Oh, I already go to the doctor with prepared lists of questions! :-) This time was an exception: I just awaited what she had to say. Now, of course, I already have questions for next time.
I suspect I put myself in a whole new category in her mind today. She said "...and this structure called the 'plantar plate'..." and I said "Yep, that thing that keeps my toes from going way back," and demonstrated my normal toe dorsiflexion (indicating the plantar plate is at least not torn). She looked at me funny and asked whether I'd ever had an injury there before. I said sheepishly "no, but I'm reading this book on MRI of the foot..." She chuckled. Now she knows she can go ahead and sling vocabulary!
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I suspect I put myself in a whole new category in her mind today. She said "...and this structure called the 'plantar plate'..." and I said "Yep, that thing that keeps my toes from going way back," and demonstrated my normal toe dorsiflexion (indicating the plantar plate is at least not torn). She looked at me funny and asked whether I'd ever had an injury there before. I said sheepishly "no, but I'm reading this book on MRI of the foot..." She chuckled. Now she knows she can go ahead and sling vocabulary!