Melk I’m sorry bro like the internet is littered with stories about podiatrists, including surgery, for all sorts of sports teams. Why you’re talking about ortho foot specialists is beyond me. I never said they didn’t exist.
Btw Melk just wait until you find out about who does surgery on spines and hands. It’s weird!
Littered with examples but not a single link from you. It would take a fraction of the time you’ve spent.
I’m sure it has happened at some point. I never said that it never happened.
We both know when a pro athlete needs an ankle surgery it will most likely be done by an orthopedic surgeon. We also know you can’t admit it because of course you can’t possibly be wrong. But sure, keep trying to dance around a fact that you know to be true. Gotta keep those internet points.
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I think this is true! It’s never been contested. I base that on essentially zero facts though
Podiatrists are still great foot and ankle surgeons.
I never said they couldn’t be. In fact, I reiterated that when you first decided to ikes it up. Yet here we are.
My claim is that the people who are considered the very best at it are going to be orthopedic surgeons. That’s why pro athletes, who have limitless resources at their disposal and can see anyone, go see them for their surgical needs.
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Here’s a story about Shaq going to have surgery done by a podiatric surgeon.
You guys are really helping chippa 
Yeah, he got some bone spurs shaved. Doesn’t sound like quite the same as a fractured fibula, but sure.
Again, I’m sure some podiatrist has operated on some pro athlete. But most of them are done by orthopedic surgeons. Especially ones involve load bearing injuries. It’s not close.
If anyone wants to bet on how many instances of pro athletes we can find getting their ankles operated on by orthopedic surgeons vs podiatrists let me know. I get the orthopedic surgeons.
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Thats right. I’ll be up and walking around before this argument ends. But just to update, this is fourth full day after the surgery and the leg is not feeling that bad. First two days were quite painful. But i think I’ve turned the corner over the last 48 hours. I’m no longer counting the minutes till my next pain pills. My followup is set for Wednesday.
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Rather than derail the RFK thread I’ll share my Warby Parker rant here…
I have a great pair of Warby prescription sunglasses. Got them 4-5 years ago based on a prescription I brought over from a different eye doc. Had some FSA dollars to use recently so I decide to get an new eye exam + glasses at WP. Strangely, my eye exam comes back with a much weaker prescription than my existing one. Doc and eye decide to get the glasses made and see how it goes. I get them and they’re terrible. I don’t see nearly as sharply as my $30 pair of online glasses I got years with the old script.
Went back for a re-check. Prescription became a bit stronger, basically in between the new one and my old one. Get the glasses remade. They arrive. Still bad. They’re almost creating a very slight double-vision type effect, like when you see two versions of the same image layered on top of each other but very slightly off.
Not sure what my next move is…kinda tired of all the back and forth over a $95 pair of glasses.
Can’t you just use the old prescription again?
Probably not. I don’t know why ($$$, maybe?), but glasses prescriptions actually expire.
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While sorting through all this at the store, one associate did make mention that it was expired. So I’m not 100% WP will let me use it, but I haven’t asked. If they don’t, then I guess it’s on them to tell me what my next move is, other than just a refund.
It’s possible the online manufacturers will make a pair with the old prescription, but I haven’t checked.
If you still see fine with glasses with the old prescription and don’t see good with the new ones I would just order a pair with the old one and if they asked how new it was I would lie. To the best of my knowledge their is no law preventing you from wearing whatever the hell prescription you want…
Right. I have existing pairs that are fine, and I’m guessing there’s a way to make new pairs with the old script somewhere. I guess putting this in a “rant” thread was a misnomer. More like “quirky situation I didn’t expect that’s been a bit of a time waste for me with Warby”.
I mean, I suppose you could talk to the docs that are giving you the new prescriptions and see what they have to say. I’ve never ordered glasses online so I don’t know how they get your prescription, hopefully not as draconian as Apple was with the lens inserts for the Apple Vision Pro where they required pictures of your prescription with the Dr’s name visible…
Sounds like it’s time to go see a non-mall optometrist.
I’m almost certain that Zenni just asks you to enter the information from the prescription. I don’t think you have to send them anything so shouldn’t be an issue with an expired script.
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I just checked - turns out the scripts I just got expire in 2026, and the one I used 5 years ago expires in 2028. lol, pretty sure WP is just pulling shenanigans to make people pay for eye exams more often. So I can use the old one wherever I want, I guess. Still doesn’t scratch the itch as to why these recent exams are coming out so different and leading to the product of glasses that don’t work.
I may try WB (not for an eye test, just to get glasses). I’m pretty sure I need progressives, plus the anti-glare coating has worn off in a couple spots on my current glasses.
I wish I could use my current frames, but I think they are too small for progressives. I hate picking out new ones. I prefer metal, but I have a feeling that the best looking ones that would work for progressives will end up being plastic. We shall see.
Of course, when you go with progressives, price skyrockets. Yay.