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Grasswire2

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8. and if infection spreads into the bone, that must be excised too.

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 08:31 PM

Sep 2023

I lost a little bit of my big toe joint to that a few years ago.

Yeah, be careful. This April my podiatrist cut two little holes in my feet two days before I was going for pacemaker surgery. Those two little holes became infected. And then the hospital, while trying to deal with this, gave me FIVE different scans (head, chest, legs, blah blah) and the dye in the scans damaged my kidneys. I spent two weeks in rehab healing from all that. Just because of two dime-sized holes in my feet.

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dear du members who are diabetic. [View all] AllaN01Bear Sep 2023 OP

Circulatory issues related to the disease, primarily. eom Marcus IM Sep 2023 #1

thanks for your information. useful AllaN01Bear Sep 2023 #2

When the tissue can't get oxygen due to energy issues MutantAndProud Sep 2023 #3

Please say, "Have diabetes," instead of "are diabetic." Glorfindel Sep 2023 #4

Mayo Clinic: Amputation and diabetes: How to protect your feet emulatorloo Sep 2023 #5

It's a perfect storm kind of thing TexLaProgressive Sep 2023 #6

In my situation, I had a crack that developed on the callus of my right foot just beneath the two TexasTowelie Sep 2023 #7

and if infection spreads into the bone, that must be excised too. Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #8

Let me tell you about my dad... Medical_Mom Sep 2023 #9

Diabetes causes circulations problems, the feet, the legs may lose oxygen perfusion CharleyDog Sep 2023 #10

My 25 year old daughter became Type 1 at 6 SCantiGOP Sep 2023 #11

Give your daughter a deserved hug. TexLaProgressive Sep 2023 #12