Top 10 Holiday Emergencies Every Person with Diabetes Should Know and how to Stay out of the ER this Independence Day- Protect Your Feet This July 4th — Diabetic Holiday Safety Tips
Dr. G outlines simple, practical tips to prevent common Independence Day emergencies for people with diabetes, covering barefoot risks, fireworks and grill burns, blisters that become ulcers, blood su...
3 Juli 18min
Positive vs. Negative Surgical Margins- Every Millimeter Matters: Surgical Margins in Diabetic Limb Salvage
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G explains why surgical margins in diabetic foot surgery — especially with osteomyelitis — directly affect recurrence, healing, and the risk of further amput...
2 Juli 24min
LIMBWatch Series: Dawn Franceschina PT, DPT, CWS on Wound Healing Awareness Month and ABWM Foundation
Dr. G interviews Dr. Dawn Franceschina, a physical therapist and Vice Chair of the ABWM Foundation, about her 29-year career in wound care, advances in treatment, and the importance of Wound Healing A...
30 Juni 43min
Diabetes and Disability Series- Part 2- Will I Lose My Job? The Hidden Work Fears of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
This episode explores how diabetic foot ulcers affect not just health but work and identity. Dr. G explains common patient fears about income, insurance, and being seen as unreliable, and how employer...
29 Juni 15min
Diabetes and Disability Series- Part 1 : Do I Qualify & How Long Will I Be Out of Work
Dr. G dives into the complex reality of disability for people with diabetic foot ulcers — explaining why a diagnosis alone doesn’t determine disability, how occupation, ulcer characteristics, infectio...
28 Juni 24min
Rewind the Journey: The Preventability Index in Diabetic Limb Salvage
Dr. G explores the "Preventability Index," a framework for replaying a patients timeline to identify missed opportunities that could have prevented a diabetic foot ulcer or amputation. He explains the...
27 Juni 19min
Forgotten Infection Friday — Nocardia: The Weakly Acid‑Fast Impostor
A 62-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes presented with weeks of cough, weight loss, night sweats, and cavitary lung lesions initially suspected to be tuberculosis or malignancy. Sputum TB te...
26 Juni 24min
The Hair Test One of the Simplest Clues in Limb Salvage
Imagine a patient with no complaints whose foot hair has vanished. This episode explains the "hair test"—how absent hair on the toes and feet can be an early bedside clue to poor circulation, peripher...
25 Juni 18min
