Tina's Arena

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Speaker 1
Hi everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Tina Arena.

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Speaker 2
This week.

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Speaker 1
I wanted to.

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Speaker 2
Take you guys through the.

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Speaker 1
Adventures of my left foot. So I started running a lot this summer, and I started playing a lot of.

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Speaker 2
Pickleball.

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Speaker 1
I'm not a.

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Speaker 2
Sporty.

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Speaker 1
Person.

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Speaker 2
As we've talked about before.

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Speaker 1
I never do any lateral movements. But in pickleball, I started moving laterally.

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Speaker 2
Right.

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Speaker 1
And so I injured.

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Speaker 2
The fifth metatarsal.

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Speaker 1
Area of my foot,

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Speaker 2
The pinky toe side. I injured that.

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Speaker 1
And it wasn't any instance that I can.

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Speaker 2
Recall in which it started hurting, but it hurt a lot. And there were just have.

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Speaker 1
Sharp pain every now and then. And I think.

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Speaker 2
Because I.

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Speaker 1
Had pain on that side of my foot.

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Speaker 2
I started.

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Speaker 1
Overcompensating. And then I started.

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Speaker 2
To develop.

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Speaker 1
Pain on the other side of my foot. I'm not I'm not going to show you.

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Speaker 2
Guys my foot. Sorry.

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Speaker 1
I started developing pain under my big.

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Speaker 2
Toe area, which there's.

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Speaker 1
Two bones there called the sesamoid bones. The little tiny.

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Speaker 2
I've heard popcorn.

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Speaker 1
Kernel size bones that are under.

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Speaker 2
The big toe area.

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Speaker 1
so my.

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Speaker 2
Left foot has two injuries.

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Speaker 1
And it's not been fun. It's been about.

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Speaker 2
Eight weeks of that.

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Speaker 2
I remember this because.

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Speaker 1
In early.

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Speaker 2
August I went to a wedding and I wore.

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Speaker 1
Heels and my feet were.

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Speaker 2
Just.

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Speaker 1
Killing the entire time.

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Speaker 2
But I sucked it up.

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Speaker 1
And I.

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Speaker 2
Wore heels.

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Speaker 1
But I just remember that I was in pain and a lot of pain. And so.

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Speaker 2
About 2 or 3 weeks ago, I finally.

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Speaker 1
Went to get an X-ray done because it wasn't getting any better. And my main concern.

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Speaker 2
Was the pinky pinky toe side area, because that was really sharp.

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Speaker 1
Pain and it just didn't make sense to me, like something was obviously wrong in that area.

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Speaker 2
I went to get the X-rays.

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Speaker 1
Done, and

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Speaker 2
Whoever looked at the X-rays said that they.

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Speaker 1
Did not see any.

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Speaker 2
Fractures.

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Speaker 1
Or anything out of the ordinary on my X-rays.

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Speaker 2
And so I go to the podiatrist.

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Speaker 2
she.

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Speaker 1
Looks at my.

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Speaker 2
X-rays and says, yeah, your pinky toe area.

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Speaker 1
Looks fine. But looking at your sesamoid bone, the bone that's under the.

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Speaker 2
Big toe on the other side of the foot, it looks like it's shattered.

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Speaker 1
And in.

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Speaker 2
Pieces.

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Speaker 1
And I've never broken a bone.

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Speaker 2
Before. So immediately I went into shock.

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Speaker 1
I didn't know what to do, and I was just dumbfounded. And she didn't present me with any sort of solution. She told me.

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Speaker 2
I had to get orthotics because that would help with the.

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Speaker 1
Pain management.

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Speaker 2
But she.

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Speaker 1
Said my bone was.

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Speaker 2
Shattered.

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Speaker 1
In pieces. It's not going to heal. I might be.

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Speaker 2
Able to.

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Speaker 1
Find a surgeon that would.

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Speaker 2
Take out the pieces, but she.

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Speaker 1
Doesn't think I will find a surgeon in this.

