And so research begins....

...good thing I kept most of my material and papers from the last time I did research. I'm still working in the ortho department because I really liked the staff and I like studying muscles/bones. The engineering aspect combined with medicine, surgery, and biology is pretty cool stuff.

Last time, my research entailed using plates over a bone tumor resection filled with "bone cement". Now, instead of making a hole and filling it, we are cutting out the entire piece of bone that had the tumor, and adding a full, adjustable length prosthesis as opposed to just a plate for support.

It's just unfortunate that the surgery size is so small (4, I think).

Oh, and I finally got a new pack of red fan-backed Tally Ho playing cards. I've used Bicycle playing cards for the longest time (as most people do), but Tally Ho's are more expensive and harder to come by. But, as I recommend to everyone, if you ever see them, get them over Bikes. They are simply better thanks to the linoid coating that lets them last much longer and fan twice as nicely. Well worth the investment.