Testimonial of Early Experience with Circulator Boot
and Some Case Histories
Dr. DeLellis's Case Histories
Further Amputations are Avoided in a Gentleman with
Open Sores Caused by a Golf Ball Present in His Shoe
Mr. D.S. is a 72 year old male insulin-dependent diabetic with a long history of poor circulation and diabetic neuropathy resulting in severe numbness and loss of sensation. He had undergone previous amputations of various toes.
Due to the profound loss of feeling, he was unable to feel the presence of a golf ball in his shoe. This subsequently caused an ulcer of his second toe.
In an attempt to avoid continued ulceration, bone infection and eventual amputation, he began Circulator Boot treatments. After 20 treatments, the ulcer healed completely and he states that he is able to now walk without tired legs as he had in the past.
Retired Air Force Combat Pilot Returns to the
Pearl Harbor Memorial on His Own Two Feet
Mr. H.W. is a 77 year old male diabetic who presented to us in 2000 with non-healing ulcers, including his right heel and great toe as well as the top of his left foot, beginning in 1988.
He had been under treatment at a wound care center and underwent arterial bypass surgery in 1998. He was further treated with hyperbaric oxygen, chelation and skin grafting with little success. Following evaluation by a competent vascular surgeon, he was told that amputation of his legs was imminent.
H.W. and his wife read about our Circulator Boot treatments in the newspaper. H.W. underwent 56 treatments and his ulcers are completely healed. He is now walking in Diabetic Therapeutic Shoes and was able to fulfill his dream of returning to the Pearl Harbor Memorial and combined with it a second honeymoon.
A Below-the-Knee Amputee Saves His Other Leg
Thanks to His Son in Colorado
CS. is a 78 year old male with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for approximately ten years. He has a long history of poor circulation necessitating a below-the-knee amputation on the right side in 1999.
His circulatory problems in both legs began in 1996 and he underwent an arterial bypass surgery on the left side in 1997 and a balloon angioplasty of the right and left legs in 1999. He was concerned about the presence of a sore that he noted on the bottom of his left foot. He was aware that the right foot being amputated began with a similar sore.
His son living in Colorado found information about our Circulator Boot on the Internet and encouraged his father to come in for an evaluation in March of 2002.
Following evaluation, he underwent 40 Circulator Boot treatments following which his circulation vastly improved. The skin temperature, color and texture returned to normal and he is able to walk with much less problems. He is in no immediate danger of losing his left foot and he will be visiting his son this year in Colorado.
A Retired Engineer Can Now Take His Grandson
to Disney World
J.F. is a 69 year old male with type II insulin-dependent diabetes for a duration of thirty years. In addition to numbness, burning, tingling and swelling of both feet and legs, as well as poor circulation, he had complications of cardiac disease, gout, low back pain, obesity and lymphedema.
He was unable to walk without pain and had severe numbness and burning which prevented him from sleeping. He was under treatment with water pills, anti-anxiety and circulatory medication. He had special bandages as well as intermittent venous compression treatments.
Following his first eight Circulator Boot treatments, J.F. related that the pain and the numbness in his feet eased up, the swelling was diminished and his ability to walk was improved.
After completing a total of 40 Circulator Boot treatments on both lower extremities, his painful neuropathy from the diabetes no longer kept him up at night. His swelling continued to subside and he was able to walk even at the amusement park with his grandson without pain.
Legs Saved From Amputation
P.S. is a 65 year old female with a long history of poor circulation, open sores in the left foot and Raynaud's disease. She was evaluated by a very prominent vascular surgeon who stated that no surgery could be performed that would help her and that she would eventually require a below-the-knee amputation, or an above-the-knee amputation of the left lower extremity. Her doctor told her about the Circulator Boot.
Prior to her Circulator Boot treatment, she was found to be able to walk a total distance of 30 feet at which time she was compelled to stop due to sharp pains in both calves. She was on numerous medications including Coumadin, Pletal, Niacin and narcotics for the pain.
She underwent 40 Circulator Boot treatments on the left leg and is now able to walk a distance of 600 feet without stopping, pain free.
Race Horse Owner and Breeder Is Walking Once Again,
Pain-Free of his Intermittent Claudication,
Numbness and Tingling
R.W. is a 60 year old male with type II insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for a duration of twenty years who complained of painful walking causing him to stop and rest as well as numbness, tingling, burning in both feet preventing him from sleeping.
He was evaluated and found to have inability to walk a distance of approximately 250 feet at which time he was compelled to stop due to severe calf pain. He was also found to have cold temperature of both feet, hair loss and discoloration of his skin.
Mr. W. completed 40 Circulator boot treatments after which he is able to walk unlimited distances without stopping, is pain free and no longer has trouble sleeping.
Medical Colleague's Father-in-Law Avoids Amputation
and Ulcers Heal
Mr. M.T. is an 86 year old type II insulin-dependent diabetic who noted three weeks previously a painful ulcer on the ball of his left foot. He also complained of burning, numbness and tingling in both lower legs and feet. In spite of self treatment with soaks and topical medications, the pain became more severe and the ulcer larger. He was able to walk only with the assistance of a cane.
Doppler studies demonstrated a significant narrowing of the arteries in his lower leg and examination and evaulation by a vascular surgeon determined that the vessels were too small to bypass and that there was no surgery that could be performed to help him.
He began Circulator Boot treatments and local wound care. Following 36 Circulator Boot treatments, his ulcer was completely healed. He was in regular shoes walking pain-free without a cane. As a bonus, his complaints of numbness, burning and tingling in his legs and feet were resolved as a result of the Circulator Boot treatments.
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