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Speaker 2
Area. That would do it for me. So essentially, she was telling me that there's.

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Speaker 1
Nothing I can.

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Speaker 2
Do about the pain.

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Speaker 1
And the broken bone.

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Speaker 2
I just have to order orthotics.

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Speaker 1
And live.

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Speaker 2
With it and.

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Speaker 1
Manage my pain for the rest of my life. And that was devastating to me. I just.

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Speaker 2
Started.

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Speaker 1
Liking running.

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Speaker 2
I just started.

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Speaker 1
Playing pickleball with my friends. I love.

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Speaker 2
Pickleball.

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Speaker 1
Just started having a really active summer and it was so fun. And now all.

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Speaker 2
Of a.

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Speaker 1
Sudden I'm grounded and it seems like I'm not going to be able.

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Speaker 2
To do.

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Speaker 1
Any of these things that I.

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Speaker 2
Started to love.

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Speaker 1
So much.

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Speaker 2
And I was really, really devastated, really devastated. I so sad.

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Speaker 1
And I didn't know what.

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Speaker 2
To do about it. So I was.

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Speaker 1
Trying to get second opinions.

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Speaker 2
I went back to the doctor.

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Speaker 1
And the doctor.

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Speaker 2
Said, look, the radiologist said, you're.

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Speaker 1
Fine. And I'm.

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Speaker 2
Like, well, this doctor says she thinks she sees shattered.

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Speaker 1
Bones.

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Speaker 2
And so that.

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Speaker 1
General practitioner then referred me to get an ultrasound done.

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Speaker 2
However, I.

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Speaker 1
Live in Canada and the ultrasound is not booked until the end of October, and so I can't.

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Speaker 2
Just sit around here.

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Speaker 1
Until the end of.

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Speaker 2
October in order to get a real answer, because it's still hurts.

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Speaker 1
I'm still in pain on both sides of my feet.

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Speaker 1
I'm limping and things just aren't going well. I want to.

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Speaker 2
Move.

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Speaker 1
I have really been enjoying all of this movement, and so.

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Speaker 2
This.

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Speaker 1
News was completely devastating to me. And so finally.

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Speaker 2
I started to look.

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Speaker 1
At options in the United.

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Speaker 2
States.

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Speaker 1
So I drove on over to Michigan and I went to a walk in clinic. I went to Henry Ford,

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Speaker 2
got to see a doctor right away after a short wait, and they had x rays there in that.

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Speaker 1
Clinic.

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Speaker 2
Which.

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Speaker 1
I didn't know when I was booking it there. So that was just my luck, thankfully.

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Speaker 2
But, she was like, I can see what she's kind of talking about. There might be a fracture. But I was like, I just.

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Speaker 1
Really need to know for sure. I need to.

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Speaker 2
Have this answer because she is.

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Speaker 1
Saying that.

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Speaker 2
It's shattered.

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Speaker 1
And in pieces.

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Speaker 2
These words are.

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Speaker 1
Just ringing through my.

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Speaker 2
Head.

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Speaker 1
It's all I can think about. My foot bone.

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Speaker 2
Is shattered.

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Speaker 1
And in pieces, and she's saying that there's nothing I can.

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Speaker 2
Do about it. So I asked them, please.

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Speaker 1
Just do another set.

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Speaker 2
Of X-rays so that.

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Speaker 1
We can take.

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Speaker 2
A look at it.

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Speaker 1
And.

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Speaker 2
Go from there.

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Speaker 1
So they performed the.

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Speaker 2
X-rays.

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Speaker 1
And I think the person that was treating me was a.

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Speaker 2
PA physician's assistant or.

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Speaker 1
Something.

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Speaker 2
So she looked at the X-rays while I was.

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Speaker 1
There at the clinic, and she was.

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Speaker 2
Like, yeah, it looks kind of weird.

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Speaker 1
You might have a fracture. And they wanted to set me up.

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Speaker 2
With a boot.

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Speaker 1
But I didn't want.

