Dani Pedrosa says he is 'improving a little each day' following surgery, but didn't comment on whether he will return for the first of his home Spanish MotoGP rounds, at Jerez next weekend.
A deflated Pedrosa announced he was withdrawing from racing to fix his 'arm pump' problems after dropping from second to sixth in the season-opening Qatar round.
The Repsol Honda star revealed that previous surgery had not worked but, with less intrusive options also having proven unsuccessful, was returning to seek further medical advice.
That resulted in a 'complicated' operation to remove the layer of fascia around his right forearm muscle, ruling him out of Texas and Argentina.
“Each day I'm improving a little, but patience is equally as important,” Pedrosa wrote in his latest blog for Repsol. “This is precisely how we're taking it now: slowly, step by step. You've got to let the days pass for the rehabilitation to be progressively positive.
“At the moment they took out the stitches, and the rehab is going fine. We are following the doctors' schedule and thanks to the time in rehab I'm responding well.”
Hiroshi Aoyama has ridden in place of Pedrosa, after Honda turned down an offer from retired double champion Casey Stoner.
Pedrosa's team-mate and reigning champion Marc Marquez is only fifth in the world championship after falling in Sunday's Argentina race.
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