Med rip off
Phillipe Cartaya CPO
Description
Collection
Title:
Med rip off
Creator:
Phillipe Cartaya CPO
Date:
10/13/2006
Text:
The patient, whom I previously described on the listserve, barley goes out of the house because of how the leg fits and how it looks when he walks, 10 months now.. He and his wife have an adopted 12 yr old and he cant even enjoy doing the normal kind of outside things with his child that other people do because of the ill fitting prosthesis .
His wife asked me today where do I think her husband is right now ?, I answered w here? She said He is in the backyard in his ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR!.
He sits in an electric wheelchair with a $40,000.00 useless prostheses inside. I thought what a powerful picture it would be if I took a picture of him in his wheelchair with the hi - tech state of the art, most expensive, futuristic, computerized energy storage shock absorbing prostheses standing on the ground next to him.
I thought it might be interesting to ask other people to post what caption put under the picture would have the most impact to them.
I assured the wife that I WOULD have her husband walking and enjoying the activities he did before loosing his limb once I was done with him. He is an easy case, long A/K good shape, motivated to walk everything going for him to make it easier for me as the prosthetist. I told them not to worry about any potential the rienbursment problems , if I could at least break even Ill be happy.Phillipe Cartaya
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His wife asked me today where do I think her husband is right now ?, I answered w here? She said He is in the backyard in his ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR!.
He sits in an electric wheelchair with a $40,000.00 useless prostheses inside. I thought what a powerful picture it would be if I took a picture of him in his wheelchair with the hi - tech state of the art, most expensive, futuristic, computerized energy storage shock absorbing prostheses standing on the ground next to him.
I thought it might be interesting to ask other people to post what caption put under the picture would have the most impact to them.
I assured the wife that I WOULD have her husband walking and enjoying the activities he did before loosing his limb once I was done with him. He is an easy case, long A/K good shape, motivated to walk everything going for him to make it easier for me as the prosthetist. I told them not to worry about any potential the rienbursment problems , if I could at least break even Ill be happy.Phillipe Cartaya
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Citation
Phillipe Cartaya CPO, “Med rip off,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 4, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227459.
