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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Melbourne prop Tui Kamikamica has revealed he could be just six weeks away from making a remarkable NRL comeback from a career-threatening stroke, declaring: \u201cI will be back out there again.\u201d<\/p>\n Kamikamica was rushed to hospital and required emergency surgery, the first of two operations, after suffering a stroke in late March. The episode resulted in stints in hospital and a rehabilitation ward, and raised questions about whether a 142-match NRL career had come to a premature end.<\/p>\n But after identifying and surgically correcting the cause \u2013 a patent foramen ovale (PFO), or flap-like opening between the heart\u2019s upper chambers that fails to close after birth \u2013 Kamikamica has been given a clearance to return.<\/p>\n \u201cI should be able to play in six weeks hopefully, if all goes well,\u201d Kamikamica said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe doctor is happy, he\u2019s giving me the green light to be back out there. To be honest, the first couple of weeks were so hard.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, you think \u2018this is it\u2019, you think your rugby league career has come to an end. I am glad it\u2019s [the ordeal] all over. My family has been behind me all the way through, supporting me.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is what it is, your health is more important. I\u2019m glad everything is done now, all the surgery. I\u2019m happy I\u2019ve got the green light from the doctor saying, \u2018Don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll be back out there playing this year\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a big relief. You should have seen the smile on my face when he said that.\u201d<\/p>\n Kamikamica has been a staple in a Storm side that, due to injuries or departures, has been without Ryan Papenhuyzen, Nelson Asofo-Solomona, Eli Katoa and Xavier Coates this season. Kamikamica, 31, explained the \u201cscary\u201d circumstances that resulted in him joining an already bulging casualty ward, just after returning home from Townsville following a loss to the Cowboys.<\/p>\n \u201cI went to the toilet around 3.30am,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI came back to lie down \u2013 you know how sometimes you lie on your arm and it\u2019s numb? It felt like that and I couldn\u2019t lift it up, couldn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I rolled myself onto the floor and from there I knew it was something serious here.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter that I couldn\u2019t talk. My partner turned the light on, turned me on the floor, I couldn\u2019t move. She knew it was serious and called the ambulance straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n Kamikamica underwent an initial surgery to remove a clot in his brain, and then a second last Thursday to fix a hole in his heart.<\/p>\n![\"Tui](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e85e825a7f5039d232f4b2b8d12ec19ff822a5a7.jpeg\")
Tui Kamikamica is on the mend.NRL Photos<\/p>\n![\"Tui](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c2c0c220f16ecfff367f8f3d86bdcb616c6fbe0c.jpeg\")
Tui Kamikamica in action for the Storm against North Queensland. He had a stroke following the game.NRL Photos<\/p>\n
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