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Since it's slow

DH has had a messed up toe for awhile now.  It's been annoying and he finally went to see his foot doctor about it again.

This dude is a QUACK.  He busts out with, You have early onset arthritis (that he apparently missed in the x-ray, what!), and your big toe is too long, so I need to go in and shave and reshape the bone and joint.  I can schedule surgery this Tuesday.

Um, doctor needs a boat for the summer, what?!?!?!?  No.  Way.  DH agrees whole-heartedly and we set out for 2nd opinion.

One good thing about my job is connections in the healthcare field are even better than connections in the legal field.  We get recommended to another doc.  She was awesome.  She's poking around on DH's feet, explaining what she's doing the entire time, asking questions, makes him walk around.  Seriously, it looked like 1) he was getting a nice foot massage and 2) took nearly 40 minutes for her to finally give her all important opinion.

He's walking around.  She stares at his feet, pinches her face and says ominously, I think I know what the problem is.  C'mere.  He stands on a piece of paper, she draws around his feet and grabs his shoes,putting them on the piece of paper.  Yep, Yep.  She stands up and announces, Your shoes are too small. 

He did have an original injury.  The swelling for that injury exacerbated the "shoes too small" problem and has led to chronic bursitis.  At least 2 new pairs of shoes, in at least 1/2 to whole size larger, with recommended brands and one specific pair of sneakers.  So, DH is getting new shoes.  She says he should be totally out of pain and back to his running and martial arts in 6 weeks.

*For Hooka*  He has been walking around singing, "New shoes, new shoes, new shoes, ne-ew-ew-ew shoes!"  3rd season (and last) starting soon!

When we left I pointed out that I had been right for years and his damn feet were stretching out my socks when he tried to use them and sneak it past me.  Which is gross anyway.

The end.

Re: Since it's slow

  • edited December 2011
    Glad you found a good doctor who didn't need to put in a pool this summer. Sounds like a good deal for Mr. V - new shoes and soon no pain.
  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    Wow.  Thank jeebus for second opinions.

    Dang.
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  • *Candi**Candi* member
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    edited December 2011
    I can't get past shaving the toe down. W.T.F!?

    I'm glad you went somewhere else and found someone who knows wth they are doing.
  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    You didn't know that people already do that WZ?  Or at least some stupid people do.
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  • edited December 2011
    Zzilla, it's already happened. It's call Foot Binding.

    I've heard of shaving bones but never because a toe was "too long." If the toe is too long wouldn't it just make more sense to buy bigger shoes?
  • VarunaTTVarunaTT member
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    edited December 2011
    Well Great Doc did take Quack Doc x-rays and show us where he DOES have early arthritis in his big toe.  However she told us that:

    1)  It shouldn't bother him for another 20-30 years, not NOW; and
    2)  It's probably from Quack Doc giving him a cortisone shot into the joint.  She prefers to never do this, if avoidable, b/c *dun dun dun* cortisone shots into the joint can cause arthritis.

    One more good thing about this is I have been pushing for years to get DH to agree to switch all of his healthcare from this one hospital system over to mine, b/c the hospital system he uses has a bad reputation.  But he was comfortable there, his PCP is a family friend, blah, blah, blah.  After this incident, he has agreed to switch.  Yay!
  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    edited December 2011
    wouldn't a common sense solution to "your toe is too long" be to buy new shoes rather than shaving down the toe?
  • zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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    edited December 2011
    Can you give me the name of the quack doctor?  Because I would really like to have my foot bones shaved down so that I could fit into some cute shoes. 
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  • VarunaTTVarunaTT member
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    edited December 2011
    But ladies, if he just told DH to get bigger shoes, HE CAN'T GET THE BOAT!!!!  ;)
  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    LOL!  I'm sure someone else will be stupid enough and doc will get his boat.

    Cortison=the debil.  I won't ever let H get anything injected or cut.  Or on myself either of course.
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  • edited December 2011
    That doc is not only a quack but a diiick. He's incapacitate someone for weeks in order to get something (or nothing) out of it. His license should be revoked.
  • VarunaTTVarunaTT member
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    edited December 2011
    Most interesting to me were the brands she listed as good/bad.

    Bad:  Nike (which I already kinda suspected), Reebok, and Sketchers as well.

    Good:  New Balance (specifically 700-900) and Timberland <--that one shocked me b/c I always thought those boots were for style not function, y'know?  I had already been coveting the New Balance 942s, ugly though they may be, and I think she told DH to get 972s b/c they had a bit of a rock to them, so we'll both be getting new tennis shoes.
  • *Candi**Candi* member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_its-slow-7?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:1d934ea6-ca19-4f89-a76a-e6c5c2a82144Post:0837333c-1401-4228-8a61-75eccb2ed864">Re: Since it's slow</a>:
    [QUOTE]Most interesting to me were the brands she listed as good/bad. Bad:  Nike (which I already kinda suspected), Reebok, and Sketchers as well. Good:  New Balance (specifically 700-900) and Timberland 
    Posted by VarunaTT[/QUOTE]

    <div>I hate hate hate Nike's. They always rub my feet in weird places and just generally hurt. I have never had issues with New Balances.</div>
  • VarunaTTVarunaTT member
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    edited December 2011
    Well, my New Balance now give me some problems b/c the soles have a stylized cutout near the back right side of the heel.  It's making me roll out my ankle and bothering the tendon up the side of my leg.  the New Balance I want have a full sole, no fancy cutouts and full support, so I think they'll help.  But that's not the brand's fault.

    Having an orthopedic specialist analyze my stride and shoes was one of the best things I ever did for myself, seriously.
  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    Love my Brooks.  Just sayin'.

    Yes, Nikes are evil.  I never like them, even after they introduced the Bill Bowerman series.  Still hated them. 
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