brick wall. I am aware that it takes time for everything to heal. Now I have overcome the unpleasant thoughts, the blood tests are OK and I believe that something like this should not happen again. I can’t wait for another surgery and the start of a real recovery. Then I will know better as I get closer and closer to my return. The meniscus is healed and I will be able to get on my leg and exercise my knee immediately. That worst phase of not being allowed to step foot is now over, and the recovery will be a bit easier this time.”
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