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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Terrible News brotha. I never understood the correlation between diabetes and amputations.
Diabetes can cause poor blood circulation and slow wound healing. A simple cut can get terribly infected due to improper wound care or poor blood circulation. The infection or the lack of blood flow can cause the tissue in the area to die.
Depending on the amount of dead tissue, allopathic medicine prefers to excise the tissue or amputate the problem to avoid spreading or becoming systemic. You would think by now with the advancements in allopathic medicine that they would have figured a way to resolve without amputation but what do I know? We've got enough older congress critters that you know there's some pretty potent stuff out there that we're not privy to.
Feet are the biggest danger. If the diabetes has progressed enough to the point of being out of control many people get neuropathy in their feet - they start to lose feeling or actually have pain. The reason that is bad is you could get a splinter, or a rock in your shoe, or a simple cut on the bottom of your foot and not feel it at all. Meanwhile the cut gets infected, or the rock or splinter creates a sore that gets infected. Eventually gangrene sets in and you lose your foot. That's why most health insurances require foot exams and can even allow pedicures for diabetics.
I'm type 2 and it is well under control, but I remember when I first found out I had it. I was looking at houses to buy and we went to one where the agent tried to tell me I had to take my shoes off to go inside. I was still new at the whole diabetic thing and was super paranoid, so I told her I wasn't taking my shoes off in an unknown place (after explaining why) and that I would simply leave and look at other houses if she couldn't accept that. She accepted it of course.
Fast forward 20 years and I still have no foot issues, but I still never go barefoot. Some of you might have seen me post before about how I love those MyPillow Slippers and wear them all day (working from home). That is the reason.
Type 2 diabetes... you mean the optional version of diabetes.
Lose some fucking weight.
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." -Socrates
You lose weight your pancreas goes active again and your life as a diabetic is over.
Stop eating cake and brownies and motherfucking ice cream 24/7. Drink nothing but water—you can put a splash of lemonade in a big ole cup of water to make it more palatable to your sugar-seeking self.
Do some cardio on an elliptical machine—it won't even kill you!!!!!!!!
Shred your muscles in the gym at LEAST twice a week—muscles are calorie-hungry, and bigger muscles eat more calories!!!!! You get big muscles and they eat your calories for you, I'm talking PASSIVE DIETING, like passive income.... you get these muscles and now you get to lose calories for doing nothing!!!!!! NOTHING!!!!!
Come on, man!!!! Do better!! My brother lost a bunch of weight trying to find a woman in college, but fattened up when he got married, now they want him taking diabetes pills!!! I told him do NOTTTT fucking take the meds but get back on the dieting horse!!!!!
Wow you sound like a dream to be around. You would think someone with "mother issues" would try to get out from underneath that and ensure they don't pass that attitude onto other people (since they know how bad it was for them). I guess you haven't thought far enough ahead yet to realize you are doing the same stuff you say your mother did.
Does it make you feel better about yourself to put other people down who are trying to build people up or help them from doing further damage? Cycle of abuse - right? Do better.
not trying to put anyone down just no respect left for willfully fat people