About 3 weeks ago she broke one of her toes. This normally would not be a big deal but she has type 2 diabetes and it had a small wound on it. I did not know this(she hid it from me) and last wednesday we went off to the beach with my family. She was limping around a bit during the trip but she claimed it was just a small scratch. Monday morning when she got up it was black as can be from the tip of her toe to her first knuckle. We went to the ER and her toe is pretty much dead. She has to have it removed to protect the rest of the foot. The good news is she has great circulation of blood right now and it does not appear to be spreading but it is still scary as a diabetic. Surgery will be either later today or tomorrow. Please pray for her to come out of this safe with the infection dead and no chance to spread anywhere else. I appreciate it!
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Let’s try some of God’s gifts of natural medicine to my fren. ALA Alpha-lipoic acid for the diabetes, L- arginine and L-citrulline for circulation, and oil of oregano and black seed oil for the infection “oral not topical”. God bless
Haven't people cured their diabetes with low carb/ carnivore diet?
Doctors like to say it will never go away, but keto/Atkins/low carb has helped a lot of people get off their medicine. I dropped my A1C by 7 points on Atkins. Eventually I'll get the last point or 2 and I can get off my meds as well.
Note - this is only for type 2. Type 1 is a whole different animal. Attempting a diet like keto without working with your doctor would not be ideal.
Also the first time I tried Atkins my blood sugar went extremely low several times before I figured out how to do it right. I almost wrecked one day driving when my blood sugar plummeted. I got bad tunnel vision on the interstate, but I recognized it was happening, got over 3 lanes to the next exit, and got a can of (non-diet) Coke and ate a pack of Twizzlers. I was ok in about 5 minutes. It was my fault - I had picked up my daughter at the Pittsburgh airport so we could go to my grandmother's funeral in western Maryland and didn't stop for breakfast on the way. I was also tired because I drove all night from Texas to get there and meet her. That really freaked my daughter out.
I learned to be more careful, and now that my A1C is much lower I don't have that problem anymore. If you are diabetic and contemplating doing a low-carb diet please be careful. Ask your doc for diabetes education courses/classes. They helped me a lot.
To be honest I don’t know, but I think I’ll investigate that.