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I am getting wrist surgery tomorrow morning again.

We've had a good day in New York City, but tomorrow is surgery, so literally the best view in New York City.

And I'm going to go to surgery in probably like 5 -ish, 10 -ish minutes.

Alright guys, so this is going to be a little bit different of a video.

Welcome back to the channel.

If you guys haven't already, just like and subscribe.

Hit the notification button, but this video is a little different.

I don't know if you can see by the title or not, but I am getting wrist surgery tomorrow morning again.

I ended up getting surgery January 6th of 2026, which was only a few months ago.

Had surgery, um, and after surgery, things didn't really feel completely right, um, to be honest.

Still in pain, still everything was kind of hurting, um, I lost a lot.

I lost a lot of, like, my emotion, like, if I'm pulling my wrist, this is the bad

So if I'm holding it like this, that's all I got. So.

I can start taking off my cast when I wash my face.

Um, and I'm supposed to try to start, like, moving it around.

Like, starting to, like, use my wrist.

Which hurts whenever you get out of your hand.

It's still nine to two decisions on the top.

And, um, I started playing golf again in July.

It took very long to get back on the golf course.

So, started playing golf again in July.

Alright, my pitching wedge.

This is the first time you've done this? first pitching wedge.

My wrist is like locked up.

My first pitching wedge in seven months.

I think a lot of it is also like the mental side of like getting over it.

It's a mental, yeah, it's like a big mental barrier. That was awesome.

I feel like I had that wrist action that I kind of used to have.

You want to go nine?

Let's go nine.

Then in August, obviously I'm playing golf at University of Miami, so got ready really fast.

Started, had my way to Miami.

Played the first qualifier, played practice.

Everything was good.

The pain was always there, but mentally I blocked it out because I was where I wanted to be.

I wanted to play with my team.

I wanted to travel.

I wanted to play tournaments with my team.

um and I didn't want to feel like I wasn't part of the team

because I was still hurting so I kind of just pushed through it

and look the pain the pain wasn't bad like no one really knew

I was still in pain I just kind of like kept it to myself

because like all right it is what it is I got surgery surgery was good

there's really nothing I can do at this point

but just continue playing golf and just deal with the pain

and tape it up and be fine and so then my first I qualified Friday for this individual event.

It was, I can't remember what the dates were, but it was my first college event ever in the whole world.

First ever college event.

That was also my first tournament since November.

So I pretty much, first tournament in 10 months, 11 months, was my first college tournament

because my last tournament was the LPGA event where I ended up hurting my wrist

and on the first day

so I um I planned the event um I felt okay

you know I felt pretty good first two days was very nervous

but felt good feedback out there then on the last day

it was the 10th hole I'm sorry on the last day it was the fifth hole

and I had a wedge on um by the cart path

that it was like hard sand by the cart path

and my ball was there so I hit the shot and I kind of hit it

and I felt like a zing down my arm like I

felt like I like I felt like a little like

if I tore it just a little down my hand

and my fingers went numb

because my fingers had been going numb for the past few months sometimes

if I had like a bad shot I kind of like these fingers go numb

so I hit the shot felt like a little zing down my arm

that's Chloe um felt like a little zing down my arm it hurt a lot to be honest with you

so I just kind of rubbed it off like I always do this like

if my wrist hurts kind of like shook it off

and i'm like all right like i never thought of an option of like pulling out

because that's just not who i am i finish whatever i do like i'm not gonna

because i'm hurt myself like i'm just gonna keep on playing

so kind of kept on playing it was

so hurting like i hold on to my putter

and it's weird coming back from my surgery the most painful thing was putting it was always putting

and it's a little weird putting and chipping was the most painful

because I didn't have like a lot of momentum

so whenever I had to like really squeeze

and like hold on it hurt a lot um and

so I got my putter on the fifth hole

and I'm like oh my god I can't even hold my putter right

now I'm like I don't know what I just did again

but like it was like the same like pain as before

when I first did the first time around

and I've had TFCC injuries for a while in ECU

and kind of like TFCC and ECU stuff happening here

and there um

so I'm going to my part i'm like oh no

this is not good like i'm like i'm in swimming spade right now

but i kept on playing whatever i'm like i didn't really say anything to anyone

i'm like all right it is what it

um then on the tenfold i tee my driver

and i go in to hit my driver and i'm like like this

and i literally felt whatever in here tear like i literally felt a tear

and i felt like if someone like grabbed like

if someone pulled my wrist like out of my socket

and like that's what it felt like when i hit my driver at impact

and like i like finish the shot i'm like i like literally like fall down on the floor.

