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Joe Balousek

Product Designer at O-I; spinal cord injury patient advocate and guest on Healing By Design podcast discussing wound care and patient partnership in healthcare.

Jul 13, 2026

44:04
Mm-hmm.
44:05
And he said, "Let- let's find somebody up there we can talk to." So I did a little bit of research and found a name to contact, and it was a gentleman in their plastics group.
44:17
Uh, and I made an appointment for a consultation.
44:21
Went up and saw this g- this gentleman, and took my parents with me because I thought, oh, they need to be in the loop too, because frankly, this affects them as much as it affects me.
44:33
Uh, so we're, we're in.
44:36
He put- has me get on a, an exam table, and I roll over and, and he checks everything out.
44:42
I roll back over, sit up, and we're talking, and he says, "Here's the good news.
48:56
Mm-hmm.

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