I fell to the side rather than over the bar. Apparently it is a Barton fracture, which is characterised by the amount of dislocation involved - my hand was offset from its normal line by over an inch.
I think I can get some type of card from the NHS which tells airport staff about the implant. Will enquire on Monday. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Digital Image Studio > Sent: 01 July 2007 00:56 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Holiday snap > > On 01/07/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, Bob, how was your break? > > > > Pretty ugly, actually. Here, have a look: > > > > http://www.web-options.com/xray1.jpg (quite a big file) > > > > But airport security should be more fun from now on: > > > > http://www.web-options.com/xray2.jpg > > > > and no, I wasn't wearing a helmet... > > Ouch, an over the handlebars Colles's fracture? > > I used to beep at airports too, just took along my x-ray to pacify > security staff. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
