thanks, rob

so, at the urging of my over-protective little brother (who i love a lot) i emailed my orthopaedist a picture of my foot and asked him what i should do.

That is a fair amount of blood in the foot and I definitely think you need to have it checked. If it is a distal fracture, you are right, we would not do anything but put you in a wooden shoe, but if it is a more proximal fracture which it could be, it actually could need surgery. Let me see you this Monday, February 9 @ 12:00p and we will get an x-ray.

James Nunley, MD

the surgery comment scared me until i remembered that dr. nunley is the chief orthopaedic surgeon at duke. so of course he's going to mention surgery. that word is like "the" to him... he can't not use it.

this is the doctor that has been working on my wrists, too. and apparently he listens to me on the radio all the time. i don't know if he treats his other patients as well as he treats me (i mean, he scheduled an appointment for me --himself-- over email!), but given how much i generally dislike my other doctors i'll happily revel in this special treatment while i can get it.

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