Fusions 2 & 3

Just wanted to record DD's delight on having wheels again. A couple of weeks ago she chose a second hand Ford Fusion to reinstate her independence of public transport after living in London for three years. Not very ecologically friendly but she'll be living in York and working in Leeds so it's essential. Not that she needs an excuse - she just loves to drive.

Sadly after driving to Wales and back (via Salisbury) her pride & joy developed a put-put noise (the mechanic said it was 'chuffing' - very technical!) and is in the garage waiting for new injector seals.


Fusion 3 refers to the healing that has amazingly (to me) taken place in my wrist. The x-ray taken when I first broke it showed the bone completely broken and out of place & it was painful to touch and out of the question to move. Just 5 weeks later I can lift light things and have full use of my hand again. Considering that ....

The anatomy of the wrist joint is extremely complex, probably the most complex of all the joints in the body. The wrist is actually a collection of many joints and many bones. These joints and bones let us use our hands in many ways. The wrist must be extremely mobile to give our hands a full range of motion. At the same time, the wrist must provide the strength for heavy gripping.

The wrist is made up of eight separate small bones, called the carpal bones. The carpal bones connect the two bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna, to the bones of the hand. The metacarpal bones are the long bones that lie mostly within the palm. The metacarpals are in turn attached to the phalanges, the bones in the fingers and thumb (see eorthopod for full text & especially if you've got arthritis in your wrist!)

..... so much could have gone wrong - I'm counting my blessings. It's so easy to take the miracle of our bodies for granted.