Happy New Year from the Team at the Circulator Boot!

As we start 2010 with all of the expectations that a New Year brings, it is with a heavy heart that we reflect on the passing of Mr. Demos Johnson on November 7, 2009.

Mr. Johnson was a retired Army sergeant first-class from Jacksonville, FL.  He had been an Army Ranger and had proudly served his country during the Vietnam War.

Mr. Johnson was diabetic, was in a wheelchair with gangrene of both legs and was at pronounced risk of losing both legs from diabetes' complications before he met Earl Horowitz, DPM of the Jacksonviile Foot Health Center (profiled in September's Newsletter) and began Circulator Boot therapy.  After months of treatments, Dr. Horowitz was able to save his legs and when we saw Mr. Johnson this September, he was walking without a cane.

When Mr. Johnson began to see the dramatic difference that the Circulator Boot therapy was making to his legs, he made it his life's work to ensure others got the chance to gain access to Circulator Boot therapy as well. He nicknamed himself "The Hornet" and began a crusade for reimbursement that resulted in significant progress with Medicare and Private Insurers.  He singlehandedly secured TRICARE reimbursement coverage of the Circulator Boot through constant "stinging" and steadfast determination.

Mr. Johnson wanted everyone to know his story and called regularly with updates as to his progress.  Thank you Demos for all that you did in moving this therapy forward and never giving up.  You are greatly missed!