Finding out why he was in such pain while MedTrekking in Lebanon and Israel. Verdict: slight fracture of left femoral head due to fall.
“You’re a lucky bastard,” said Dr. Trudi Pratt after seeing X-rays of The Idiot’s pelvis, spine and hip. “The subchondral fracture of the left femoral head is painful but should heal in a couple months and you’ve got great spinal disc space. These are the X-rays of a 30-year old.”
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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