Real Betis defender, Damien Perquis is on the verge of making his comeback following a double jaw fracture suffered three months ago at Malaga, and the Polish international insisted that while he went through a lot, he always remained positive.
In a recent interview with Spanish sports daily, Marca, Perquis recalled his three month recovery and the lessons he learned along the way.
“I lost weight, but I put all of it back on after my jaw surgery. The trip to France was very good for my body and now I’m fine. The first week I was really hungry, I wanted to eat everything. My wife took the kids to eat in the kitchen so I couldn’t see them, because if I not, I would want to eat everything. At the 10th day, the hunger went away and everything got better.
“The loss of consciousness (when the injury happened), scared me. Until we got to the hospital I couldn’t respond to anything of lift my arms or legs. When I woke up, the first think I asked about was where my children were, I couldn’t remember anything. I cried like a baby for a long time.”
Perquis then discussed the psychological recovery, as well as they physical recovery, which often went hand in hand.
“It was difficult to see my children sad, because their father can’t play with them, it was a very difficult time. I am a tough guy, but this was the worst moment of my life, I was always crying. I saw my parents in France, 1000 kilometres away without being able to say anything. It was the worst injury of my life
“I’ve been speaking with a psychiatrist and with my wife. Now I have a job as a footballer and I am the head of my family, I can’t leave Betis or my career. It was in my head this summer I would leave Betis, but now I can’t leave Betis like this. It’s not my mentality to leave a club when they are not doing well. I left Saint-Etienne with the feeling of having left the job half done and didn’t want to do the same here.
“Speaking with the psychiatrist, I was without strength, I had no desire for anything, but she told me that it was just an injury and that my family and I are doing well.”
Perquis stated that Fabrice Olinga, the Malaga player whose head broke Perquis jaw only visited him once, which the defender found disconcerting.
“Fabrice visited but I prefer not to talk about it. He came to see me once and that’s it. It was a nice gesture, but then to go and cry in front of the camera… If I did something like that, I’d call the player every week to see how he’s doing, but he’s young and will learn.”
In a recent interview with Spanish sports daily, Marca, Perquis recalled his three month recovery and the lessons he learned along the way.
“I lost weight, but I put all of it back on after my jaw surgery. The trip to France was very good for my body and now I’m fine. The first week I was really hungry, I wanted to eat everything. My wife took the kids to eat in the kitchen so I couldn’t see them, because if I not, I would want to eat everything. At the 10th day, the hunger went away and everything got better.
“The loss of consciousness (when the injury happened), scared me. Until we got to the hospital I couldn’t respond to anything of lift my arms or legs. When I woke up, the first think I asked about was where my children were, I couldn’t remember anything. I cried like a baby for a long time.”
Perquis then discussed the psychological recovery, as well as they physical recovery, which often went hand in hand.
“It was difficult to see my children sad, because their father can’t play with them, it was a very difficult time. I am a tough guy, but this was the worst moment of my life, I was always crying. I saw my parents in France, 1000 kilometres away without being able to say anything. It was the worst injury of my life
“I’ve been speaking with a psychiatrist and with my wife. Now I have a job as a footballer and I am the head of my family, I can’t leave Betis or my career. It was in my head this summer I would leave Betis, but now I can’t leave Betis like this. It’s not my mentality to leave a club when they are not doing well. I left Saint-Etienne with the feeling of having left the job half done and didn’t want to do the same here.
“Speaking with the psychiatrist, I was without strength, I had no desire for anything, but she told me that it was just an injury and that my family and I are doing well.”
Perquis stated that Fabrice Olinga, the Malaga player whose head broke Perquis jaw only visited him once, which the defender found disconcerting.
“Fabrice visited but I prefer not to talk about it. He came to see me once and that’s it. It was a nice gesture, but then to go and cry in front of the camera… If I did something like that, I’d call the player every week to see how he’s doing, but he’s young and will learn.”