My foot :(

Sorry everyone but I need to vent!
Competition started Saturday... I went and worked out. When leave I felt a twinge in my foot. Like maybe I stepped wrong? No clue.
Ignoring the pain all week...
Getting worse....
Keep ignoring...

This morning Woah! Put the brakes on I'm done!
I called Amanda our babysitter and went to prompt care.

I am SO FRUSTRATED with the nurse practitioner! I seriously had to hold back tears while she was in the office. She just wouldn't listen to me! All she cared about was- here's your pain meds, I'm off to the next drug seeking patient.
I seriously had to stop her from leaving twice so she would listen to me!!

My diagnosis? Sprained ankle, plantar faciitis, and tendonitis. Really dude?!? REALLY?!?! And taking an x-ray would be a waste of time so I don't need that according to her.

First it was because I am working out in crappy run down shoes. You know, she once went on a hike and one shoe had no support because she was wearing a backpack (are you lost yet? Me too...) Well she couldn't climb the stairs when she got home because her ankle hurt too much. Oh and somehow she was in a tight skirt so it was a difficult feat.

OK that's nice...Back to me (not her first nor last story).
I just bought the best shoes I have ever had with tons of support. I LOVE Sauconeys!

My shoes aren't the problem and my ankle doesn't hurt. Once again, its my foot.

Well, you said you just started a weight loss competition so I think your body is tired and its not use to working out so much so your foot just needs a break.

I'm sorry, didn't we JUST talk about how I lost 65 pounds and this is motivation to keep going? I know what the inside walls of a gym looks like. I work out at LEAST an hour every weekday. Its not because my foot isn't use to working out.

Well, You said you like swimming. Do you kick off the wall hard?
Ever since the pain started I stopped doing flip turns. And I wasn't swimming for at least a week before the pain started.

So how about I get an ace bandage...

She never came back!!!

After 15 minutes the nurse walks in- who had such a thick accent I could barely understand her. She wraps it and says ok have a good day.

WAIT- is swimming ok or not?! What do I do about my foot?! Should I stop working out? What other exercises should I do if I need to give my foot a rest?
The nurse says- Well, she's in another room. Do you want to wait for her to come out? Uh YES please! I wait another 15 minutes till she comes out. She sent the nurse back in. Uh, keep your foot up and rest three days and you'll be fine. THE END. Never saw the nurse practitioner again.

Is anybody else as frustrated as I am?!? I didn't want to go to my normal doctor because I didn't want to pay my copay then be told to go to radiology building for an x ray if needed. Pay another possible co pay... I have blue cross with medi-cal secondary. With prompt care I had no co pays. Huge freakin waste of time. I totally regret not going to the Dr in the first place. I think I am going to call and make an appointment with my dr to get some real answers.

Thanks for the vent everyone!