Bill Walton contemplated suicide

[MikelArteta]

Bill Walton on suicide, his return; John Hollinger's new job - More Sports - Richard Deitsch - SI.com


Glad to see he's healthy

 

[THE K-MAN]

During an interview with SI.com on Sunday, Walton said he is pain free today as a result of eight-and-half-hour spinal surgery in Feb. 2009 by Dr. Steven Garfin, the chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC San Diego. The procedure included four incisions, four four-inch bolts, two titanium rods and a cage to hold it together. Prior to that, his life was mostly darkness, unable to walk or move, a prisoner of his San Diego house. At the darkest moments, when he thought about suicide, Walton said he drew on his friends and family who called him daily, urging him not to give up. He has four children and three grandchildren and met his second wife, Lori, at a party organized by the Grateful Dead. "I am busier than ever, happier than ever, and I haven't been this healthy since high school," Walton said. "It's a miracle what has happened to me. I have no pain. I take no medication. I had no idea what life was like without back pain

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wow....glad Trill Walton is backl

 

[William Bassington]

what was wrong with his back?

 

[Brock Landers]

what was wrong with his back?

Nothing before you blew it out

 

[THE K-MAN]

what was wrong with his back?

In our little talk, he also revealed something I didn’t know. In 1974, when UCLA was riding the longest winning streak in college basketball history, he and the Bruins played at Washington State. Late in the game, Walton was low-bridged by a Cougar and fell hard to the floor.

“A despicable act of intentional violence and dirty play,” is how he put it. “I broke two bones in my spine that night, and things were never the same for me again.”

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[kingofnyc]

Nothing before you blew it out

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[Kayla Fortenberry]

good to see him back

 

[gho3st]

would have been a top 10 player of all time of not for injuries.

 

[Broke Wave]

But when he held that nine


All he could SEE was his mommas eyes

 

[Jacksonville Swaguar]

Nothing before you blew it out

 

[Walt]

Severe back pain is no joke. shyt will have you converting to 4 different religions a day and speaking in tongues.

 

[Yung Yogurt]

I fukked my back up moving a couch and once u mess it up once it will always be fukked up. I can't imagine having spine surgery, props 2 Bill for not being a whore and bodying himself tho. I love that nikka, that should would have been sad.

 

[Darth Nubian]

Throw it down big man! Throw it down.

 

[Dr. Fauci]

Nothing before you blew it out

u cant post that picture....ure gonna get told on

 

[FloorGeneral]

In our little talk, he also revealed something I didn’t know. In 1974, when UCLA was riding the longest winning streak in college basketball history, he and the Bruins played at Washington State. Late in the game, Walton was low-bridged by a Cougar and fell hard to the floor.

“A despicable act of intentional violence and dirty play,” is how he put it. “I broke two bones in my spine that night, and things were never the same for me again.”

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That's my Bill Walton

Severe back pain is no joke. shyt will have you converting to 4 different religions a day and speaking in tongues.

No. fukking. Joke. I've been real careless in regards to my back over the years, and am paying for it. What makes it worse is my pops went through some bad back problems as well. shyt is not to be fukked with.