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Chiropodist?

It's been 15 yrs this past week since we put our plan in place and found the house, didn't move til later. We'll not be the "typical" villager as we won't move again, unless to a care-center or in a box. We told each other we'd not go back north neither (in winter) unless an extreme emergency. Tried on being snow-birds the 1st year but quickly decided that life-style wasn't for us. The rest is history and we love it here. Best wishes OP on your retirement and move here full-time. Seems I've seen your posts for longer than 3 yrs though. Question----what type of practice did you own?

Some folks don't have enough boogers of their own to pick, so they feel they have to pick somebody else's boogers.

My feet hurt :(

I've heard the term "chiropodist" and know a few podiatrists. Are they the same thing?
Is "chiropodist" just an archaic term for "podiatrist"?

Yes. Some foreign countries still use the term...

Chiropodist originally came from "hands & feet", as they treated both. Not so much anymore...

Are doctors ever really "done"?

An Ophthalmologist I knew some years back was anticipating retirement for several years before the Big Day. As I recall his plans involved woodworking and fishing. Didn't go precisely as planned though: following retirement he became involved with "Doctors Without Borders" (as I recall--maybe it had a different name) and had gotten himself into some trouble smuggling used eyeglasses INTO Venezuela.

Quite the guy.

Congrats to you!

Yeah... 40 years is enough... I've done my time and I hope I've served my patients well...

Funny, just last week, a patient was commenting about all of the changes in the office since the sale. I said, you've been coming to see me forever, how long has it been? She replied she remembered when I first joined the practice 36 years ago...

I was shocked, as I had no idea I still had patients from that long ago (as my patients tend to skew to an older demographic)...

I think she's officially my longest continual patient... Mind blown...

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I miss the stress. Not. :-) You're gonna love it.

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Made me look. Was just trying to stir the pot a bit - as is my wont - but have now checked it out again. Found this to be most informative. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PODIATRIST AND A CHIROPODIST? | Essex Union Podiatry

It all reminds me of my short foray into hospital dentistry. Had to attend a couple of the hospital's "meetings" in order to obtain "privileges" - just so as to be allowed to do charity work there. What an eye opener. The most memorable thing about them was the way the local podiatrists were treated at those events. It was an embarrassment. One of my first exposures to "the real world". :-(

Yeah... I've been luck... My residency program basically kept our hospital alive, thru app the work we did there. We were the only residents.

When I came to the hospital where I currently practiced, I did meet some resistance, but I quickly beat them down with my charm and boyish good looks...

After a few years, we had our own department (we were originally under the realm of orthopedics) and I was named Chief of Podiatry...

I made some great friends, had some great colleagues, many of whom have retired over the years. There's only a few of us left from the old days...

I checked out the link you provided... Who knew I could do all that stuff? :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Chiropodist is still used here in UK.
They are not referred to as Doctor either.

Wacky Brits...