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Roethlisberger has emergency appendectomy, to miss opener
AP/Yahoo ^ | September 3, 2006 | ALAN ROBINSON

Posted on 09/03/2006 4:26:06 PM PDT by martin_fierro

Roethlisberger has emergency appendectomy, to miss opener

By ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer

September 3, 2006

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had an emergency appendectomy after becoming ill before practice Sunday and will miss Thursday night's season opener against Miami.

Coach Bill Cowher said Roethlisberger will be evaluated each week, and he is not certain how long the quarterback will be out.

ADVERTISEMENT Charlie Batch, the former Lions starter who was 2-0 as a fill-in last season when Roethlisberger hurt his knee, will start against the Dolphins in the NFL's first game of the season.

The appendix attack is yet another medical setback for Roethlisberger, who nearly died in a June 12 motorcycle accident only to make a remarkably fast recovery. He missed no practice time during training camp and played better in the preseason than he did a year ago before leading the Steelers to their first Super Bowl victory in 26 years.

Roethlisberger missed four games last season because of knee injuries, one that required surgery, and injured his right thumb late in the season. He later said he broke it, though the Steelers never have confirmed that, but he missed no playing time because of that injury.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: appendectomy; getwellsoon; horseface; nfl; roethlisberger; steelers
UNNNGH.
1 posted on 09/03/2006 4:26:08 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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2 posted on 09/03/2006 4:27:05 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Guess he will miss 3 to 4 games.


3 posted on 09/03/2006 4:28:01 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: martin_fierro
Already posted.

Miami goes 1-0 to start the season.
4 posted on 09/03/2006 4:29:30 PM PDT by Terpfen
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To: Terpfen

Whoops.

Searched for "Roethlisberger," nothing came up.


5 posted on 09/03/2006 4:33:54 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro
97% fat free beef jerky........... that's his problem.

Gotta have some fat in that diet.

Seriously, here's hoping he's ok real soon. At least it was arthroscopic surgery. My neighbor friend had an appendectomy back in the late 50's (before arthroscopic surgery) and he was laid up for a pretty long time.

Yoi..... and double yoi. Go Stillers.

6 posted on 09/04/2006 2:42:20 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Congress is the only whorehouse in America that doesn’t make money)
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To: ncountylee
I'd guess two........ hope only two.

:-)

7 posted on 09/04/2006 2:42:59 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Congress is the only whorehouse in America that doesn’t make money)
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To: martin_fierro

I had the same thing last November. I was out of work for 6 weeks. Although with me they had to make a bigger incision, because my appendix decided to play hide and seek. I was very lucky they found it on time. Hope Big Ben feels better soon.


8 posted on 09/04/2006 8:39:39 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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