05-09-2016, 03:42 PM
(05-09-2016, 02:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I can understand that some patients don't remember exact medical terms. But I am pretty sure Joseph knew which foot was injured. And I am also pretty sure he would know what the doctor told him about making a choice between a corrective surgery or waiting to see if the problem returned.
That option makes more sens eot me than trying to believe that professional athlete could not remember which foot was injured and what the doctor had told him about his options..
I've had patients claim I said the exact opposite of what I told them less than 5 minutes after I told them. We're not talking medical terms. We're talking plain English.
Me: You don't need an MRI. Patient: He said I need an MRI.
Me: You don't need an antibiotic. Patient: He said I need an antibiotic.
Me: It's not broken. Patient: He said it is broken.
Me: You don't need surgery. Patient: He said I need surgery.
On and on. I used to get upset and wonder how they could believe I said the exact opposite of what I said right after I said it. Not anymore because experience has taught me to know better. It happens. Frequently. Now I just patiently explain everything again because they are processing lots of new information for the first time.
That's my experience, fred. What's your's? Do you find that happens to you a lot? Hell, we've had this conversation in the past and you don't even remember.
(05-09-2016, 02:38 PM)fredtoast Wrote: In the case where the player claims he hurt one foot and Hobson claims it was the other then I am going to believe the player.
In those articles, Joseph never specified which foot he hurt. The reporters specified the laterality, but their reports don't concur.
When did Hobson report the right foot was broken? 2009. When did Sidhu report the left foot was broken? 2015. When did Joseph sign with the Texans? 2011. When did you claim Joseph had a recurrent foot issue? 2011. Which report did you have then? Hobson's 2009 report indicating it wasn't the same foot he broke in 2007. Do you have a time machine to travel from 2011 to 2015 to read Sidhu's article and then travel back to 2011 to claim it was his left foot all along based upon your knowledge of the future? No. At best, you have two conflicting reports that can't agree which foot was injured, when it was injured, or what type of fracture in a vacuum of objective evidence without any supporting statements from his treating physicians and a history of no recurring foot fractures since.
