Chancellor’s speedy recovery
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley was spotted in a coffee shop without crutches or a cane the day after his knee surgery last week, joking that his goal had been to best the knee recovery record of athletic director Barry Alvarez.
Asked about his surgery, Wiley admits the two can’t fairly be compared. His was outpatient via orthoscope for a torn meniscus, not the knee replacement Alvarez necessitated in 1999. But he says Alvarez’s high-profile recovery spurred him on.
“When people told me it would take weeks to recover, I joked that Barry was walking almost immediately, and I intended to do the same. As it happened, my ‘prediction’ was true, but I doubt I have ever beaten any of his injury/recovery records!”
The best news is that Wiley says his knee “is now much better than it has felt in months.”