I'm like, oh my God.

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Like I just tore my wrist again.

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And I somehow just literally played the rest of the holes.

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I finished, not, I finished, I shot like 80, which is not good at all.

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But like for the circumstance, it's okay.

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Um, I still finished.

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It was funny.

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Like it said, like if I had like 110 shot, which is normally like my 50 degree,

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I would grab like my nine iron and I just like punch it a little, like just kind of like hit I have a club up

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so I can hit it like the distance

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because like there's no way I could like swing full speed um I got very creative let's just say

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but I finished and

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when I finished I obviously called my coaches came back to University of Miami I got MRIs done

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and there there's a tear again um

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and then I kind of let some time go by I

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um saw a doctor in New York City Dr. Carlson who's gonna do my surgery tomorrow morning.

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I saw her, I'm like, this is the issue.

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I've had these issues really since surgery.

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Hasn't really gotten much better.

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I've kind of just always had pain.

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And I have to get ECU in TFCC surgery again.

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So same surgery that I got the first time around, I gotta get again.

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Hasn't really even been nine months since my surgery, which is crazy.

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So obviously not very happy about it.

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But this is my vlog of me showing you me getting surgery in New York.

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I'm flying to New York City in the next 10 minutes.

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I'm going to go to New York City, get the surgery.

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I'm going to show you guys the week.

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I'm actually, this time around, I didn't really want to show my process because I was really,

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like, I was struggling with the surgery the first time around.

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Like, I was in a lot of pain.

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I wasn't feeling good.

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I didn't really want to feel anything.

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Like, I just wanted to be, like, left alone.

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This time around, I'm going to show you guys the process

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because obviously you guys might know me from my family and stuff like that, but I'm also a college golfer and just a D1 athlete

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and I'm going to show you guys the struggles and the ups

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and downs of getting surgery when you're in college and try

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and play a division one sport I want to go professional golf one day that's my goal

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so I'll definitely show you guys the whole process

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and you know I'm not going to sugarcoat it it's tough it's really really tough getting surgery again getting

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that specific type of surgery it's very tough

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because it's reconstruction of your EC and TVCC

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but this is what it looks like right now i'll show you guys later

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but you see a massive scar like right here

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and then i got two scars up here

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that actually kind of healed pretty good like this one felt not really healed

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so good but this one held really good we're doing it again

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so i'll show you guys the process my mom's flying with me to new york city today

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and um yeah it'll be a little rough one

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but i might finish like this video is gonna be like the first week of the process

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because being surgery tuesday and flying home Wednesday

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and then yeah we'll continue it I'm gonna have some of my teammates come

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and visit me too so I'm excited to see everyone um some of my friends too

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but yeah let's go to New York City

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all right guys so we made it in New York City

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and we're trying to find her some jeans right now

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so it's like like 14 oh my god um all right guys

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so i am sharing a hotel room with my mom

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and she's taking me to surgery tomorrow morning we have to wake up at 5 30 and leave at 5 40

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um we've had a good day in new york city

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but tomorrow's surgery so i will see you guys tomorrow morning um

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when we get ready for surgery and stuff like that right mom that's right kai

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all right good night guys see you in the next one all right guys

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so it's the next morning and me

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and mom are heading to the hospital right now um we're like 10 minutes away

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and um yeah that's it all right guys we're in the hospital room

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why you she's just she's getting anxiety from this thing imagine how i feel part two

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I need to make a change too I have my IV in my arm

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and just met with everyone

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and I'm going to go in surgery in probably like 5 -10 minutes

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so I'll see you guys on the left side new wrist loading got the mark

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hopefully it goes well and we're back on the golf course soon

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and my little my hair net all right guys what's up

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so i am currently out of surgery um i am in my

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grandma's my mom was bedroom because she lives in New York City

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and I don't want to go to the hotel yet so.

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So here's my wrist.

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This is the boba tea that my mom got me.

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I'm taking my fingers right now.

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Oh, the little is falling.

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But surgery was successful.

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Surgery was a little different than we thought it was going to be and it was a little different but it's okay.

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We got a fix and and cannot wait to be back on the golf course in a few months.

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And yeah, everything was successful, so I'm really hoping and really, really hoping that this time around we got it right and

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that I don't have to do this ever again in my life.

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Maybe in 10 years or so, but not for the next few months.

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Hopefully I don't have to do another nine months, but surgery was very successful.

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Dr. Carlson's the best.

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I'm not feeling so great right now.

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I'm really hot and just, like, not feeling good.

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I don't explain it, I just don't feel good right now, but it's okay.

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My wrist should be better, hopefully, in a few months, and I cannot wait to go back on the golf course.

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It's really weird because I have a nerve blocker right now, so I can't, like, I'm telling my hand.

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I, like, can't move my fingers even if I, like, try focus.

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But, it's alright, I got, like, iodine on my fingers still for the surgery, but I'll be back here soon, and yeah, that's it.

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I'll see you guys on the other side.

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Alright, guys, well, I'm sitting outside right now.

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My face is like low -key puffy a little.

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But I'm sitting outside right now.

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Um, because I didn't want to lay down anymore.

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I was like low -key sweating inside too.

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But it's a little cold in New York City, so I'm sitting outside and I'm like perfectly good.

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Got the hand.

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Um, I'm not able to feel any of my arm right now because I've been there blocking one, but.

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Yeah, I look a little rough right now.

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Um, not gonna lie, but.

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So again, it's like, look at this view.

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Literally the best view in New York City.

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Oh, so those buildings are over there

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Wow, look at that zoom

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Those are the Ghostbuster buildings

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So when like

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When um For Halloween, like that movie I think over there, somewhere over there

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Is the Jesse building from the movie

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Um, isn't that it?

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No, it's not it

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Where is it?

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I don't know where it is but I'm looking at finding it

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But yeah, Ghostbusters building is really cool

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and um oh i think this is a dressy building i'll show you guys i need that one in the middle

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it's a dressy building but i'm just sitting outside i low -key want to get some dinner soon

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my mom's sleeping though

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so i don't want to wake her up

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i don't know can you believe my helper like i was

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like i was literally like laying my phone all tonight here snoring right next to me she's out

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but um no she needs to rest she also four other kids every single day

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so um and yeah i'm chilling outside and enjoying my day.

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Alright guys, so I just ate up some food.

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My nurse is sleeping, which is my mom.

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So I kind of have to do this alone.

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But I'm gonna show you guys a few things.

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So when I got surgery the first one, I can't twist anything on myself.

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So I need my nurse to wake up, but I will let my nurse sleep for now.

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I got some lemonade.

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Oh, she never closed the cap.

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Oh, perfect.

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I would normally have to put it between my legs to squeeze onto it and twist it with my hand.

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I'll be able to use my left hand for a little.

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I got some pink lemonade.

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Pink lemonade.

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Now I got some ranch and carrots.

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Haven't been sweet.

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Tastes so good right now.

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Yeah.

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Let me tell you this time now, I'm moving a lot more.

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the first surgery i had i don't think i really moved around at all but i'm moving a lot now

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because i feel like the more i force myself to move the better

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i feel like the last time i just like rotted my bed

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and i feel great i have some carrots to kill carrots with my grandma i call her momo

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because i'm danish but yeah i'm saying grandma so it's easier to understand but I'm gonna approach carrots

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Just trust my carrots my favorite thing is rancho carrots

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i actually like carrots and hot sauce but rancho carrots are fire some for rice i have

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Greek food here by the way guys let's get some lemon potatoes

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Now we have some gyro.

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I'm looking at me I might just get there.

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I had this for lunch before I lay to my bed fully.

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I'm not going to go to bed.

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I'm almost in bed for a few hours.

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I think I lay up for five hours and now I got this random boost of energy to walk around.

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I probably will end up walking back to the hotel

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then that's the nice thing on your seat just walk wherever you want some really good food

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fire all right guys

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so it's the next day um i'm at grandma's house my mom helped me change

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because i currently cannot change by myself oh um

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so i have like iodine still my fingers because of the surgery

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so i'm gonna try to wipe it off right now

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because it's like yellow and i don't want to do it on my shirt so

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i'm v i'm v too liking my face I'm in a lot of pain right now,

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so I'm going to stop it now.

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My fingers are clinically ill, so...

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I'm much better.

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Actually, when I first got my surgery...

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I look like crap, too, by the way.

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I'm sorry.

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When I first got my surgery, I couldn't move my fingers for two weeks.

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Now with me.

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Day later.

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Let's go.

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Alright, guys, so we're on the plane right now.

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We're on the plane heading back to Jupiter, Florida.

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Because it's Wednesday, the day I have surgery.

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My face is like peeling from the mask that they put on

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but um we're gonna head home and get some rest um yeah see you guys at home.

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I know you guys can't see me right now

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but it's the next day um it's at 5am right

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now I've been up since 4 o 'clock in the morning

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when I talk about it um but I'm just not feeling very good.

