It has been 6 months, half a year that i've been dealing with an issue with my leg post my accident 2 years ago. If you've never been in any near-fatal accident you'd think body recovers soon but that's not the case. I'm dealing with a couple of major issues and trying to get closer to solving them.
After 6 months of consultations with various physiotherapists, orthopaedic surgeons i've finally found a solution I can implement. But it's the journey to get this far that's been equally frustrating.
It's the apathy on part of people you rely on to provide good medical care who over a period of time stop trying to find the root cause of your problem and start treating the pain with medication and therapy suggestions which have zero positive impact towards improving your condition.
It's not that there aren't good doctors or surgeons out there but most of them lack the interest needed to dig deep to really improve their patient's health. The world is starting to encourage mediocrity and I can tell you first hand that we've given enough opportunity to breed mediocrity amongst healthcare professionals.
After struggling with specific issues that went undiagnosed for the longest time I got a reference for a physiotherapist in my city from my friend's dad. This man doesn't generally see patients any more as he's the HOD in a top medical college here but he took me in and after an hour long meeting with him I got insight into my issue.
I also visited a different ortho surgeon in my city today who corroborated these new findings and told me the exact injury that's im dealing with currently and the steps I can take towards recovery in addition to what was communicated by the physio.
My goal has been for the past year and half to get back to some kind of fitness training. I used to train regularly prior to the accident and i've missed working out in some form or the other due to multiple surgeries, pain amongst other things being a constant setback.
This could've been diagnosed sooner if the people I've met over these past 6 months paid attention to root of the issue and used their education and experience to derive at a real conclusion instead of simply writing it off as something unimportant. If I had simply believed in them I would've been looking at greater injury today.
I went with my gut feel each time that this is not correct advice until I met the right people whose approach and ability to clinically assess the situation brought the underlying issues in front of me. Doctors are also often ready to simply write pain medications of all kinds as a quick fix and send you on your way.
I've also learnt so much about my own body in the process of dealing with my injuries and attempting a near-full recovery in the past 2 years. It has also taught me so much about the correct ways of dealing with them. But dealing with incompetent doctors is frustrating nonetheless.
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