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I had my podiatrist appointment. I do not know if it was very beneficial though. It was a very quick and rushed exam. To be fair though, he was overbooked that day so had a lot of patients waiting.
I did learn that my feet are deformed. It was actually quite funny. He was speaking very quickly about bunions, hammer toes, and such and then he popped my x-rays onto the viewer and for a few moments was speechless. He finally was able to say "My God!" Then he began exclaiming about the width of my toe spread. He said he had only ever seen that in textbooks. He was really worked up about it. Honestly, I thought he was going to have a lie down afterwards to recover!
He wants me to come back in 6 weeks, but I am wondering if maybe I should try a different doctor. There were a few things that bothered me.
The office seemed a bit dirty and they made me walk barefoot to the xray room. Ewww.
When I said my job requires me to be on my feet all day, he told me to get another job.
He told me to drink tonic water for my foot spasms, but internet reasearch says that would not be helpful.
He spent a lot of time looking at my xrays, but didn't really look at my feet.
Told me to get a good, expensive pair of arch supports. He never explained why. (My pain isn't in the arches)
He rushed out of the room before I could ask any questions.
He didn't advise anything to help with the pain I am having in my toes and ball of my feet. (Maybe that is what the arch supports are for, he didn't explain)
So what do you think? Go back to him or try a different one?
I did learn that my feet are deformed. It was actually quite funny. He was speaking very quickly about bunions, hammer toes, and such and then he popped my x-rays onto the viewer and for a few moments was speechless. He finally was able to say "My God!" Then he began exclaiming about the width of my toe spread. He said he had only ever seen that in textbooks. He was really worked up about it. Honestly, I thought he was going to have a lie down afterwards to recover!
He wants me to come back in 6 weeks, but I am wondering if maybe I should try a different doctor. There were a few things that bothered me.
The office seemed a bit dirty and they made me walk barefoot to the xray room. Ewww.
When I said my job requires me to be on my feet all day, he told me to get another job.
He told me to drink tonic water for my foot spasms, but internet reasearch says that would not be helpful.
He spent a lot of time looking at my xrays, but didn't really look at my feet.
Told me to get a good, expensive pair of arch supports. He never explained why. (My pain isn't in the arches)
He rushed out of the room before I could ask any questions.
He didn't advise anything to help with the pain I am having in my toes and ball of my feet. (Maybe that is what the arch supports are for, he didn't explain)
So what do you think? Go back to him or try a different one?