Author: Foot Doc
Date: 5/21/2007 4:41 pm PDT
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DISCLAIMER:
THE FOLLOWING IS OFFERED GRATIS AS GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY, AND, AS SUCH, MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONER AND/OR HIS/HER PROBLEM. IT IS CLEARLY NOT BASED ON ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND/OR EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTIONER OR HIS/HER MEDICAL HISTORY, AND IT CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS DEFINITIVE MEDICAL OPINION OR ADVICE. ONLY THROUGH HANDS- ON PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE ACTUAL PATIENT CAN ACCURATE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS BE ESTABLISHED AND SPECIFIC ADVICE BE GIVEN. NO DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED OR ESTABLISHED OR MAY BE INFERRED. THE QUESTIONER AND/OR READER IS INSTRUCTED TO CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN DOCTOR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, AND TO ACT ONLY UPON HIS/HER OWN DOCTOR’S ORDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. BY THE READING OF MY POSTING WHICH FOLLOWS, THE READER STIPULATES AND CONFIRMS THAT HE/SHE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THIS DISCLAIMER AND HOLDS HARMLESS THIS WRITER. IF THIS IS NOT FULLY AGREEABLE TO YOU, THE READER, AND/OR YOU HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, YOU HEREBY ARE ADMONISHED TO READ NO FURTHER.
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Christina . . When you ask an individual patient as to what they thought of their surgery, you can only get an answer based on a solitary experience, which might have been either good or not so good. Although you might think that this will constructively help you with your own personal decision, there is no reason to believe that it really will. As with all surgeries and all medical procedures, there are successes, partial successes, results which don't quite meet expectations and frank failures, as well as complications which may even make having had the surgery worse than not having had it at all. Which answer you receive from one or even several people really has no bearing on what your experience will be. Bunion surgeries are very common, and as they are totally elective, if the majority did not achieve the reasonable expectations of the patient with no more than moderate aggravation, then not so many would be done. The best way that I can recommend to make a decision regarding such surgery is first to choose a well-qualified doctor to perform it, and even other qualified doctors for second opinions if you feel the least bit uncomfortable with the decisions and predictions of the first doctor. Then ask your questions of the doctor you choose and have confidence in, as only he/she knows your situation and what is to be done. To that end, I have previously posted the following. I hope that you will find it informative:
http://boardserver.superstats.com/read.html?id=18028&thread=17982&f=1&u=epodiatry |
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