The new year hasn't exactly started off on the right foot! I don't believe in fate, I know exactly the stupid decision I took that led to snapping my right little toe in two! - That is, it's not a good idea to ride quad bikes with flip-flops - especially off-road :-) At the time it didn't hurt at all; I remember looking down after striking some low vegetation which ripped-off my flip-flop and noticed that my little toe was at a strange angle ... umm that's not good!
But shortly after the pain grew intense and I went into shock. I took a pain-killer and rested a while to recover enough to drive myself to the emergency room. The above x-ray clearly shows the displaced fracture. Actually, the worst part of this experience was the two injections of local anesthetic into my foot - which felt like the needle was being pushed through the bone!
After a few mins the doctor then pushed and tugged my toe to realign the bone - I couldn't watch, I wanted to throw-up at this point! Then to add insult to injury the clinic stung me for $182,000 pesos (~$400 USD) for the treatment - I won't forget that bike ride for a while, but I'm just glad that nothing happened to Anita who was riding 2-up with me.
