Showing posts with label The Breaking Point in Life and Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Breaking Point in Life and Writing. Show all posts

Sunday, September 10, 2023

The Breaking Point in Life and Writing


by Martin Wiles @LinesFromGod

My life changed in five seconds. Well . . . maybe ten. 

“You have broken your femur at the neck, just where it connects to the hip ball,” the doctor said. 

Did that mean I had broken my femur . . . or my hip? 

What he said before surgery confused me even more. “I am going to insert two screws. We’d rather your own bones heal, but if this doesn’t work, we’ll do a hip replacement.”