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Speaker 2
To buy it in the USA because.

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Speaker 1
Then I would have to claim it on the way back.

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Speaker 2
To Canada, pay extra duties and taxes. So I was like.

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Speaker 1
Now I'll just buy in.

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Speaker 2
Canada, save some money, because I had to pay for the.

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Speaker 1
Walk in clinic and the X-rays out of pocket in the USA.

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Speaker 2
Which it cost me.

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Speaker 1
About $230. American if anyone is interested.

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Speaker 2
But she said, it just looks like a fracture, so.

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Speaker 1
I'm just going to boot myself and.

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Speaker 2
Take it easy for a couple.

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Speaker 1
Of weeks and it should.

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Speaker 2
Heal.

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Speaker 1
Fine. And I should be normal and have my normal foot again and not have to worry about it in the future.

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Speaker 2
So she at least.

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Speaker 1
Gave me some strand of hope that I really needed to cling on.

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Speaker 2
To. Right? And so that despair and devastation that I was feeling.

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Speaker 1
Was.

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Speaker 2
Really lifted. I still have.

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Speaker 1
Pain on both sides of my feet.

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Speaker 2
But

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Speaker 1
I know it's going to heal. And at least I was given a solution. I just couldn't accept.

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Speaker 2
What she.

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Speaker 1
Was saying.

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Speaker 2
That first doctor I just the way that she I think she's a very nice person because I saw her again today to pick up more orthotics.

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Speaker 1
And she was very kind.

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Speaker 2
But just like the way that she approached the.

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Speaker 1
Situation, not helpful for me in any way, but. So I actually ended up getting an email from Henry.

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Speaker 2
Ford that day after I left. But I didn't read it because I had a really busy day. And so earlier today.

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Speaker 1
I finally opened up that email.

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Speaker 2
It was labeled Test results.

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Speaker 1
And I read it and I didn't really understand what it was saying.

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Speaker 2
Let's read it.

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Speaker 2
It says my history.

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Speaker 1
Was pain in the ball of the foot when pushing off. And I have concern that there might be a sesamoid.

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Speaker 2
Fracture at the base of the big toe, which is. Yes, that's what.

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Speaker 1
I was concerned about.

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Speaker 2
After this other doctor had told me that it was shattered.

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Speaker 1
And then.

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Speaker 2
Pieces.

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Speaker 1
And then.

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Speaker 2
This was what, doctor said after he looked at my X-rays. There is no acute fracture. The joint spaces are preserved.

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Speaker 1
There is no erosion or.

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Speaker 2
Periosteum.

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Speaker 1
Reaction.

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Speaker 2
The soft tissues are within normal limits.

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Speaker 1
Impression.

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Speaker 2
No acute fractures are identified.

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Speaker 2
Which is consistent with what the first.

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Speaker 1
X-ray technician said. But I was concerned.

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Speaker 2
That that person.

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Speaker 1
Was only looking at my pinky toe.

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Speaker 2
Area because that was the.

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Speaker 1
Initial concern at the time.

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Speaker 2
So I was like, well, maybe if it was fractured, if my sessoms.

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Speaker 1
If my sesamoid bone was fractured, maybe they weren't looking there and they didn't see it.

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Speaker 2
So this time I have a doctor.

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Speaker 1
Looking at my sesamoid bone, and this person says there's no acute fracture.

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Speaker 2
Which is very, very.

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Speaker 1
Different than shattered and in pieces. And so I've just been on a roller.

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Speaker 2
Coaster ride of.

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Speaker 1
Emotions around my foot.

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Speaker 2
For the past 2 or 3 weeks, especially because this past.

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Speaker 1
Weekend I.

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Speaker 2
Was at a retreat with.

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Speaker 1
My with my mentor.

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Speaker 2
Heather Chauvin.

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Speaker 1
And the rest of the mentors in her community. And it was just an amazing retreat, and they did.

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Speaker 2
A hike.

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Speaker 1
And I couldn't go on the.

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Speaker 2
Hike because I had.

