‘I’ve had to take a pill every night for four years’ | Relief

Isco Alarcon He is still recovering from a left fibula injury. Operated on September 6 for the second time, the man from Malaga continues to wear a protective splint on his injured leg, although this does not prevent him from being present in the sports city or at some club events. Thus, the attacker was the protagonist of the first Health and Betis program, which he conducted together with Betis nutritionist Antonio Ballesteros and where, while preparing a healthy pizza, he confessed episode of epilepsy which was not known until now.

“This happened to me in a dream, I think it was in 2022. I never had a seizure as a child or when I was a little older, but this gave me some pretty bad seizures,” said Isko, who admitted he was quite scared by the situation. “I was admitted to the hospital for about four days while tests were done.. It was difficult for me to remember some of the things that happened to me that day, and there were moments in the hospital that I also don’t remember,” added the man from Malaga.

Since then, Isco has also undergone treatment for epilepsy, which has not recurred since that day. “I’m still here, taking pills at night for four years and fortunately I haven’t had any more attacks,” said a man from Malaga who wanted to send a message to society. “He never spoke about this publicly. People who experience such episodes should know that this is normal.that it is cured and is being treated, and that we must bring normalcy to this type of thing,” said the green-white attacker.

During the program, Isko also emphasized the importance of taking care of your diet. “When you’re young you don’t take it so seriously, but when you get older you realize how important it is.“Said the man from Malaga, who also sent another message to the younger one: “The issue of nutrition must be developed from childhood along with the importance of rest, because they are fundamental.”

Five months after the knockout

Isco has been sidelined since May 16, when he was injured in a random fight with Saul Coco at Gran Canaria Stadium. Betik received a diaphyseal fracture of the fibula of his left leg. which forced him to undergo surgery and prevented him from finishing La Liga with Betis and taking part in the European Cup with Spain.

After an intensive summer of recovery, he was not feeling well in August, which forced doctors to first stop him from training and then subject him to a new examination, which revealed a lack of consolidation. into the fracture callus. This situation led to him undergoing surgery again in Madrid on 6 September.so he is now in the early stages of his recovery, where he must remain for six to eight weeks without receiving a blow to the injured area before beginning to readapt.