Tom Abercrombie will be unable to travel with the NZ Breakers for seven weeks following eye surgery. Photo / Photosport
Tom Abercrombie is set to miss the start of yet another season for the New Zealand Breakers, with the veteran swingman unavailable for the opening weeks of the NBL due to an eye injury.
Abercrombie was injured in the Breakers' preseason loss to the Brisbane Bullets earlier this month, with
surgery required to repair a damaged retina in his left eye.
As a result, he is unable to travel for the next seven weeks. However, the 35-year-old said he was hopeful of being available to play home games for the side once his vision was good enough, which was expected to be in about three weeks.
"It's getting better slowly. Surgery all went well but unfortunately, they had to put an air bubble in there to help the recovery process so that extends the recovery a little bit longer," he said.
The bubble is used to help keep the retina in place while the eye heals and gradually dissipates. Right now, Abercrombie said his vision wasn't great out of the recovering eye, and the bubble was "reflecting everything" which had been triggering headaches. However, the bubble was expected to halve in size over the coming weeks, which would see his vision clear up.
