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01/02/2015
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RE: Absurd ICD-10 Code of the Day
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Are ICD-10 Codes driving you crazy? |
I'm just wondering if there is an ICD-10 code for nervous breakdown caused by ICD-10?
Stephen Musser, DPM, Cleveland, OH
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11/18/2024
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From: Mark H. Feldman DPM, MS
The feet shown in wood shoes in this edition are an exceedingly fine factual example of the pain the world puts on women in the world who wear high heeled shoes.
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And you thought your shoes were torture! |
No male would endure it. If only the heel on the shoes were lowered one inch, it would help exponentially, but not eliminate the torture.
Mark H. Feldman DPM, MS (retired), Pompano Beach, FL
11/13/2024
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RE: Caption Response to "Outrageous Shoes of the Day"
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You should definitely wear these when you go to your next "concer-toe!" |
Arthur Gudeon, DPM, Rego Park, NY
10/15/2024
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From: Irv Luftig, DPM
I’ve known Dr. Hartley Miltchin for over 40 years. He has spent his entire career amassing an incredibly eclectic, unique, and probably priceless shoe collection that his patients can enjoy while attending his office, at the Toronto Bata Shoe Museum, and I’m sure in a secret vault somewhere. I personally feel that Dr. Miltchin has done more to advance podiatry in Canada than anyone before him through his expertise in minimally invasive foot surgery, his presence in all the local and national media, and all his years of organizing and running the OPMA’s annual conferences.
Dr. Miltchin has taught a generation of podiatrists in Canada and the United States the unique skills required to carry on minimally invasive procedures in our offices (along with previous pioneers before him). It is generally a difficult, thankless job. I would personally like to thank him for being an inspiration to those of us in Ontario whose practices would have been so much more difficult and much less rewarding in this unique climate without him. Hartley, kudos and thank you for your indelible contribution to podiatry and for all the enjoyment we get from your incredible shoe collection.
Irv Luftig, DPM, Hamilton, Ontario
06/17/2024
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From: Martin R. Taubman, DPM, MBA
I rented an office in a small, street-front medical building for a number of years when I began my practice. My neighbor was a proctologist. One day, while we were talking he said, “I can look out the window and determine which office a patient is going to choose. The patients going to your office limp, and those coming to mine shuffle.”
Martin R. Taubman, DPM, MBA, San Diego, CA
04/09/2024
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RE: Outrageous Shoe of the Day
From: Joseph Borreggine, DPM
This is a Shoe-shi!
Joseph Borreggine, DPM, Punta Gorda, FL
05/22/2023
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From: Keith L. Gurnick, DPM
Ruby Slippers Accused Thief: If convicted, he can click his heels together three times and repeat the phrase “There's no place like jail, There's no place like jail, There's no place like jail."
Keith L. Gurnick, DPM, Los Angeles, CA
05/16/2023
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From: Keith Gurnick, DPM
Fanny Mills shown here with symptoms of Milroy’s disease.
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Fanny Mills suffered from Milroy's disease. |
That condition — which primarily affects women — causes swelling in the lower limbs.
Keith Gurnick, DPM, Los Angeles, CA
04/24/2023
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From: Gary Dorfman, DPM
I have the distinct honor of knowing both of these gentlemen. Having worked with both of them, what an honor it was.
Gary Dorfman, DPM, Dana Point, CA
02/22/2023
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From: Roody Samimi, DPM
I love the mushroom article excerpt. This is of utmost nutritional value to me. Love it!
Great work!
Roody Samimi, DPM, Modesto, CA
12/09/2022
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From: Eric Weinstein, DPM
I have since retired, but while I was practicing in Coral Springs, Florida, my office was right down the road from the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
As I heard the police sirens whizzing by my office, we got a call from a police officer who was at the scene. He said he was at an active shooting and would not be able to make his appointment later that afternoon. Talk about a good excuse!
Eric Weinstein, DPM, Naples, FL
12/07/2022
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From: Jack Ressler, DPM
On the flip side of reasons patients have for missing their appointments, I witnessed the opposite several years ago in my office. I went into one of my treatment rooms to see a patient. Upon looking up to greet her, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The patient was an elderly female with the side of her head shaven, her shirt covered with dry blood, and a large partially bloodied bandage covering a laceration that was sutured a couple of hours previously in the ER.
My first question was asking her if she was okay. She said yes and proceeded to explain what had happened. My next question was why are you here after going through all of what happened to you today? Her answer, because I had an appointment! Talk about a dedicated patient!
