Originally Posted by mrsD

I know how "weird" doctors are too! I had to work with them.
The questions they asked ME would destroy any trust patients develop in them!

Yesterday I had a foot emergency... I accidentally stubbed my left big toe, on the portable A/C we have--it is free standing with the heat exhaust tube going out the window. I didn't hit it hard, it was dark, and I registered an OW....and went back to bed. (1am ish).

I woke up with a bloody messy ugly thing that I couldn't walk on very much. My podiatrist squeezed me in...so he also did some Xrays on the problematic ankle.

The Xrays showed substantial spurring and arthritis in the heel,
and several of the bones in ankle. He said more than enough to cause issues and pain. My major sesamoid is still cracked, 2mm space between the halves too. But there were no calcium deposits there. My Achilles' tendon had many white deposits on it. I am going back next week for more discussion about that.

My toenail (which had been ruined by another previous doctor and was pretty marginal), had to be removed.

So he asked what I did for the ankle... and when I said Salonpas and aspirin, he laughed. A little snicker/chuckle. Like I was a fool. But you know that does work for me. I am suspecting he is planning some major $$ treatment for me next week! He did tell me about a new product coming out, with DMSO and tolnaftate, to help penetrate nails with fungus problems. So we will discuss that too. The salesperson came to his office the day before...so he was intrigued with that. I think my lupus attack did something to the nail..making it vulnerable to being damaged that way. I still have pain in it...this morning but not like yesterday or last night. The PN did help a little with the two injections of Lidocaine, however, but he uses Ethyl Chloride spray to make the area COLD before injections. So the PN helped with the needles a little. He took my pulses, too, and didn't say much.

Many doctors do think we are all basically stupid... that is just one thing people have to realize etc. Sometimes it seems to me that they are just "projecting" (psychological term).