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Wednesday 2004-08-18 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Four more weeks…
Back in hospital in Amsterdam for my checkup. First I see the surgeon again; I tell him I can walk but sometimes it still hurts. “Let’s see,” he says and sends me to the plaster room to have the cast taken off, and then on to radiology for a new X-ray. Then back to the surgeeon with fresh X-rays.
When I’m back, he calls me into his office where I can see the X-rays myself: it’s clearly visible a little bit of cartilage has formed in the gap between the bone parts, but there’s no ossification yet. Still, the fact that there is cartilage now indicates it’s started to heal and obviously the support of the plaster has helped. At least the prospect of an operation has receded. So… back to the plaster room for a new version — which is a different model and hurts when I stand up. Off it comes again, and a new one is fitted, more like the previous model. This one has to stay on for another four weeks.
