{"id":66,"date":"2004-09-08T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2004-09-08T05:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=66"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:46:49","slug":"broken-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/08\/broken-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken foot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2:40 pm: I&#8217;m early for my appointment with my doctor. I&#8217;m writing this on my organizer and will upload it when I get home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of today has been early; I woke before my alarm and was out the door by 7:15. Driving at that time meant no traffic problems and parking was available near work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, I won&#8217;t be here too long. I need to go back to work afterwards, and I don&#8217;t want to have a late day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:03 pm: I&#8217;m now in the Radiology waiting room at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ascot-hospital.co.nz\/\">Mercy Hospital<\/a>. My doctor suspects a stress fracture<sup>*<\/sup> of my fourth metatarsal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:12 pm: X-rays are done. Just waiting for the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:30 pm: It is a fracture, and not just a stress fracture, of the third metatarsal. Three to four more weeks of healing. No jumping, running, or rollerblading. Swimming and cycling are acceptable. The gentle motion of walking is good, if I ignore the pain and walk properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>* A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foottalk.com\/stressfx.htm\">stress fracture<\/a> is a hairline crack in the bone that develops because of repeated or prolonged forces against the bone.<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2:40 pm: I&#8217;m early for my appointment with my doctor. I&#8217;m writing this on my organizer and will upload it when I get home. Most of today has been early; I woke before my alarm and was out the door by 7:15. Driving at that time meant no traffic problems and parking was available near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-day-to-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/10\/03\/search_engine_madness\/","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":0},"title":"Search engine madness","author":"Brian","date":"3 October 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"So who was it who found my site with the following searches? oral loving moms tiffanyteen pics I have a slight fracture in my back...i'm only 14 years old! sexy man An interesting selection, using search phrases that won't be happily resolved here.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Virtu&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Virtu","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/virtu\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":117,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/10\/15\/birthdays\/","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":1},"title":"Birthdays","author":"Brian","date":"15 October 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"On the day I was born Elvis Presley had the both the UK top single with \"Good Luck Charm\" and the UK top album with \"Blue Hawaii (OST)\". 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