The rest of the story about my foot.

People really do not like to see other people deviate from the norm.

I found this out recently when I hurt my foot. It may or may not have some broken bones. The injury is on the inside of the left side of my left foot.  My  foot is completely black and blue on the bottom left side.

I have decided not to get an X-ray. My foot is much better today. The injury happened on Sunday night. And even if I go and get it x-rayed; what can they do about it? If it’s broken, they would tell me to wear a boot. The reason that people wear a boot is to keep their foot steady, to avoid moving the bones in the foot. But I am keeping my foot steady right here at home.

I am sitting with both feet up on a stool.

 Both feet are resting on a pillow on a stool. I did make breakfast for my grandson, earlier. And I did walk around the kitchen a little bit, holding onto the countertops, but I did not put full weight on my foot. There is nothing wrong with the heel, the big toe, or any of the toes or the right side of the foot.  I’m careful, but I can put some weight on that foot. This is the thing: when you don’t do what “they” would do, people hate it. People don’t like to see someone veer off in a different direction. It frightens them. They tell me that they want me to go to the doctor and have my foot X-rayed. They say this is for my own good. Ha!. If I had a nickel for every time, somebody said something was “for my own good,” when it actually wasn’t, I would be rich!

There is nothing that irritates me more than being told to do what someone else thinks I should. I don’t like being told what to do. I don’t mind going off in a different direction, even if nobody else is going that way. It doesn’t upset me. In fact, it’s kind of exciting. I don’t think that my refusal to get this foot x-rayed is going to have any serious effect on my life. If I did think it was going to affect my life in a negative way, I wouldn’t hesitate to do it.

I don’t understand this fear of a “different method”. I am just taking the path less traveled. I like the path less traveled. I think it’s important that somebody try something new. If we never tried anything new, we would still be living in a cave somewhere, and I would not be dictating this into an iPhone.

Covid educated me about human nature more than anything else has ever managed to do. People like to be told what to do. It reassures them. They like to know that they’re following orders or following suggestions of someone that they consider superior. They feel safe doing this. They feel part of the norm. They are surrounded by other people who are doing and saying and thinking the same thing.

I hope that I will always retain my desire to think outside the box. Even if I occasionally make a mistake, I want to continue to be myself.  I will continue to break the rules when it suits me. Particularly, if I feel the rule is a foolish one, I will ignore it.  Useless rules like those followed by people who wore masks during the pandemic. They killed two birds with one stone by following orders and virtue signaling. They were frightened and that made them act as fools. They didn’t bother to research the facts. And they were terrified. Being afraid is a very dangerous thing to be. While you’re terrified, you can be controlled easily by someone who may not have your best interest at heart.

During Covid, I realized, to my horror, how much most people want to be told what to do. They don’t want to think independently or make decisions. They absolutely want to conform!

Not only that, they will turn on anyone who wishes to think for themselves. They want to see us neutralized or put in “camps”!

So, go do your own thing! Don’t pay attention to what anybody else says. I am still deciding about whom  to see about my injured foot. Covid destroyed my remaining faith in doctors (and many nurses). How can we ever trust them again? Just today, someone told me that doctors who work for hospitals receive a bonus at the end of the year if they have scheduled a certain number of tests. The tests are huge money-makers for these institutions. Would this be ethical? Is this a fact? I do not know, but I fear it is true.

?Therefore, everything a medical person suggests may or may not be a monetary gain for them. How should a layman protect himself from this behavior? Be alert. Check everything and everyone and read references and comments. Research your own health and the drugs or treatments you are told to take.

Finally, I called my doctor (whom I have only seen twice in four years) He is a great doctor. He looked at my foot, held it, manipulated it back and forth (carefully) and twisted it this way and that. He has a wonderful “touch” and he never once looked at a computer or paid any attention to anything but my foot.

“It is not broken,” he said. “It is just a sprain. You can wrap it with bandage material in the daytime. You don’t take drugs so I won’t prescribe painkillers. Keep it elevated, and let’s see how it does. Sprains are painful and can take a long time to heal.”

“So, I don’t have to get an X-ray?” I asked.
“Nope,” he answered. I love doctors like that. He could be wrong, of course, but we both feel comfortable about the situation.

Wrapping the foot hurt, so I didn’t keep it wrapped. I have been listening to healing vibrational music for hours yesterday and today. Can it be true that these vibrations are healing my once painful foot? It certainly seems that way.

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