The two blisters

[Ljc]

On Tuesday I spotted two blisters on my toses, no idea what caused them, it wasn't that my shoes had rubbed, I'm still wearing my NHS provided open toed adjustable sandal, it's soooo fashionable , great choice of colours too, you can have any colour you want as long as it's black 🙂.
All was well with my foot apart from them, so thought I'd just keep a close eye on them.
Turned out to be a bad choice.
All Ok till bedtime Friday. The two toeses were going red and one blister was no longer small.
Well after having a great deal of fun, not, with 111
I'm now back in hospital on the same ward I was on in January and being very well looked after.
Am on some strong intravenous antibiotics.
Seems I have a tiny patch of gangrene one one toe, they don't know if the antibiotics will help to clear it,
They also found out something new , I have now developed postural hypotension.
That's me to a T see doc etc for one thing and come out with something else 🙄

I'm in a side room, got my own telly and loo. Bless them they were being very nice in telling me they had to put me in a single room as all the other bays were full of men , rather than the truth that I've got an upset tum n they need to keep me away from other patients at least for a while, I'm just hoping they don't want a sample, they seem to have taken samples from everywhere else at least twice.

 

[Bloden]

Oh no, what a nasty surprise, Ljc. I hope you're out of the hozzie asap. 🙂

 

[grovesy]

Hope the antibiotics work.

 

[Carolg]

Oh Ljc, hope you get better soon.two edge sword a single room, but better getting p&q especially with upset tum. Hope your toes are better soon

 

[Stitch147]

Hope you get better soon. Fingers crossed the antibiotics do the job.

 

[Robin]

Sorry to hear that, Ljc. Did the upset tum start after the antibiotics? My son had strong intravenous ones after a burst appendix, and they were panicking a bit because they thought it was related to the op, but as soon as the course of antibiotics finished, it cleared up immediately. I never thought to connect it, as I assumed they'd only upset your tum if you were taking them by mouth, but not so in my son's case!

 

[AndBreathe]

Blimey @Ljc , that's a sobering story.

I hope you're feeling better soon and the toes recover well. At least in a single room you can have quiet and go to sleep etc., when you want to. Hopefully you'll have plenty of visitors to keep you going. 🙂

 

[Lindarose]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Ljc. 🙂

 

[KookyCat]

Oh Crickey, I hope those antibiotics work swiftly and you don't have to spend too long in the hospital.

 

[Diabeticliberty]

Oh my Lord this is terrible news. I am really worried about you . I don't wanna sound silly but you really are in the best possible place and I am sure that they and you will be able to clear it up. At least I really hope they can. Please stay strong and take extra special care of yourself. Please keep us all updated on your progress. I am sure that we will all be thinking of you, I certainly will.


All the very best,
Geoff

 

[Ljc]

Thank you everyone. I should have know better ans sought professional advice soon as I noticed them blisters. I mean I am not new to this D lark so should know better !!!
Well the gloom merchants (not really, they're actually very, nice but they don't like go give us any glimmer of false hope, so we are not shocked if things don't work out) have been round.
I have Cellulitis, which I knew once seen never forgotten lol.
Said they'll decide Monday what to do about my toe, I may have to lose it, please keep fingers X for me.

The moral of this story is, if their is anything not quite right with your feet, the no matter how small and insignificant it may seem, don't do as I did, things can and do go rapidly wrong.

They are letting me handle all my meds myself including insulin 🙂
The nursing staff I've seen so far don't seem to understand about carb counting an bolusing , they keep wanting to know how much rapid insulin I take and when I take it

 

[Caroline]

I hope it is all sorted out soon. They generally give the strong antibiotics in a drip to avoid upsetting the tummy too much. Good job things are being looked after and you'll soon be (pardon the pun) back on your feet

 

[Carolg]

Thank you everyone. I should have know better ans sought professional advice soon as I noticed them blisters. I mean I am not new to this D lark so should know better !!!
Well the gloom merchants (not really, they're actually very, nice but they don't like go give us any glimmer of false hope, so we are not shocked if things don't work out) have been round.
I have Cellulitis, which I knew once seen never forgotten lol.
Said they'll decide Monday what to do about my toe, I may have to lose it, please keep fingers X for me.

The moral of this story is, if their is anything not quite right with your feet, the no matter how small and insignificant it may seem, don't do as I did, things can and do go rapidly wrong.

They are letting me handle all my meds myself including insulin 🙂
The nursing staff I've seen so far don't seem to understand about carb counting an bolusing , they keep wanting to know how much rapid insulin I take and when I take it

Oh Ljc. Everything x'D for you . You have made me sit up and take notice thanks.I put compeed plasters on the bits on my heels that were ripped to bits with new trainers. I'm off to the shower to take them off and check.

 

[KateR]

I hope the antibiotics work pdq and you can come home again.

 

[pav]

Wishing you all the best, it goes to show that D is so unpredictable in how it effects people and the importance of checking ones feet. I got a right telling off when I had a blister ages ago, did see a nurse but not the podiatrist.

 

[Ljc]

Oh Ljc. Everything x'D for you . You have made me sit up and take notice thanks.I put compeed plasters on the bits on my heels that were ripped to bits with new trainers. I'm off to the shower to take them off and check.

Oh heck , please whatever you do don't copy me K.
If you supposed to see a podiatrist , it would be best to seek an appointment asap, failing that contact your GP practice.

 

[Ljc]

Well another docs been round and I've had to agree to a nurse supervising my bolus , coz I'm in hospital under their care etc etc and its legal requirement.
He actually understood what I was doing and said well done.
The idea is the nurse will prescribe three units and I'm allowed the to work out the rest up to a maximum of nine units per meal, I've asked if they have a list of carbs of the meals they provide, was told they most likely did but it m not holding out much hope lol, so am going to see what I can find out online .
Roast chicken, some roast pots, I won't eat all of them, some veg and gravy followed by a yogurt , yum.

 

[Stitch147]

Fingers crossed you get to keep all your tootsies and they heal ok.

 

[Ljc]

Thank your stitch 147.
Docs came round and had a look at my beautiful tootsie and wanted a look at my other one well, I could see they were impressed with my tootsies impression of beauty and the beast lol.
My right foot sure did me proud this morning 🙂and went a long way in proving that I do take care of them.
My left foot well the least said about that the better, but their is some improvement, so they have decided to hang fire with the scalpel and saw or is it snippers for toes for a few more days to give this antibiotic some more chance to work it's magic.
in an aside to the other docs the doc in charge of me said, I'd like to have this foot X rayed and even more quietly , just in case. After liberally spraying my foot with that lovely brown stuff they are so fond of using (it really look choice now )
They walked out thinking I didn't know what they were talking about (I can play the con game too) I am really glad they are checking just in case.

 

[Carolg]

Glad of the good news. Toes crossed for the rest