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| - My experience was not great, but I'm giving it 3 stars because I think it's a good concept and I know others who have had no problems.
My story:
My foot hurts, so much that I realize I'm starting to favor walking on the side of my foot...this can't be good. And it's not going away. I call my PCP and they say go to Urgent Care because I'll probably need x-rays anyhow. OK.
I get there, little to no wait, which is one of the only good things.
Doctor (after x-ray) tells me that I probably pulled a muscle or something and this thing happens a lot to runners. Take a bunch of ibuprofen. It's not broken so it should heal up fine.
I follow instructions, with about a 20% improvement.
I forget why the buses stopped running this particular day, but I am walking from Oakland to pick up my car at the Bloomfield/Shadyside border when I get a call from UrgentCare asking if my foot is better. (I suppose that's kinda nice...). And I say 'no.' So after picking up my car, I stop in.
The doctor says my food is definitely not broken but maybe I should see a specialist.
I make an appointment to see a sports medicine doctor.
A few days later, after waiting 45 minutes to see sport medicine doctor (that's a WHOLE other story), he takes my foot, presses down maybe 2 times. He asks me where it hurts.
"Oh, definitely broken." And so it was. An MRI confirms that I fractured my 2nd metatarsal bone.
So much for 'definitely not broken' and trying to cure a broken foot with ibuprofen. My stomach thanks you. And then making me walk all over town on it too. Thanks.
Anyhow, when it comes to simple stuff, like a UTI or strep throat, I imagine that might work out better. But I wouldn't trust them to do more complex diagnostics ever again.
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