I just returned from my local follow-up x-rays for the wrist and all seems well. The set that the U(niversity) of U(tah) emergency clinic doctors did apparently held through 1 hot-tubbing, 2 days of vacation sightseeing, 3 cancelled flights and 7 nights of vicodin-induced slumber. Now I am sporting a vibrant red cast which resembles a Valentine gummy heart that someone chewed, then hawked out the side of his/her mouth. How appropriate.
The cast will be on for 6-8 wks, with x-rays every 7 days to monitor that nothing is "moving around all funny" (the doctor's words, not mine)...basically until I leave for Italy. Now, excuse me while I step away to elevate, take a nap and watch (prepare for the irony) "Bend It Like Beckham."
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Below, before-and-after x-rays from Utah. Notice the change in the overall position/angle of my bones based on putting my fingers in a medieval hangy thing with 135lbs of weights strapped around my upper arm.
Nice choice on the RED cast. It is an excellent accent color.
Posted by: jiminy cricket | Friday, 17 February 2006 at 11:46 AM
Bones are so weird. We're warm and gooey flesh donuts with a hard crunchy center!
Glad your crunch center set well.
Posted by: p-natty | Thursday, 16 February 2006 at 06:22 PM
those are some seriously bad-ass xrays, blogorelli! Good work!
Posted by: cho cho | Wednesday, 15 February 2006 at 04:34 PM
wow! that's so cool!!! the xrays and the cast I mean...not that you're in pain..and that you broke your wrist. sorry...I never broke a bone when I was a kid and I guess I still have some left-over "cast envy"!!!
you'll have to post some pics of that cast soon! (wish I could be there to sign it!)
Posted by: the polish princess | Wednesday, 15 February 2006 at 01:30 PM