my body swallowed my bone

i broke the c7 vertebrae in my neck. that is the last bone on the way to the backbones. according to some medical dictionary, which does a far funnier job defining than i could, the:

"C7 (cervical vertebra): C7 is the symbol for the 7th cervical (neck) vertebral bone (C7) which is sometimes called the prominent vertebra due to the length of its spinous process (the projection off the back of the vertebral body).

The spinous process of the top thoracic vertebra (T1) just below C7 is sometimes even more prominent than that of the 'prominent vertebra'."

i broke off the part that they call the "spinous process" that makes it the "prominent vertebra." i lack prominence. the prominence is floating in my cavernous body awaiting to be consumed by the little munchers that dissolve dissident bone matter.  what kept these janitors from sweeping the bones away while they are in their proper place. i suppose a medical degree will not be greeting me this may.