Nathan Horton’s future in
the NHL doesn’t sound promising and his current state of living sounds like a
living hell.
In his first public
comments since the start of the season, the Columbus Blue Jackets forward
opened up about his back injury (he was reportedly diagnosed with degeneration
of the entire lumbar region of his spine in October) that has kept him from
playing this season.
“I can’t stand up like a
normal person; I can’t bend over,” Horton told Aaron Portzline of the Columbus
Dispatch. “I can’t run. I can’t play with my kids. To get in and out of the
car, I’m like a 75-year-old man…so slow and stiff. I can’t sleep at night. I
try to lay down and my back seizes up and I can’t move, so sleeping is out. I’m
like a zombie in the daytime.”
Horton says spinal fusion
surgery is a possibility to alleviate pain, but that could mean the absolute
end of his hockey career.
“I don’t want to have
surgery, because of what that means,” Horton explained. “I don’t want to live
with this pain, but I don’t want to make that decision. It’s hard for me to say
that, at 29 years old, I’m done. I mean, really? Done at 29?”
Since signing a seven-year
deal worth $37.1 million with the Blue Jackets as a free agent before the
2013-14 season, Horton has suited up in only 36 games.
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