saco river medical group

I am from out of state and while here on business, dropped something heavy on my toe. I went in and while the receptionist was friendly, the PA wasn't all that great. I explained what happened and she sighed heavily and tried to hide an eye roll that someone would waste her time with this since I obviously had walked in just fine, even though I was limping and in a lot of pain. My brother-in-law is a podiatrist and I explained the situation to him and he suggested drilling a hole in the nail to drain the blood and relieve the pressure. I explained this to the nurse at the beginning. Apparently while I was getting xrays, she was reviewing some textbooks. She told me, despite a professionals advice, it was not recommended unless the blood bruise covered the entire toenail and mine was only about half. She recommended I soak it in Epsom salt 4-5 times a day. Fair enough. So I bought so epsom salt and drove the 1.5 hours to my hotel with the pain in my toe getting worse by the minute. Got back and looked at my toe and the blood bruise had spread to my entire toe... I feel like she simply wanted to be done for the day since it was close to closing time and she didn't want anything to delay her and the procedure I requested was that delay. I while I can probably poke the hole myself, I had hoped for a nurse or doctor to help do it so I avoided problems. Apparently that was too much to ask.
2 7 years ago (12-04-2018)