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| - I badly sprained my ankle 9 years ago and it just never healed. I did PT, iced, elevated, wore an air cast. I did acupuncture, herbal compresses and chiropractic care. I consulted ankle specialists. Imaging was not conclusive and my surgeon at the time believed I had a cartilage injury. He wanted to break my ankle and stuff cartilage from my heel into the ankle. Uh yeah... No.
Fast forward 9 years, two pregnancies and an extra 50lbs and a gradual, sad acceptance that my life as a runner was over. Should I run today, my ankle swells, bruises and leaves me in a miserable state - like walking on broken glass. I can sprain it with the slightest wrong landing. I can't wear high heels worth a damn. My running, a true passion, has dwindled to nonexistence.
My husband encouraged me to use one last grain of hope and go back to a foot and ankle specialist to see if any technology advances could offer me a less traumatic resolution with a higher probability of a positive outcome. I did some pretty hefty research and decided to call Dr. Cory.
In our first meeting, he rapidly assessed my symptoms and accurately diagnosed the accessory navicular and damage to posterior tibial tendon that causes my ongoing pain, by touch. His diagnosis was later confirmed by X-ray and MRI and Dr. Cory explained the surgery that would correct it in our follow-up visit.
My surgery went without a hitch. The nurses and staff were wonderful. Dr Cory also visited with me in pre-op and reassured me in a clear, direct, no-nonsense way. I feel great, no nausea, pain managed well.
The surgery has restored my confidence in the future and has given me hope that in 9-12 months, I will once again be reunited with my sport and passion. Maybe I won't hit my old PR, but I will return to fitness, high activity, play chase with my lovely little kiddos, lose weight, get fit and live a little longer as a result.
Update: I originally gave Dr Cory 5 stars, but I revised my review down after spending Friday night repeatedly calling their after-hours number with no response. I even tried to have the surgery center reach him but the nurses I spoke to didn't have a backup number. I was in terrible pain for hours with excruciating muscle spasms, a side effect he foretold but that I didn't have a prescription for.
I finally received a call back from Dr Cory's nurse this morning (Monday) who was very defensive and advised that I had the Emergency Room available to me to get care if I needed it. He didn't seem to think it's that big a deal to not have an on-call physician return your calls, or at all unreasonable to expect a patient who had just undergone ankle surgery, with young children at home find someone to drive them to the Emergency Room in the middle of the night, even though Dr Cory had explicitly advised me to call their office if I was experiencing muscle spasms!
I later spoke directly with Dr Cory and learned that the answering service had a technical glitch that caused my messages to not be forwarded, which has apparently been remedied. He was very angry about me giving him a bad review on Yelp (he actually yelled down the phone at me) and was emphatic that this issue had never happened in 3 years of using the answering service.
I'm still glad I did the procedure, but I decided not to see Dr. Cory for any post-operative care. For one, he has a major bedside manner issue. For another, I felt my trust had been breached.
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