Guest December 22, 2019 Share December 22, 2019 TLC has the early premiere on its website; Original US network premiere is January 2, 2020 Quote Stacy's life-threatening scar on her foot has left her hopeless, but she's giving it one last shot. David has the worst case of foot fungus Dr Schaeffer has ever seen. Morgan, an erotic paranormal romance novelist, is hoping to get her 6th toe amputated. Link to comment
ethalfrida December 31, 2019 Share December 31, 2019 Fascinating! These cases are so extreme they are unbelievable. I wonder why the foot fungus case was not treated long before he came to this doctor... I thought the Toe Bro was extreme but see there are far worse cases. 3 Link to comment
SuzySmith January 1, 2020 Share January 1, 2020 9 hours ago, ethalfrida said: Fascinating! These cases are so extreme they are unbelievable. I wonder why the foot fungus case was not treated long before he came to this doctor... I thought the Toe Bro was extreme but see there are far worse cases. The brother said that he had suffered several brain bleeds, so was likely somewhat impaired. If no one saw him without shoes, they may not have realized that he was in such bad shape. It was amazing to see how much better his feet were on the follow-up visit. 4 Link to comment
Lesia January 3, 2020 Share January 3, 2020 Ive seen foot people on YouTube that had better technique than this guy. More gentle, more.thorough. He was disappointing. 1 Link to comment
bilgistic January 3, 2020 Share January 3, 2020 I have a strong stomach, but eating rice while watching the foot fungus situation was not the best choice I've ever made. 1 7 4 Link to comment
sempervivum January 3, 2020 Share January 3, 2020 I was afraid the hemophiliac guy would cause even more of a bleeding incident than he did, with all his jerking and 'ow'-ing (not that I blame him). Surprised he wasn't sedated or anesthetized for this. I missed the first couple minutes, but how on earth did he manage to walk around with those growths? He seemed to be having problems walking even after the work was done. I was prepared to hate the 'erotic paranormal romance' writer, but she was quite likeable (though her husband gave me the creeps). I can't believe I saw somebody get their toes cut off on TV! Dr. Ebonie is gorgeous and seems really down to earth and sweet. 4 Link to comment
ethalfrida January 3, 2020 Share January 3, 2020 I wondered about the sedation also. He probably was because I think it would have been more painful. 1 Link to comment
SunnyBeBe January 3, 2020 Share January 3, 2020 There are risks with all kinds of sedation as well as prep, aftercare, etc. Plus, if they stick him with a needle, that could cause bleeding too, right? I guess pills could have been used, but, they would only have relaxed him, not blocked the pain. Sometimes mental health has an impact on foot heath. I have a relative who wore a band aid on one of her toes for a very long time. I noticed it, but, thought it was a different band aid. After she was diagnosed with dementia, I had to remove it and take care of it. She was lucky it turned out okay. 2 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 January 3, 2020 Share January 3, 2020 After the horrible fungus feet, and that massive infection, it was nice to just see 6 toes. 😄 That said, I'm good seeing that stuff, I used to watch operation shows while eating. 4 Link to comment
Jeeves January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 7 hours ago, sempervivum said: I was prepared to hate the 'erotic paranormal romance' writer, but she was quite likeable (though her husband gave me the creeps). I can't believe I saw somebody get their toes cut off on TV! Dr. Ebonie is gorgeous and seems really down to earth and sweet. Glad to know I wasn't the only one creeped out by her husband. When the doc was examining the writer, he made a comment about not being used to seeing six toes on people "after childhood." I was already wondering how and why she'd grown up and lived so long with the extra toes. The doc's comment leads me to think that the extra toes are usually removed in childhood. It was obviously not a complicated or tricky operation at all. I felt sorry for her that she hadn't had the surgery much earlier in her life. I thought her feet looked great after the surgery, and I'm glad she finally got it done. 1 Link to comment
BradandJanet January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 (edited) I suspect many of the people on this show have poorly controlled diabetes, which will result in foot problems from nerve or blood vessel damage. They may also avoid doctors because of fear or cost. Those flaky, fungus-infected feet must smell awful. Edited January 4, 2020 by BradandJanet 5 Link to comment
LittleIggy January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 This show makes it appear that there are podiatric deserts in this country. Those people were traveling across the country to see foot doctors! 2 Link to comment
BradandJanet January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 Orthopedic surgeons, dermatologists, and internists also work on feet, so I'm not sure why people are traveling to see the podiatrists on this show. Maybe their work is specialized. I had to change stations because the first surgery was so gross I couldn't watch it, and I have a strong stomach for these things. 1 Link to comment
CrazyMoon January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 I worked in medicine for many years, including 18 years in vascular surgery...I love this show...it's like old-home week for me...I've participated in minor surgeries, done dressing changes etc for stuff that looks worse than this...the perk is that you can't smell it through the TV...gross doesn't being to describe it... The amnio grafting was new to me...and I'm assuming it's not yet widely available, which would be why you would travel to see Dr. Ebonie. 3 Link to comment