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Speaker 1
Pain in my foot. I didn't want to injure it further.

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Speaker 2
So I was really, really sad that I.

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Speaker 1
Was missing out on these things. And of.

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Speaker 2
Course, it's still.

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Speaker 1
Inflamed and swollen and so.

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Speaker 2
Every step it's still hurts. So I was basically.

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Speaker 1
Grounded and.

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Speaker 2
Sedentary for most of the retreat.

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Speaker 1
But now this morning I'm looking at.

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Speaker 2
This report and they say there's no acute fracture. So I was very confused.

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Speaker 1
I didn't understand what I was reading, so.

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Speaker 2
I called the.

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Speaker 1
Clinic and I asked them to explain and they told me that.

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Speaker 2
Yeah. So during.

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Speaker 1
The appointment.

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Speaker 2
The assistant was.

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Speaker 1
Looking at.

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Speaker 2
The report and told you.

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Speaker 1
What she thought and gave you a plan of action there. But then.

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Speaker 2
The X-rays were reviewed by.

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Speaker 1
An.

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Speaker 2
Osteopathic doctor. So a doctor that specializes.

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Speaker 1
In joints and bones. And that person said.

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Speaker 2
That there's.

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Speaker 1
No.

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Speaker 2
Acute fracture. So.

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Speaker 1
I think that's the end of the story.

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Speaker 2
There's no acute fracture.

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Speaker 1
So basically I'm going to rest my foot. I'm going to.

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Speaker 2
Ice it to.

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Speaker 1
Decrease inflammation.

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Speaker 2
I have I.

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Speaker 1
Was recommended Voltaren.

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Speaker 2
Cream because it's got.

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Speaker 1
Anti-inflammatory stuff in it. So I'm going to put that cream on my foot and the inflammation will go down. And when all the inflammation goes down.

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Speaker 2
Then I will be able to hopefully walk.

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Speaker 1
And be normal on my foot again.

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Speaker 2
But that prognosis is so much better and.

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Speaker 1
Shattered and in.

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Speaker 2
Pieces. Do you know what I'm saying? So this is just, you know, the.

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Speaker 1
Journey that I've been on, this.

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Speaker 2
Roller coaster of.

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Speaker 1
Emotions that I was going through.

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Speaker 2
This these past couple of weeks.

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Speaker 1
And I just wanted.

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Speaker 2
To tell you guys that if.

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Speaker 1
Someone is telling you something, a doctor, even a person of authority, and it doesn't make sense.

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Speaker 2
To you if you can't accept.

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Speaker 1
That answer, I couldn't.

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Speaker 2
Accept the fact that she.

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Speaker 1
Said there was nothing I could.

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Speaker 2
Do about it. She's like, it's just.

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Speaker 1
Pain management for.

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Speaker 2
The rest of your life. I mean, like, yes, if it's.

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Speaker 1
Fractured, I can understand that and I can go with that. But I need a plan of action. I need to get better, and I need a plan to work towards something. You can't just tell me that there's nothing I can do.

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Speaker 2
This is that we.

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Speaker 1
Just manage the pain from here on out. I'm not accepting that. I'm sorry. So I'm.

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Speaker 2
Really, really grateful that I took the.

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Speaker 1
Opportunity.

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Speaker 2
To go.

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Speaker 1
Into the United States, pay for my own appointment, and get my X-rays done again. And got a second opinion because.

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Speaker 2
Now at least I have hope.

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Speaker 1
And now I know there's a plan, and I can.

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Speaker 2
Ground myself for a few weeks, but I can't.

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Speaker 1
You know, not play.

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Speaker 2
Pickleball for the rest.

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Speaker 1
Of my life. That's not going to happen.

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Speaker 2
Fight for yourself, stand up for yourself. Get real answers, get second opinions, and figure out your best.

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Speaker 1
Plan of action. From there.

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Speaker 2
So you'll probably catch me in the gym again very soon.

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Speaker 1
See you next time! This is Tina's Arena by.