Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Monday a key day in Molesley's recovery
Cherries' long-term injury victim Mark Molesley admits he is still facing a significant hurdle in his painstaking battle to save his career. The popular midfielder, who was sidelined for most of last season, had major surgery in April to reconstruct his troublesome left foot. Molesley faces a key appointment on Monday and is likely to discover how successful his operation proved to be when he sees surgeon James Calder. The 29-year-old, who came off his crutches last month, is hoping to be given the green light to discard his air-cast boot and step up his rehabilitation. Molesley told the Daily Echo: The surgeon will re-scan the foot and also take me through the previous scans. Hopefully, he will be pleased with everything and I might be able to come out of the boot. Then, it would be a slow process because it would be like learning to walk again. I haven't been able to walk properly for a long time. The foot has been quite well protected in the boot so I haven't had too many problems, which is a good sign. The acid test will come when I try to put my weight through it. I don't want to tempt fate but everything seems to be going as planned at the moment. The big test is still to come, though. Molesley, who starred during the early weeks of Cherries' promotion campaign, was struck down by injury in September. And providing his recovery goes to plan, the Londoner could return to training a couple of months into next season. He added: If the surgeon is happy with it, I could come out of the boot and start walking. Then, it would be a case of trying to strengthen and condition my leg. It has weakened quite a lot so I would have to build it up slowly before I could start jogging. It is going to be a gradual process and a long road. I will take my time and make sure I get this right. I'm reluctant to set myself any targets because I could incur problems or the recovery could be slow. I still haven't had the results of the scans so am on tenterhooks at the moment. If all goes well, hopefully, I would be back with the lads at the end of September. How long it would take me to get up to speed would be another thing, though. The surgeon was pleased with what he saw, what he found and how the operation went. I'm thinking positively and, hopefully, everything will be fine.