‘I’m currently recovering from a surgery where doctors reconstructed this bad boy.
‘I won’t go into too much detail, because the gore factor is high, but basically the doctors took cartilage from my ear and used it to re-shape my nose. Amazing, huh?!’
Opening up about her decision in her weekly newsletter, Turia revealed the surgery was ‘pretty major’.
‘It all went well, and I’m stoked to report that I can breathe through my nostrils for the first time in 5 years!’ Turia wrote.
‘I didn’t *need* to have this surgery. I chose to have it. Why? Well, because I wanted to breathe through my nose again. But on a wider level, I believe life is all about continual improvement, and my body’s strength, health and function are things I want to keep improving.’
Turia went on to say you can’t improve ‘without doing the work’.
‘In this case, ‘doing the work’ means accepting that I’m going to be in a bit of pain, recognising that I’m not going to be able to do the things I enjoy for a while (running/surfing/being active), taking time off from work and other projects, and trusting the process,’ she wrote.
‘That last part is important. When it comes to surgery like this, I can never be 100% sure what the end result will be.
(In this case, I’m stoked that my ear doesn't look “totally disfigured” as my doctor warned - he’s nothing if not blunt!).
‘But isn’t that kind of the same with most things we try to improve?
‘Not the disfigured ear, haha, the fact that we can never be 100% certain how things will turn out. That’s true whether you’re starting a new business, moving overseas, starting a weight loss regime or training for an Ironman.
‘But here’s what I do know: Putting in the work always pays off. Always.
‘You’ve just gotta do the work, and trust the process.
‘So, if you’ve been waiting for a sign or looking for a wake-up call, this is it,’ the mum concluded.