We would like to give our support to Dr. Gale. He has been our Dr. since he came to Bismarck. He has been nothing but an excellent Dr. for our family.

He has done reconstructive surgery on both of our son's feet. Our oldest son Brad would not have been able to work at the job he has had for the last three years at Target if it had not been for the surgery Dr. Gale had done on his flat feet. He was in so much pain all through school and when he was first put into orthodics it helped but it wasn't enough so when the time was right Dr. Gale did the surgery that was needed and he was even able to play football which he just loved.

Spending allot of time on his feet was so painful before the surgery and now he can spent an 8 hour day on his feet which is just great. Brad is just so thankful for Dr. Gale. Brad and seen Dr. X (name editied out)   before Dr. Gale came. He was not happy with Dr. X (name editied out) at all and this was a 12 year old. When he had ingrown toe nails Dr. X (name editied out) worked on them and Brad was unable to wear shoes for a month. Dr. Gale worked on another toe nail a few years later and Brad came home with his shoes on and he put his shoes on the next morning, not pain and misery like he went through the first time.

Our second son is disabled and he did total reconstuctive surgery on his feet. Without this surgery he would not be able to walk at all today and he can. He can walk with a walker and just with our assistance and in the group home that he lives in they only use the wheelchair for transporting to functions and school, within the group home he walks with someone assistance. Dr. Gale has made Miles life allot more mobile than he would have been otherwise. We had seen Dr. X (name editied out) for several years before Dr. Gale came and he was not able to help Miles. Miles was to the point where he could not stand to bear any weight on his feet because of the way his feet were turned when he put weight on them.

I myself had some surgery done by Dr.X (name editied out) and was not impressed either. I had a fungus on my toenails which Dr. X (name editied out)  removed 5 of my toenails. I was told to keep off my feet and keep them elevated which I did, but a day later my toes were so sore and swollen, the clinic called to see how I was doing and I told them not good, but they just said keep your feet elevated and it will get better but it didn't, as it turned out I had a reaction to something they and used on my toes and I had a bad infection. At that time Dr. Gale was with Dr.X (name editied out), came to my rescue. He gave me some antibiotics and I was began to feel some relief.

Dr. Gale took care of my heel spurs after years of medication and shots to relieve it which did not help. He surgery has made me pain free since and that was done almost 6 years ago. Thank you Dr. Gale. At my job I am on my feet up to 8 hours a day and I work 3-4 days a week as a cosmetologist.

I just can not say enough good things about Dr. Gale his bed side manner is the best I have seen in a long time and he really cares about his patient. No one else has gone the extra mile for us like Dr. Gale has. Brad surgeries always seemed to bring on a snow storm and he was always there to see he had everything he needed when we weren't their for him, since we live in Hazen and the surgeries were done in Bismarck.

Thank you again.

Paulette Mattheis