left foot s/p ....


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Originally uploaded by IndigoPhoto2233
this is what my foot looked like two weeks after the injury that occurred 11/06 and can i tell you that i am still having a terrible time with the foot. diagnosed one year later is a non-union fracture of the cuboid at the fourth metatarsal....woohoo....rare fracture cuz i'm a doc....what i'm told anywho!!!!

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