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Yet the relationship runs much deeper than that.
Back in 2006, after undergoing surgery for a torn left ACL, TJ suffered damage to his vestibular system, affecting both his spatial orientation and balance.
In "A Real Jimmer Dandy," which will appear in the Jan. 31 edition of "Sports Illustrated," Anderson writes: "TJ spent the better part of a year on his parents' couch, so sick and depressed that 'I feared he would do something crazy to end the agony,' (TJ's and Jimmer's mother) Kay wrote in an e-mail. There was one light in the darkness: Jimmer. 'The only thing that kept me going was his games; they were everything to me,' says TJ.
Says Kay, 'I don't know what would have happened if TJ didn't have that to hold on to. Jimmer was saving TJ's life, and he didn't even realize it.' "