dude! Diabetic Neuropathy! You've got to be a lot more careful with your feet. If you've had that much reduced sensitivity, you've got to be doubly careful. You don't need an amputation becasue you let some cut get too far along with an infection or gangrene.
larry On 2/27/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if I mentioned it. > > I've been sitting on my bum for a week due to a foot broken in 11 places. > > I went in for a normal doctor checkup last Friday (diabetes checkup), > and mentioned that my foot was sometimes swelling up a the end of a > long day (I assumed it was just a complication from a bad ankle-foot > sprain in December, and a side-effect of diabetes) > > The doctor looked at my foot and said, "No, I think it's broken", and > sent me for xrays. > > So I walked over to another hospital and got xrays, then walked back > to my doctor's and had her look over the xrays. She showed my a few > breaks in the foot, and sent me to the ER to see the on-call > podiatrist. > > I walked over to another building, and went to the ER, where they were > frantically waiting for me (I didn't know they had a wheelchair > waiting for me at the other clinic) > > End of story, my foot is broken in 11 places, and I am forbidden to > even touch it down for 2 months. > > And I now know that (due to neuropathy caused by diabetes), my foot > does not feel pain at quite the level it should. I knew my foot HURT, > but it didn't feel like it was INJURED, if you can see the difference. > > I walked on it for almost 2 months, removed and installed 2 boilers, > was the roadie for a heavy metal band one weekend, and started riding > my exercise bike 3-6K per day during the time it was broken. > > I am also bored out of my mind. > > On 2/27/06, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > > I actually made it out of my house and up to Walmart (although > > > snow+crutches+broken foot is NOT a good combination) > > > > Ow. How'd you do that? Did I miss the thread? > > > > > I spent most of the weekend scanning and organizing family photos > > > (some over 100 years old) > > > > Neat. I've got my Grandfather's old architectural slides to scan at > > some point. > > > > > I am hoping the grovery delivery guy shows up BEFORE lunch, to keep me > > > from a peanut butter and peanut butter lunch. > > > > As God is my witness, I shall never go hungry again! > > > > --Ben > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198154 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
