Wright waiting for gallbladder to be removed: “It could flare up at any moment”

Peter Wright has not been in the best form since winning the World Championship at the turn of the year but part of that has been due to health with the World Number One waiting on his gallbladder to be removed.

“It could flare up at any moment, I am just trying not to eat crumpets caked in butter,” he said as reported by The42.ie.

“I’m just waiting on a date to go in for an op, they will ring up when they’ve got space with a surgeon.

“The docs want to take my gallbladder out with keyhole surgery. It will probably be around three months time.

“I’ve just said not during the Matchplay or when I’m in Australia and New Zealand for the World Series. I’ve given them some dates but if it comes down to missing a tournament, I’ll have to accept it.”

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An example of this was at the UK Open when he had gallstones but still played on in a tournament he felt he was going to win.

“At the UK Open I felt like I was going to win that tournament, I felt great,” he added.

“I was playing Joe Cullen and I went into the practice area about three hours before my match and I didn’t get up to throw a dart.

“I was going to pull out but I didn’t throw a dart until 15 minutes before I went on stage. I was in pain and I was going to pull out. It’s not nice, it’s happened before in the Players Championship when I had no sleep for about a week.

“Obviously my form has been terrible this year. I’ve had other stuff on my mind, we’ve had family stuff to deal with.

“All that is sort of settled so we know what we are doing now. My head is in a good space and that’s all that counts. I believe I can go and do it again, only better this time.

“The other players will have to go back on the practice board if they want to win this one. I’m going to go and win it again.”

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