Brisbane prop Corey Jensen has opened up on the uncertainty surrounding the blood clots on his lung as he targets an inspirational late-season return to action.
The sight of Jensen doing his own field work at training alongside winger Deine Mariner, who had six operations to save his right leg after developing compartment syndrome, is a huge boost to the Broncos' hopes of making a late-season charge up the ladder.
Jensen had flu symptoms in the fortnight before the round-seven Wests Tigers match but felt fit enough to play on game day despite a pain in his side. The tough 32-year-old, who also possesses a sports science degree, played the match.
On returning to Brisbane, he felt ill and was taken to hospital where it was established he had developed a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot that stops blood flow to the lung.
