Month: February 2010
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X-ray at 18 days.
For interest. This oblique view is more telling than the A-P.
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New neuroscience podcast!
Phil Newton (henceforth to be known as Dr Phil) and I have begun a new podcast series to help medical students and others in similar need learn about neuroscience. Phil intends the series to be complementary to the lecture series in Swansea, but it should be useful and maybe even interesting to students anywhere. In…
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Counting the days
I’m back into fracture clinic tomorrow morning. The foot feels pretty good and is well supported by the cast. As you can see from the image above, I’ve got counters running that count the days of healing and count down towards my major races this year. I won’t be that fit for Windsor but I…
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Going nuts
It’s almost two weeks since I fractured the bone in my foot and I’m starting to go nuts. Kim’s surprised I’ve not gone mad already. I’m trying not to think about it. Six weeks in plaster and six weeks out of training is the least of it. As I can’t put any weight on my…
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Podcast episode 23
A new podcast is up on iTunes and the medicine page of my blog. Rhi and I finish talking about our list of things med students really should know about the anatomy of the pelvis. We include the vas deferens and the urethra, the os, the organs of the female pelvis and their ligaments, and…
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Spiral fracture of the distal shaft of the fifth metatarsal bone of my left foot
After a very brief assessment in fracture clinic this morning (and all that was needed) I had a load bearing cast wrapped around my leg, ankle and foot to replace the weekend’s temporary backslap plaster cast. The verdict: 6 weeks in a cast, no load bearing for 2 weeks, expect 8-12 weeks before walking with…
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Broken
Oh dear. I broke my foot this morning. I foolishly left too much crap in the hall downstairs, and when I ran downstairs to answer the door I was looking at the stuff instead of where I was placing my feet. I missed the bottom step, landed heavily and inverted my left foot. I couldn’t…