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Originally Posted by JMintzer
I can't tell you how many time I've spent 20 minutes talking to a patient, only to have them return in a month having followed exactly NONE of my instructions.
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Many people don't follow doctor's directions forever, they get lazy, the incident is fully healed, whatever the reason.
My mom was a Nazi nurse: followed all doctors orders to the letter forever. My dad had a heart attack in 1984, age 60. I talked with one of his cardiologists within the last 10 years, and he said longevity then was about 5 years, maybe 10 afterwards.
My mom made my dad follow all orders, rules, forever and he hated it. He used to sneak ham subs with mayonnaise when he was away from home on the weekends.
He lived to 90+, and its all because my mom followed all diet and exercise doctor recommendations and orders forever. If it tasted good, "Spit it out now!"
Just saying, its worth listening to doctors, and actually following directions has the probability of best results. maybe the podiatrist just wants to do nails, who knows, but I suspect that the good doctors here tell us a podiatrist have the ability and should be able to help, your current podiatrist doesn't appear to be one from your description.
good luck, and follow the doctor's orders for best results