“Though my mind is quite flexible, These brittle bones don’t bend” Jimmy Buffet (1981) ...and the title of the song from which these lyrics are taken, is perfectly applicable to me... “Growing Older but Not Up” As usual, the motivation behind this post is a recent event... In this case, an appointment with a podiatrist. In the treatment of an infection, a significant part of my toenail was removed. A concern about the possibility of another toe having been fractured, was also expressed. Mercifully that hasn’t proved to be the case. It would however have been a real example of an unbending “brittle bone” In the accident, in addition to bumping my head, I fractured my back, neck, and arm. In the years prior to that time, I have also managed to break quite a few other bones. The second line of the opening quotation, is most definitely, true! “What on earth has this got to do with brain injury?” Read on, regar...