Alves: I have superglue in my brain
“You’ve got a vein, you’ve got an artery” Alves told MMAWeekly Radio in an exclusive interview. “A vein is low…
“You’ve got a vein, you’ve got an artery” Alves told MMAWeekly Radio in an exclusive interview. “A vein is low pressure; an artery is the high pressure. Once they touch inside your brain they cause bleeding, and they saw a vein and an artery were pretty close from each other, and they didn’t know if it was something that I was born with, or if it was something that happened over the years.”
“So what they do with the angiogram is they make a small incision on my groin, and they put a catheter inside. They shoot dye all the way into my brain and with the dye they can see clearly what it is, if it’s something that needs to get fixed.”
“They put superglue between the vein and the artery. That’s what the doctors told me ‘just tell everybody you’ve got superglue in your brain right now, and you’ll be alright.’ So that’s what I’m going to tell everybody. That was the procedure pretty much.”
Alves was released and back home two days later, and has already begun to work out again with light cardio and weightlifting. Doctors advised Alves to avoid any contact to the head for at least two weeks following the surgery. Thereaftef he can resume a full training regimen.
The only reminder Alves is left with for the whole procedure is a small scar on his hip.