I’m getting a good collection of broken bones now. As previously noted, I’ve broken the 5th metatarsal in my right foot. Today I went to the hospital to get the results of a CT scan on my left foot.

I’ve broken the 2nd metatarsal, the 3rd metatarsal, and also the 4th metatarsal. There are bone fragments floating around in my foot next to the ligaments, and I am now in a full cast and not allowed to put any weight on my left foot. My right foot requires no plaster at all now.

This is good in a way – I now have one working foot! However, I’m glad I moaned at the nurses who insisted I kept my weight OFF my RIGHT foot (which they strapped in a tubular bandage) and gave me a pair of crutches, instructing me to HOP on my LEFT foot. If I’d done that, the breaks would have become worse, and the bone fragments would have caused severe ligament damage.

My initial (untrained, note well) diagnosis was that I’d broken at least two bones and buggered the ligaments in my left foot. The staff at the hospital – until today – thought they knew better.

Next time I’m going private…

No. Wait. Let’s not have a next time, eh?