Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Navicular

here is an article about the bone i broke:

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/otherfractures/a/scaphoid.htm

apparently it's one of the 3 worst bones to break because of the low blood flow (hip is worse(

4 comments:

  1. oh no! i just read the whole story below and the scaphoid article. the bone is so complex, it even has two names!?

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  2. it's that complex! multiple names just to further confuse patients (and apparently doctors too)

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  3. I feel sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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    oooooooooooooooooooooo bad that this happened on my watch! I promise to take better care of you in the future and wrap you in bubble wrap before we leave the house!

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  4. yikes! I'm so sorry that this happened. Let me know if I can help out in any way.
    On the bright side, I heard from a source that you ran into that you recently looked "very great and happy" out on a date on Main Street in Santa Monica. Oooh la la!

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