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I'm in some pain um but yeah I told you guys I'll show you guys everything

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so here's me at 5 a .m in pain um

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I'm in a lot less pain than the first time around which is good

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um but it's still pain it's a little uncomfortable to sleep sometimes

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so I've been out to sleep for

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but yep part of the process all right guys

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it's day three surgery I'm out of this thing right

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now just like trying to move my shoulder around my shoulder keeps on like spasming not fun um

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but i'm gonna make myself some coffee because i need some coffee

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this is my mug that i used to use every single day for high school

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so instead we got somewhat not really a big day i would say but

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i'm gonna see like it's my old high school

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and say what's up to my son my teachers because they in Almontown for my surgery.

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And then I am going to go to the mall, see one of my friends from high school.

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And my mom's probably going to come because she says she wants to go to the mall too.

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So, it should be fun.

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I'm going to get this in.

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while we're doing that i'm gonna put my slate on because my arm is killing me right now

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oh like i have like moments where i feel good

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and i have moments where i just don't feel great at all the one that i see good

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wrapped wrapped up locked in litter over here put my sling on this is

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so much better you I guess I have literally no clue.

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I need my mom to pull out my hair for me

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because I'm not able to do any of that at the moment.

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So my coffee is done.

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So I'm going to put it like this.

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And then I'm going to grab some milk.

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Obviously, that's how I do open it.

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It's just lucky, but it's hard to open the shit.

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Oh, this sucks.

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This was already loosened from when I opened it yesterday.

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I was just gonna say to you guys, I still worked out yesterday, which I was really proud about.

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I didn't record it because I was at my French gym, but I worked out yesterday.

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And, um, I did, like, just, like, a very fast workout.

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I was looking, falling asleep between sets because I was so tired, but I did a fast workout.

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I got some legs in and some upper body.

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I'm gonna put this between my legs and, like, twist it.

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It doesn't taste terrible.

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So, my hand's moving, which is a really good sign.

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My fingers are a little swollen, but besides that, I can move my hand now.

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And yeah, it's been, like, rough, but I've been sleeping a lot.

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That's why there's not many clips of after, but I've been sleeping a lot.

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I slept, like, 10 hours last night, but yeah, it's been good.

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Alright, guys, well, I'm in my room now.

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I think this is pretty much the end of the vlog for the week.

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I'm going to continue filming obviously throughout the next few weeks.

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Trying to do daily vlogs every single week.

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So, or Weekend Alliance every single week.

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So, yeah, my wrist is in the cast.

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I'm able to move my elbow, which is pretty good, side to side.

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Move my fingers too, which is nice.

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But it still kind of hurts a little.

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But I'm excited to get back out there with my team and start playing again in the future.

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Just got to rest this time, make sure we get it right and yeah, just recover.

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And I can't wait to be back on the golf course soon.

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Yeah, I'm gonna show you guys the step -by -step.

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It's not gonna be easy.

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It's definitely gonna be hard.

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It's gonna be painful, but it's part of being an athlete and it's part of playing a sport, hopefully professionally and obviously at the college level.

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So sometimes you gotta deal with these things and these are little bumps in the road,

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but obviously everything happens for a reason and I can't wait to come back out there and compete.

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So yeah, I will see you guys in the next video.

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Make sure you guys like subscribe and hit the notification button and I will see you guys soon

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “I’m Getting Wrist Surgery… AGAIN”. This video has 349 sentences and 3849 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:29. The speaker talks at a natural 171 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wrist noun	/ɹɪst/	The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
finger noun	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
carrot noun	/ˈkæɹət/	A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
tear verb	/tɛɹ/	To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
wedge noun	/wɛd͡ʒ/	One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow…
pitch noun	/pɪt͡ʃ/	A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
nurse noun	/nɝs/	Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
painful adjective	/ˈpeɪn.fl̩/	Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
twist verb	/twɪst/	To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
numb adjective	/nʌm/	Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
mall noun	/mɔːl/	A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
wrap verb	/ɹæp/	To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
heal verb	/ˈhiːl/	To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
athlete noun	/ˈæθ.liːt/	A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
grandma noun	/ˈɡɹænmɑː/	Grandmother.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
pull out verb		To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.
come back from verb		To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.
eat up verb		To consume completely.
fall down on verb		To fail at or leave incomplete.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
get over verb		To overcome.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

If you guys haven't already, just like and subscribe.
This is the first time you've done this?
You want to go nine?
Carlson who's gonna do my surgery tomorrow morning.
I saw her, I'm like, this is the issue.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been sleeping
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to have · used to use
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	We've had · you've done · I've had
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	shot, which is · surgery, which is · sleeping, which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 172 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, reconstruction /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/, danish /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, reconstruction /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wrist, finger, carrot.

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