Cowboys center Travis Frederick revealed on Twitter Wednesday night that he’s been diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare auto immune disease.
“In the last 48 hours, I have received two treatments that address my condition, and I am feeling much better from an overall strength perspective. I will continue these treatments over the next few days.
I am very optimistic about my condition and the immediate future, as I have been told that the illness was detected at a fairly early stage. My doctors have told me that it is not possible to determine a time table for a return to the field right now, but I am hopeful that I will be able to play as soon as possible.”
Frederick is dealing with neck stingers, and had been searching for more recovery options, as David Moore of the Dallas Morning News recently reported. A “level of concern” reportedly existed with Dallas’ front office, but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones didn’t exhibit any unease during a Tuesday interview with 105.3 The Fan. “[Frederick] had a good day yesterday,” Jones said, per Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News. “[The results] were positive for the future.”
Frederick is the second Cowboys offensive lineman to deal with injury this week, as All-Pro right guard Zack Martin went down during Saturday’s preseason game, but ultimately escaped with just a hyperextended left knee. Frederick’s ailment is clearly more serious nature, and it sounds as though he’ll be sidelined for the foreseeable future. For now, Dallas will turn to backup center Joe Looney, where he’ll be joined by Martin, Tyron Smith, La’el Collins, and Connor Williams on one of the league’s best front fives.
Frederick, 27, has started 80 consecutive games for the Cowboys. A four-time Pro Bowler, Frederick graded as the league’s No. 3 center in 2017, per Pro Football Focus. He inked a six-year, $56.4MM extension in 2016, a deal that now ranks fourth on an annual basis among centers behind Ryan Jensen, Brandon Linder, and Weston Richburg.
That’s just wow .. good thing they caught this before it turned into something huge , wish nothing but the best for him and hope to see him on the field again soon
Sounds like they need to know more about it. The auto immune disease isn’t going anywhere. It seems like his status week 1 of 2018 and week 14 or week 2020 would be the same with the same risks being involved. Maybe to a lesser degree, but I can’t imagine a complete eradication of the disease. Wish him well, speedy comeback!
Seems like YOU need to know more about it. There’s this thing called Google, you should learn about that too. If you use it to search Guillain-Barre syndrome, you’ll find articles on it. According to the National Health Service of the UK, recovery time can be as little as “a few weeks”, and most experience full recovery with a year, and seldom experience recurrences.
gammaraze, if you actually do some reading – you’ll see there no clearly defined cause of guillain-barre, and no cure for it. It can just be treated, and best if caught early.
It’s an autoimmune disease bro. We don’t have cures for most of those – if any (rheumatoid arthritis, alopecia, guillain-barre, lupus – to name a few). It’s kinda hard to reprogram the body to stop attacking its own cells once that starts (which is the definition of autoimmune – some have nasty effects & others a little more benign, but irritating)
Looks like they caught Frederick’s in time tho. Debilitating systems didn’t start yet. No way to guarantee that recurrences won’t happen, you can just do your best to avoid symptoms, strengthen target areas of the disease, and there’s almost always some form of keeping your immune system under control so it doesn’t go ape shit all over cells the disease targets.
I know that…. so which is it? Few weeks or a year? “They need to know more about it” seems like a fine comment. But you can get all huffy and puffy behind your computer screen all you want. Loser.