SoxAce Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/bobby-jenks-baseball-scar-tissue Great read. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Glad this got posted. Unbelievable what he went through. Great to see he was able to overcome everything as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tray Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Bobby Jenks is a very humble good guy who was surprised how well we received him at Sox Fest and showed his gratitude toward us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 This is amazing. Saw him two weeks ago and he looked good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Fireworks Man Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 God bless Bobby Jenks. I wish him nothing but the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxJon Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Love Jenks, so crucial in 2005...fun to watch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackDoorBreach Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I remember hearing about all this stuff. Pretty crazy the actual details of it all. "Bruh, you're leaking SPINAL FLUID". Absolutely insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 The apart about the surgery being botched and etc was difficult to read. Glad he's moved past the demons. He had a big alcohol problem in the minors as well, if I recall, which was a big reason the White Sox were even able to acquire him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, SoxAce said: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/bobby-jenks-baseball-scar-tissue Great read. Wow. What a gripping story. Poor Bobby. As a recovering alcoholic, this type of read is always essential to keep up the good fight. Edited December 6, 2019 by Steve9347 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Bless you Big Bad Bobby Jenks and all those who helped you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Steve9347 said: Wow. What a gripping story. Poor Bobby. As a recovering alcoholic, this type of read is always essential to keep up the good fight. there but for the grace of god we all go. million dollar arm and who knows how many of us would have ended up in similar spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksnort Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 7:18 PM, SoxAce said: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/bobby-jenks-baseball-scar-tissue Great read. Thankks for posting. Just read it outloud to my wife as we drive home to Grand Rapids from Chicago. Great story to help pass the time. Amazing what he went through. Addiction truly is an evil thing and so difficult to overcome, experiencing it myself by loved ones. And glad he is now fighting concurrent surgeries. The more I hear about mishaps in the medical field, the more I distrust doctors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 2 hours ago, ScooterMcGee said: The more I hear about mishaps in the medical field, the more I distrust doctors. Believe me, it's worse than you think. The medical profession completely destroyed my life. All many doctors and hospitals care about is the almighty dollar (a few doctors have told me that). "But you can't reverse a surgery" Truer words have never been spoken. I speak from experience... on MULTIPLE occasions. We discussed the "concurrent surgeries" issue here when this story first went down. His experience with the Percoset and Ambien is frightening but not surprising. Remember, the EXACT same thing (DUI) happened to Tiger Woods. The part about him stabbing his TV and whatnot is the reason why whenever there's a mass shooting or other similar event, the first question I ask myself is "I wonder what kind of "meds" he/she is on?" Thanks for posting this, and thank you Bobby for writing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksnort Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 17 hours ago, Donaldo said: Believe me, it's worse than you think. The medical profession completely destroyed my life. All many doctors and hospitals care about is the almighty dollar (a few doctors have told me that). "But you can't reverse a surgery" Truer words have never been spoken. I speak from experience... on MULTIPLE occasions Dude I am so sorry. That is just awful. Who do we turn to when we have emergency or dire medical needs when we can't trust the people that are supposed to be professionals at it? Just recently, my family member of mine experienced a major panic attack. Actually, the immediate family didn't know what it was at first because they had never seen anything like it. They brought him to the nearest ER, and At first it was, heart attack? No. Seizure? No. EKG and brain scan ruled those out. No one at the hospital knew what was wrong with him. He would have episodes where his body would shake, eyes would roll back, slurred speech, among other things. They gave him all these different kinds of medications that gave him awful side effects. When he finally stopped having the episodes, he went to his family doctor, and he basically said he did not need any of that medication. None of it was necessary. The doctor said those were the meds you give someone who is diagnosed for something like manic depression or psychosis (none of which he had)...basically last-resort drugs. The family doctor told him to refuse the medication, so when the nurse brought the meds to him next time, they refused, and the NURSE even said she would have done the same thing, but she has to follow orders from the doctor. What the fuck!?! These doctors don't even see these patients and just assign pills to fix everything. I hate it. You're right, it's all about money. It's evil. My family member was diagnosed with lyme disease, which he has PROPER meds for now, antibiotics, and he's also doing what he needs to do to work through the anxiety/depression. Which also is insane because this is like the most bubbly and out-going person I've ever met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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