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by Ann (Missouri)
About 1 year ago my husband started noticing spots on the bottom of his feet and his right leg began getting puffy, warm and red. The redness grew quickly over several hours. He went to a Urgent care Facility and they had no idea what it was so he went to the emergency room at a local hospital. It took the doctors several hours to determine that he had Cellulitis. He was admitted. During the next couple of days the hospital had a Podiatrist visit. The doctor came to see him several times. After he was released, he seen the Podiatrist several times and she scheduled a surgery to cut and shorted the bone in his foot to relieve pressure. She placed a metal screw in his foot to keep the bones together and she said that he would have it the rest of his life. After about 4 months, my husband got the Cellulitis infection back along with Strep and Staph. this time he was admitted into a different hospital and they recommended different doctors. The new Podiatrist and infection doctor told us that the Podiatrist that did the surgery before should not of put a metal screw in his foot because it can hold an infection, make healing slower and infections harbor around the metal. They also told us that the screw needed to be removed because it was making things worse. Also, they told us that the special shoes that was made for him were the wrong size. During all of this they were positive that he would lose 2 toes and possibly his foot because the infection was hard to
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Thanks for a most interesting website, which has helped a lot.
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Dear Dr.Mitnick
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....I have been told that it is not hard enough to be cut off. Please help, I am not sure what to do now! THANKS FOR A WONDERFUL AND VERY HELPFUL SITE!
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You have an unusually clear, informative and well-written website for laypersons. Thank you for that.
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First, I'd like to thank you for all the information that you provide on your website and the opportunity to write to you.
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First, I want to let you know that you have the best web site I've found related to foot issues. (The only thing I had difficulty finding was the "ask a question" page.)
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I received the orthotics Monday afternoon and began wearing them Tuesday. After two days I would say that I have noticed a huge improvement in the discomfort I have been experiencing. My foot feels better than it has in months.
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I greatly admire someone like you who would donate and dedicate so much time and effort to helping strangers with no compensation. Truly, it is uncommonly kind. And your site is so intelligently arranged.
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Pacific Grove, CA
I used to work for a podiatrist (front desk) back during summers in college years ago, so I know the benefits of good care. Again, I want to thank you for an EXCELLENT website. It was so great to get to your site (top of google search) and actually find all the answers I needed EASILY and QUICKLY! Clearly you put a ton of work into it and I really appreciate it.
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Alameda, California
By the way, millions of websites could use yours as a guideline on how to organize information and make the site user-friendly. Kudos to you!
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Thank you for your very interesting and informative site!
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