McNabb plans to play in pain after forgoing operation

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Philadelphia Eagles quarterback
Donovan McNabb will play in pain after deciding to forgo hernia
surgery.

“It’s not going to take me away from what I do,” McNabb
said. “It’s not going to stop me from going out and making
plays with my legs and making plays with my arm.”

Although only surgery will correct the problem McNabb would
miss eight to 12 weeks playing time if he had the operation
now.

“All the physicians involved in this have said his pain can
get worse but the condition won’t,” said Eagles trainer Greg
Burkholder. “It’s not like he’s going to have a career-ending
problem to his abdomen or groin.”

(Writing by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina)