->  DW> foot and it became swollen. Then, on the top, a deep dimple appeared 
->  DW> where the nail had nearly come through. There must still be some scar 
->  DW> tissue which didn't swell like the normal adjacent tissue. 
 
-> A neater physical memory than the traditional surface scar ! 
 
-> :-) 
  
But it shows itself only when I hurt that foot, which I'm glad to say 
doesn't happen often. 
  
About six months ago, I badly broke my left wrist. The first time in my 
life that I've broken a bone. I had to have surgery, during which an 
"external fixator" was put on it. That was basically a metal bar that 
was fixed to the bones with screws that penetrated the skin. It held 
everything rigidly in place while the bones healed. I was told it was 
much more rigid than a plaster cast. After a couple of months, it was 
removed, and the screw-holes healed in much the same way as my foot did 
after the nail went through it. Sometimes, dimples appear where the 
screws were. 
  
After the fixator was removed, and after another few weeks in a cast 
(it really was a bad break), I attended a physiotherapy and 
rehabilitation clinic three times a week to get the motion and strength 
back in the wrist and hand. It was a clinic that specialized in wrist 
and hand injuries, so all of us patients had suffered similar injuries. 
Many of us bore the same "badge" of dimples in our arms and hands. 
  
They threw me out of the clinic after a couple of months, when my hand 
stopped improving. It's *almost* normal, but not quite as good as it 
was before being hurt. I guess I'll just have to live with it. 
  
Age sucks. 
  
                          dow 
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