Granted, the speedy coverman from San Diego had hoped to make his debut back in Week 1. However, the kidney disorder that scared off teams indirectly contributed to him missing the first three games of his pro career.
Back in the spring, Dolphins doctors determined that he needed surgery on a sports hernia. The normal recovery time for such a procedure is three months, but Taylor faced an added hurdle: he can’t take anti-inflammatory medication that would have minimized the pain.

“Anti-inflammatories all get metabolized through the kidneys, and continual, frequent use can cause further damage,” said Bryson Lesniak, an orthopedist with the University of Miami Health System. “If you can’t control any of that inflammation, you have pain every time you move something.”
Taylor put it more bluntly.

“It definitely sucks,” he said. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster, but I’m finally healthy and ready to go whenever they want.

Pro Football Talk reported this a few weeks back. I thought it was taken care of already.

Guess not. Or he just had a set back recently. Regardless, we need him big time on Monday.

Cornerback Dimitri Patterson, who has missed the past two games with a groin injury, is also not practicing. His status for Monday night is also in serious question to the point I would doubt it.

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Inflammation after hernia surgery is one of the most painful things one can ever experience... more painful than kidney stones..

Trust me, I've had both.

well we have that in common. Doc said, you won't even know you had surgery in 2 weeks. I was still having trouble sitting at my desk for 8 hours after 6 weeks. It took me 3 months to heal completely...and yeah it sucked.

I've had kidhey stones, so if it hurt more, darn thats some pain.

lol this thread reminds of the old men who used to gather outside my granpa's store in the 70's and talk of all of their ailments. Now if you just work in a few fishing trip stories I could grab a small coke, in a bottle, poor in a pack of peanuts and I would be set.