The process

When I was researching on whether or not to do the surgery I noticed not a lot of peor posted how they started, how they research their doctor etc. And monetary cost, I think that would of really helped me.  So here is how I did it.

I first started looking for specialist in my area, podiatrist, I started looking for one long long ago, but I guess the surgery was not so popular ten years ago because for me it was difficult to find a doctor that would perform it, I visited when I was living in Washington about 3 doctors who none of them referred me to a surgeon, they would just give me tips on how to take care of my foot, what shoes to use etc.  The first doctors I finally found that did surgery were in Florida and at that time I didn't have insurance so I couldn't afforded, so then more years passed by, I lived in Canada too for some years and didn't find a doctor that could do it or that I could afford.  Finally GHlast year I moved to Mexico and I began my research again, I found now that more doctors do it now in the states because they began to understand it's not just cosmetic, but it's psychological and for some people very uncomfortable when wearing shoes to have a toe rubbing on it all the time because it's floating on top of all the other ones.  But anyways I was in Mexico and I was determined to find a doctor here.  I finally found one but it was in another state, I lived in Mexico city and he was in Monterrey that's a good 12 hrs in car going north, thank God for airplanes.

I contacted the doctor and we began communication by email a year ago, the price for one foot back then was 25,000 mxp that's roughly $2000 American dollars, back then I wasn't sure if I wanted to do the surgery yet because that would mean taking time off work for at least 2 months.  I took a year to prepare for it, so I contacted the doctor again and told me price had gone up to 29,500 mxp still affordable, we began by doing blood work and x-rays, communication by email and I sent him pictures of my feet in different positions for him to analyze.  He then said that I was fine to go to surgery the bone on my toe looked like it had a good width and my blood work results look great. The blood work and x-rays were done at a separate lab called el chico In Mexico city which were about $1,700 mxp.

I got a ticket to Monterrey and met the doctor on Monday morning, the ticket was around $645 mxp so like $50 dlrs one way.

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