Can you keep my dad in your prayers?
He is diabetic and his toe is getting black; he's getting seen today as to whether his foot can heal, or if there has to be an amputation on the toe. He can't feel his foot and we know that he's been having a rough time. He is 59 this year with dementia, as a result of TIA strokes, and he thinks we still live in Wisconsin, where we moved from 20 years ago. So it has been hard, but i am praying to maybe assign more angels his way. Thanks.
Get more than one opinion!
I speak from experience as someone who lived 15 years with no pinkie toe and few consequences. So, it's not horrible. My understanding is the big toe is the one that presents the most problems with balance.
The problem I had is doctors wanted to remove more bones eventually to correct aggressive callouses... I didn't do my research and went with it. The surgeon removed too much bone which made it worse... I had a small open wound while swimming, caught a horrible infection and had a transmetatarsal amputation two years ago which still hasn't healed. I'm in a full contact cast now, which has drastically helped healing, but wasn't even presented as an option by 4 separate podiatrists. We had to go to an orthopedic surgery practice to even have it presented as an option. Doctors are awful.
Anyway, it brought me to Jesus, so I wouldn't change a thing, but the lesson here is "measure 6 times, cut once" if at all. And from what I understand the hyperbaric chamber can also work miracles, although we couldn't afford it.
I'm also a type 1 diabetic, although with sugars in good control, and the relationship between the two has been more of an excuse for doctors than a causation. Find a good endocrinologist, it seems they'll give almost anyone a pump these days. Unfortunately, good endocrinologists are like unicorns.
God bless, prayers said.
Praying for you 335K! 🙏
OMG prayers for your healing.