this has not been a good year for my right foot. first my sprained ankle. now, i have suffered 'undisplaced crack fractures of the middle phalanx of the 3rd toe and the base of the distal phalanx of the 4th toe'. as the doctor explained it to me, that means that i have two broken toes - my middle toe has two cracks, one on each side of the toe, while my fourth toe has gotten off comparatively lightly, with just one crack. then there are the little chips of bone which decided to detatch themselves from the said cracks, and carve out a niche of independent existence for themselves. the little wankers.


this would probably win the most indecipherable picture award. if some notional organisation were inclined to give out awards for indecipherable pictures. and if i was so inclined to enter the picture in that competition.

such a competition would, understandably, require comprehensive captions. mine would probably be : "that's my foot. the capital r on the top right hand corner of the x-ray indicates that it's my right foot. and the little yellow arrows were drawn (very helpfully) by the radiologist. presumably he knew how incompetent the doctor was. the doctor was staring blankly at the x-ray for a good minute before i took it upon myself to point the little yellow arrows out to him." i probably wouldn't win the captioning award. assuming, again, that this organisation gave out awards for the best captioned photos, indecipherable or no. but who knows, anything can happen.

anyhow, this is a highly annoying (and painful) development. especially since this means i can't play in my basketball tournament this weekend. the highlight of my year, broken into pieces. little chips, to be precise.

i am very, very disgruntled. at least i get 2 days mc. which gives me time to blog about my disgruntledness.