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09/13/2021 Joel Lang, DPM
"My Feet Are Killing Me"
I think the program "My Feet Are Killing Me" (The Learning Channel) is a great public relations entity for the profession. However, am I the only one who thinks that the doctor taking off the shoes and socks of an able-bodied patient is "weird"? My doctor does not help me undress. For one thing, the touching of shoes, which are inherently dirty, with or without gloves, contaminates anything else that might be touched.
When I was in practice, upon entering a room, the patient had already shed his/her footwear, but the feet were covered with a towel, so that the feet were not the first thing I met when entering the room. I was able to first focus on the patient, not his/her feet.
I also think that allowing the presence of other persons in the room is inappropriate. What happened to patient privacy? Also, I did not want the visitor to become faint watching procedures that made them uncomfortable. That would only lead to having two patients in the room to treat. I feel this is also true for the other Learning Channel program, "Dr.. Pimple Popper", that I also watch regularly. Of course, the exception was a parent accompanying a minor child.
Further, lying a patient down for any painful procedure was my policy. My justification was that if you were "lying down", you could not "fall down".
Lastly, I often hear the doctors on the program say, "This is the worst . . . . I ever saw." This is often said about the severity of conditions I have personally seen many times in the past. Such a statement does not make the patient feel better and might indicate that the doctor has not seen many such conditions and is less than fully qualified to manage the condition.
Am I also the only one who feels that the post- surgical results are often less than optimal? Digits that should be straight after the effort expended, should look better than they sometimes do. Particularly, the last episode (09/09/2021) showed less-than-optimal results.
I am a big fan of the program, but feel that some things could be improved for the benefit of us all.
I would like to hear other comments.
Joel Lang, DPM, (retired), Cheverly, MD
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