lightninggirl January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, CrazyMoon said: The amnio grafting was new to me...and I'm assuming it's not yet widely available, which would be why you would travel to see Dr. Ebonie. That is interesting to know. 1 Link to comment
sempervivum January 5, 2020 Share January 5, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 12:01 AM, LittleIggy said: This show makes it appear that there are podiatric deserts in this country. Those people were traveling across the country to see foot doctors! Not unlike the patients on Dr. Pimple Popper, who's just a standard dermatologist. I assume these people are getting treated free or at a reduced rate. Or they're just fame whores. I'm not sure if these 2 docs are just podiatrists, though-Dr. Ebonie was actually doing surgery with the patient anesthetized, wasn't she? I don't think regular podiatrists like the Toe Bro can do that. 1 Link to comment
Jeeves January 5, 2020 Share January 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, sempervivum said: I'm not sure if these 2 docs are just podiatrists, though-Dr. Ebonie was actually doing surgery with the patient anesthetized, wasn't she? I don't think regular podiatrists like the Toe Bro can do that. I think the allowed scope of practice for podiatrists - including whether they can do surgery or the scope of surgeries they may perform - may vary from state to state within the US. IIRC, podiatrists in Canada (where the Toe Bro is located) may overall have a more limited scope of practice than US podiatrists. Link to comment
sempervivum January 5, 2020 Share January 5, 2020 Well, Dr. Ebonie seems well qualified at least: Ebonie's Resume Link to comment
CrazyMoon January 5, 2020 Share January 5, 2020 Podiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in foot & ankle treatments. They went to medical school. There is no 'just' about it....I treasure my podiatrist, who is a genius with feet. They are licensed to perform surgery in a hospital using general anesthesia. Definition of Podiatrist: A podiatrist is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), known also as a podiatric physician or surgeon, qualified by their education and training to diagnose and treat conditions affecting the foot, ankle and related structures of the leg. ... Podiatrists are defined as physicians by the federal government. 1 Link to comment
suev33 3 January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 I do want to say.....God bless these feet doctors.... because i HATE HATE HATE feet!! Even my own! 1 Link to comment
Uuuugghh January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 So David got an extreme pedicure? That was the ickiest thing I’ve ever seen 1 Link to comment
Mrs. Hanson January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 What happened to the lady with that huge infection on her right foot? That was INSANE! 1 Link to comment
StatisticalOutlier January 11, 2020 Share January 11, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 12:05 PM, CrazyMoon said: Podiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in foot & ankle treatments. They went to medical school. I don't think so. Podiatrists don't go to medical school as most of us understand it, but instead to a college of podiatric medicine. This is from the website for the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine: Quote The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) is a nationally recognized education organization that represents the nine accredited U.S. colleges of podiatric medicine as well as over 200 hospitals and organizations that conduct graduate training in podiatric medicine. https://www.aacpm.org/colleges/ I glanced at the admission requirements for the first podiatric school in the list: Bachelor's degree preferred Minimum cumulative and science GPA of 2.75 Competitive MCAT score 1 Link to comment
Celeca January 11, 2020 Share January 11, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 1:05 PM, CrazyMoon said: Podiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in foot & ankle treatments. They went to medical school. There is no 'just' about it....I treasure my podiatrist, who is a genius with feet. They are licensed to perform surgery in a hospital using general anesthesia. Definition of Podiatrist: A podiatrist is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), known also as a podiatric physician or surgeon, qualified by their education and training to diagnose and treat conditions affecting the foot, ankle and related structures of the leg. ... Podiatrists are defined as physicians by the federal government. Podiatrists are not what most people call medical doctors (M.D.). As StatisticalOutlier already mentioned, they don’t go to med school. They go to podiatry school. They are doctors. They are surgeons. But their field of expertise is everything feet and ankles. They can only work so far up the lower leg. If the issue is above a certain point on the lower leg, they have to refer their patient to an MD. The toe bro is not a podiatrist or a doctor. He is a chiropodist. He makes it very clear every time someone calls him a doctor. He stops them and corrects them 1 Link to comment
StatisticalOutlier January 12, 2020 Share January 12, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 11:08 PM, Celeca said: The toe bro is not a podiatrist or a doctor. He is a chiropodist. He makes it very clear every time someone calls him a doctor. He stops them and corrects them I hadn't noticed that. It makes me really like him. 1 Link to comment
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