Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
Hi, I'm Mckenzie posting this thread on behalf of my dear father who stepped on a tomtack November 11th of last year, and didn't notice until 5 hours later, but unfortunately the damage was already done.
My father is diabetic, and has no feelings in his lower legs and of course feet.
The doctors immediately put him on strong antibiotics, didn't work and the infection was quick to work itself into the foot, and created a hollow hole which will just won't heal.
For a few months he was connected to IV & antibiotics intervenus* through his arms, then eventually the doctor had to remove the needles due to infection starting in one of his arm.
He now has two holes filled with drains, and is changed daily by a home nurse that visits every morning.
He's so scared that the hollow hole in his foot will eventually go to the bone and he will have to get his foot amputated.
At this time, months later, the infection has stop but when will that hole fill up and heal.
Desperate for answers from you kind people.
Thank you, Mckenzie
My father is diabetic, and has no feelings in his lower legs and of course feet.
The doctors immediately put him on strong antibiotics, didn't work and the infection was quick to work itself into the foot, and created a hollow hole which will just won't heal.
For a few months he was connected to IV & antibiotics intervenus* through his arms, then eventually the doctor had to remove the needles due to infection starting in one of his arm.
He now has two holes filled with drains, and is changed daily by a home nurse that visits every morning.
He's so scared that the hollow hole in his foot will eventually go to the bone and he will have to get his foot amputated.
At this time, months later, the infection has stop but when will that hole fill up and heal.
Desperate for answers from you kind people.
Thank you, Mckenzie
I am not advising on what should be done. But, if it comes to it and the Doctors start advising that they amputate. Don't be afraid.
My Dad had to have his leg amputated below the knee and it has been hard. But it was a decision that had to be made. My Dad worked very hard with the physiotherapists and was walking on a prosthetic in 4 months. He did have a setback when he fell due to problems with medication and balance and he fractured a vertebra, but before that he had started walking only using a cane for balance.
Oh, Mom and Dad have a townhouse with bedrooms upstairs and kitchen and living room downstairs so Dad does go up and down them stairs from the beginning!
Anyway, if it comes to it, it is not tragic or the end.
Get good advice on how it will heal, if it will heal, what dangers there are for the meantime while it is healing.
I myself have no feeling in much of the soles of my feet and little in the rest of the soles. There is a lot of loss of sensation in the rest of the foot as well. I have to be very careful.
Take Care