So...this is basically where I come to rant, LOL
GRAH! I HATE doctors at the moment! They always think they now what is wrong with my feet, and they're so SURE that they don't consider something else until theirs is officially proven wrong (usually by taking lots of time on a new medicine or physical therapy). I mean, really. I've had at LEAST 5 major diagnosis (or whatever the plural is for that word...) for my feet. And they've all been wrong. But every doctor thinks, hey I'M the specialist...I MUST be right. *snort* I'm so cynical and skeptical at this point, I just don't know how to approach a doctor. I just go into see each specialist and tell them what the hell is wrong and they EACH have a different idea. And for some reason, they ALL make them sound like serious problems. Today for instance. I went to see an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in feet and ankles. He had me get MORE x-rays all to say hey, your bone structure looks normal (even though I know for a FACT that my arches have drastically collapsed in the last couple years, but hey, HE'S the doctor). So, he says it's my calf. Apparently my dorsal flexion is off (or something like that). My calves are too tight, so it puts strain on my feet (and causes intense inflammation in my arches). So, now I have to go to physical therapy (AGAIN) three times a week for a month and then he'll see me again. This might not have been a problem if he hadn't followed that statement with "If you don't see improvement in two months come back to see me" *mouth agape in shock* I mean, how do you respond to that. If my feet aren't better in two fucking months on your idea, I'm moving on dude. Obviously, your diagnosis was off if I'm not getting better in two fucking months. It just made it seem like he was saying "hey, I'm right and all...but just in case" It pissed me off. I've had this for far to long to dally for 2 months in physical therapy for something that I MIGHT have. THEN! He goes on to say, if your not feeling better after that we may have to do surgery on your calf (I guess they'd have to make a small cut in the tendon so it stretches more). I'm thinking NO FUCKING WAY am I getting surgery based on this dude's idea. It already seems so far fetched to me. I've been on so many different meds...had so many different things to do that will "make me better" that there's no way I'm resorting to surgery unless he can CONVINCE me that he actually knows what the fuck is wrong. So far...it doesn't look promising *cynical laugh*
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