Jack Ressler, DPM, Del Ray Beach, FL
12/06/2022
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From: Robert Kornfeld, DPM
Years ago, I had a patient who didn’t show for her appointment. When we called, there was no answer. She called the next day to say she fell across the street from my office and sliced her foot. She said she got back in her car and drove to the nearby hospital ER.
Robert Kornfeld, DPM, NY, NY
12/05/2022
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From: Thomas Silver, DPM
My favorite excuse for missing an appointment was the patient who called in to cancel her appointment because her foot was hurting too much!
Thomas Silver, DPM, Golden Valley, MN
11/01/2022
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From: Pete Harvey, DPM
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Alien orthotic? |
When I first saw the carbon fiber minimalist shoe, I thought it was an orthotic for an interplanetary alien.
Pete Harvey, DPM, Wichita Falls, TX
09/28/2022
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From: Tip Sullivan, DPM
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Crocs pox? |
I call those “croc pox.”
Tip Sullivan, DPM, Jackson, MS
09/01/2022
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RE: Outrageous Shoes of the Day (Jimelle Rumberg, PhD)
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Foot in mouth? |
Ha! I'm sure we've all worn the shoes in the photo submitted by Dr. Jimelle Rumberg. "Foot in Mouth!"
Mark Weaver, DPM, Ft Myers, FL
03/02/2021
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From: Mark Weaver, DPM
We Seminole and Miami Hurricane fans would recognize that as the deadly FL Gator shoe. That really needs to be reckoned with! Trust me, it is deadly! But a sixty yard touchdown pass will knock its teeth out. HA!
Mark Weaver, DPM, Ft. Myers, FL (Also a Gator fan)
06/23/2020
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From: Robert P. Thiele, DPM
Regarding the foot picture, my simple guess would be a raccoon paw after a good podiatry session as those nails have been very well debrided. 
Robert P. Thiele, DPM, Bridgewater, NJ
06/15/2020
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RE: Outrageous Shoe of the Day
From: Daniel Chaskin, DPM
It is so important in these stressful times to have some comic relief. Thank you PM News for your shoe of a day.
Daniel Chaskin, DPM, Ridgewood, NY
10/01/2019
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Wow. A shoe even more fragile than a Nike!
Robert Steinberg, DPM, Schaumburg, IL
09/30/2019
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So that means a basketball player wearing those sneakers can jump really high?!
Arthur Gudeon, DPM, Rego Park, NY
02/13/2019
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From: Todd Muhly, DPM
Ellen DeGeneres has a new stand-up comedy show on Netflix. In it, she mentions that she went to a podiatrist for a neuroma. She reports that she was told there was no treatment for neuromas and that she needed to wear cowboy boots. Maybe something got lost in translation, but it is concerning that this podiatrist seemed to offer no treatment options. Either way, our profession came out poorly there.
Todd Muhly, DPM, Eugene, OR
02/12/2019
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RE: Ron Burgundy and Podiatry
From: Sean Reyes, DPM
I saw the post about Ron Burgandy mentioning podiatry. Joe Rogan made a comment on podiatry in his podcast not too long ago as well supporting us, and I thought you'd find it interesting since he is one of the most popular podcasters (if not the most popular).
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Joe Rogan's Podcast |
It's short, but sweet starting at the 7:50 mark.
Sean Reyes, DPM, Las Vegas, NV
01/12/2019
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From: Martin Taubman, DPM
I was intrigued by what appeared to be a rash of cars crashing into podiatrists’ offices so I did an Internet search and here is what I found:
3/19/2013: El Cerrito, CA
9/25/2015: Northridge, MI,
1/16/2016; Belleville, Ontario
2/01/2017: Columbus, MS
3/20/2017: Kingsport, TN
3/9/2018: Howland, OH
10/22/2018: Sterling Heights, MI
12/14/2018: Manchester, NJ
1/09/2019: Philadelphia, PA
Martin Taubman, DPM, San Diego, CA
03/07/2018
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From: Paul Busman, DPM, RN
I think Michael Carbonaro needs to be assessed for diabetic neuropathy  . That reminds me of something that happened to me many years ago. I had an ongoing summer job starting in high school, right through podiatry school, working for a roofing and aluminum siding company. One day, I was walking through our warehouse when I felt a sharp pain on the sole of my foot. When I looked, I found a roofing nail stuck in the sole. With the large flat head of a roofing nail, it had stood upright on the floor. I tried to take my boot off to check my foot but couldn't do it. I had nailed my boot to my foot! Luckily, I had my claw hammer handy and could extract the nail. I put a Band-Aid on it and went back to work.
Paul Busman, DPM, RN, Frederick, MD
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