You Cannot Be Serious<\/a> podcast, he said: \u201cMy left hand is basically numb, right hand going numb, I\u2019m getting shooting pains, all that sort of stuff.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve fallen over a couple of times in the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was just me just maybe getting on in years and maybe tripped, but two days ago I went and saw a neurosurgeon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got MRIs to find out the extent [of the problem]. The last MRI I had on my neck was about 15 years ago, and it was pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carey, who had the latest in a series of shoulder operations back in 2022, has admitted he will \u201cdefinitely\u201d be going under the knife in an attempt to restore feeling in his hands.<\/p>\n
He has explained his \u201cstrength and range of movement was gone\u201d and that parts of his body are \u201cseverely arthritic\u201d.<\/p>\n
Carey won two premierships during his career \u2014 in 1996 and 1999 \u2014 and in 2010 was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
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He made headlines four years ago when he was kicked out of a casino after a bag containing white powder allegedly fell out of his pocket and onto a gaming table at the Perth Promenade Hotel.<\/p>\n
He was banned from the establishment for two years.<\/p>\n
Carey\u2019s lawyer Josh Bornstein said the powder was used to manage the physical pain caused from his years in the AFL.<\/p>\n
Bornstein said: \u201cMr Carey is prescribed anti-inflammatories and painkilling medicine to help manage the significant pain caused by debilitating football injuries \u2013 including a shoulder that needs replacing and a neck injury that requires three discs to be replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n
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