You're missing my point. The article has a quote of a joke Yao said to JVG. What I'm saying is the joke got twisted into a real story somehow, or it's just part of entire sina made up story.
of course they did. Are you saying they talked about 3 months vs 3 days? Now how did the Rockets beat writers not pick up on that.
Yao made a joke to JVG by told him the old version of the docs' story just want to see JVG's face and they finally laughed together. Is this hard to understand?
This can't be real. It's pretty much impossible that doctors can first diagnose surgery based on an MRI, then dictate that 3 days rest is enough. Even if the MRI showed the slightest hint of damage necessary for surgery, it wouldn't be overturned to a mere "3-day rest."
do you understand that the only part of the story that i believe is that Yao made a joke to JVG. I don't believe anything else. There is no way a team a doctors makes a mistake like that given the history of Yao's surgery, let alone something like that going unreported by US media...especially the Rockets beat writers. did you see MD_in_trainings post?
I am saying the media is a bunch of idots. They were reporting on an "ankle injury" when he really has a foot injury. 610AM said Yao got a second opinion. I know that for sure. So obviously the first opinion was not one he liked.
There was some early reports by different reporter and different media about Yao said "allow doctor to make mistakes, I make 3 turn over each game." http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2008-11-20/08264081066.shtml Other report (before the OP) also repeatedly mentioned doctors over-estimated Yao's injury at the beginning.
Stop trying to convince me. I don't believe the story. I believe Yao injuries is big news...the bigger the injury the bigger the news. The busiest day at this site was the day Yao's diagnosis was reported. (See the date of the most users online.) Sina lied...to generate internet traffic to their site. You can stop trying to convince me otherwise.
First, this was not from Sina. You even didn't get this fact straight and jump to conclusion. Anyway, believe whatever you want to believe.
Whether this story is true or not, I have said in the past I thought Yao's feet/ankles/legs would eventually fail him and cut his career short. With big men his size leg problems never go away, and even if you play through them it won't allow you to play at a 'super' level for too long before they give out. Hopefully I'm wrong, but much like McGrady I think Yao's best days are behind him already...
this article is pure garbage. No matter how "specialized" of a specialist you go to, there is no way in hell you go from "surgery w/ 3 months out" to "oops, cleared to play next game". I think this is complete BS. This article would be believable if the second specialist instead said "ok Yao, you don't need surgery, but you'll be out for a month to let it heal". Either that, or the original doctors were 100% incompetent morons and totally misdiagnosed him. You don't just recommend surgery if you don't know what you're talking about - which apparently they didn't.
come on now. please tell me you don't believe this story. for people's attention, media says about everything in this world in order to occupy your time.
Obviously no one really know doctors here. Young folks. Sigh. I have a friend here in San Diego was told to have caner by one doctor and other three doctors told her she was fine. She believed that doctor who told her the bad news and had the surgery. She was really lucky that she did it, that's why she is still alive today. BTW, although I am not practice med here in this country but I got my degree from Shanghai Medical school (called university in China) and slightly know a little more than average about how wrong can these doctors be. Well, anyway.
