Cara Noir shared an update about his injury and upcoming surgery.
Noir previously revealed that he wrestled for 20 minutes on three fractures at PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 151 on April 23; he suffered an intra-articular fracture to the cuboid, a chip on the calcaneus, and a chip on the navicular, and he also had "a spot of traumatic arthritis on the talus and ligament damage." Noir has not wrestled since the show.
In a tweet on July 14, Noir posted a substantial update and stated that he met with a foot surgeon, Mr. Nima Hiedari, who was confident that he could operate in the next two weeks. However, given Noir's "devastating injury," he won't know whether he'll be able to return to wrestling for another 12 months.
Today I met with specialist orthopedic foot surgeon Mr. Nima Hiedari. He was very direct with me which was extremely helpful, but I’m also slightly struggling to process his diagnosis.
He told me I have sustained a devastating injury to my mid foot. I have four fractures and a number of bone chips which were caused through a major dislocation to the cuboid bone.
Mr. Heidari suspects he’ll be able to operate in the next two weeks, but the prognosis is not great. It will be 3 months before I can weight-bare again and a year to get back to loaded dynamic moments. It will not be clear for another 12 months if I’ll be able to return to wrestling or not.
Mr. Heidari is now consulting with an expert radiologist, and his surgical partner, to make a plan for my surgery - I should know more next week regarding a surgery schedule.
I’m obviously devastated, but again I’m extremely grateful to you all for your support.
For context, Mr. Heidari was formerly head of orthopedics at the Royal London hospital, the hospital that originally misdiagnosed my injury in A&E, and where I’ve struggled to get appropriate treatment for the past 14 weeks.
Mr. Heidari no longer works at Royal London due to the difficult conditions the NHS is currently experiencing, so your support is a massive lifeline at a time when there would be little hope of a return to wrestling for me if I was at the mercy of the NHS.
Thank you again.
Tom
Noir previously posted the link to his GoFundMe page for his medical expenses, which can be found here.
Fightful wishes Noir well in his recovery, and we will provide more information as it becomes available.
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