Old shoes
No grip
Rainy night
Bad slip
Land hard
Right hand
Swear loud
Can stand
Large scotch
Off to bed
Can’t sleep
Hand red
Next day
Ignore pain
To work
More rain
Hand hurts
NSAID
Still hurts
Still red
Day three
Bruise see
Bite bullet
A&E
Good news
Old mate
Straight in
No wait!
X-ray
Broken bone
Strapped up
Sent home
Fracture clinic
Another mate!
Light banter
Piss take
CT
OK
Hand therapy
Sent away
Feeling better
Less stress
God bless
The NHS
Back home
Rain again
Old shoes
In bin.
Dr Matt Burkes is a GP in Hampshire
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