Still recuperating, his life was spent going back and forth between the hospital and the team's training center. In no mood to make contact with the world outside, he even kept his trip back to Taiwan in 2006 completely under wraps. Chung was even responsible for preparing documents required for Tsao's annual US working visa.
復健期中的小曹哪裡都沒去，生活受限在醫院和球隊的訓練中心兩地，完全不想和外界聯絡的他，就連 2006 年回台灣都一路保密，每年一簽的美國工作簽證也委由鐘孟文準備書面資料。