Stupid doctors....

Well, the frustrations of the day began about 2:15 when I was called into the training room by our trainer, Michael, for something "very important." So I hobble on in there with my lovely boot, and he tells me my doctor called. For future cases...if a doctor calls a week later after you've hurt yourself, it's probably bad news, and you should run away (or hobble) as quick as you can! Michael tells me that the doctor got the official results of my bone scan. At this I think, what?! He saw my bone scan LAST THURSDAY when he told me I had a stress fracture in my foot. So apparently that was a lie and he put me in a boot for "safety" I'm guessing. So he continues on that they looked at it and my foot is not a stress fracture, but a full break all the way through. Yeah...how can you confuse those? I'm pretty sure they aren't very similar. So lets look at the technology aspect of this all....I had the bone scan, which is pretty sweet technology in itself. The shot me up with some stuff and it attracts to broken bones, and then when they scan, the VERY dark parts are where bones are broken. So I watched the scan as it was taken place and slowly my feet showed more clearly on the screen, and there were a few VERY dark spots. So they finish the scan, use some internet technology, and send it to my doctor who was in surgery at the time to look at. He reviews it, and gives me the wrong diagnosis. Sweet, thanks doc. So now I am still in the boot and I am offically back on crutches 24/7, no pressure on it what so ever. Why is this you ask...oh because of the fact that its a full break and its possible that I could step wrong and my bones could move and then I'd have to have surgery and my soccer career would FOREVER be over...aka my life would be over. So my conclusion on this....doctors are idiots and I don't think they can be trusted.

The frustration continues when I go to my doctors appt with a guy who is supposed to help my foot and speed up this healing process for me. I go, he pokes it a little bit. Asks what happened, and I tell him. Oh...and I tell him about the other day when I was stepping on it (w/o the boot) and it made the biggest POP and throbbed for 24 hours straight. And I told him my trainer said don't worry about it, and he looks at me and goes "If something pops and throbbs, that's never a good thing, and you should worry about it." I say thanks, thats what I thought. So some doctor is somewhat normal right. WRONG! I was there 20 minutes total. Enough time for him to poke my foot and hurt me, then tell me he wants me to ice my foot 3 times a day for 15 minutes, and that he wants me to get some calcium pills from him. Okay, I think yeah thats good...no its not because he wants me to pay $104 for a 1 month supply. WHAT?! are you kidding me?! On top of that, the 20 minute visit cost me $48. Rip off! My conclusion here is that all doctors are out to take your money.

My total conclusion....as good as technology is these days, because they got the scan back right away, if you can't read it then technology does you no good. So...I've decided that as of this injury, its the LAST one I will go to the doctor for. FORGET DOCTORS!!!!....I'll just take care of myself! I'm officially done throwing my money away to people who have NO idea what they are talking about, and who don't care about anything but money. From now on, I will be self-diagnosing myself with any injuries or illnesses!!! I think I can do just as well, if not better!!

(This totally can fit into technology, which I somewhat touched on it, that if you can't use it correctly, and don't know how to work it, then it does you no good. It will not benefit you, or anyone else.)