thanks for the insurance tip-it’s through the university
and they have my insurance info, so hopefully they will just run it through that.

i also agree something else is really wrong. it scares
me. i am afraid it is rheumatoid arthritis. which what the second podiatrist i saw, thought. i have always
noticed that whenever i did any range of motion exercises with my ankle-my left foot is much stiffer than my right. same with toe muscles. my left big toe doesn’t even bend. which, according to google, is a type of arthritis. i am calling my doc tomorrow morning.

i also agree that he jumped too quickly to surgery. it is a major teaching hospital, so i wonder if that plays into it.

and yeah, i am getting an MRI on tuesday.