imfml wrote: » Hi all, A quick question. I am T1D. I got a small cut on my foot last Wednesday and it is slow to heal. I’ve been minding it but it started to appear infected. I contacted my health insurer nurse on call and have started antibiotics as a precaution. I am now on antibiotics and am keeping it clean, dry, covered and monitoring it. I haven’t visited my GP. I’ve done some online researcher and I am now very concerned about this. Am I over reacting to scaremongering online? Am I doing enough or should I visit my GP ASAP and get their opinion? Or should I just continue as I have been for 24-48 hours and visit my GP if still not happy. The cut is in an awkward location and wearing shoes irritates it, no doubt setting back healing. Didn’t wear shoes today and will try to avoid for 48 hours. It is pretty inconvenient but it’s my first cut since diagnoses and I am concerned. Any advice? Thanks
Roberto_gas wrote: » Folks what is the process to get checked for diabetes and have medicines etc ? Do you goto your GP or HSE ? Asking on behalf of a friend who has recently moved to ireland. Thanks in advance.
Adalyn Big Numeral wrote: do a diabetes screening test.
Roberto_gas wrote: » Thanka..So once you do this test what happens next ? I think you have to goto GP in anycase...
Adalyn Big Numeral wrote: » Anyone (T2) on Lipitor (for high cholesterol), and if so did it affect your bloods?.
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » On Artovastatin, the cheapo version, for 10 years now and no issues at all. I had an Angiogram a few weeks ago and 2 minor narrowings was all that was found. Apparently, the doc was expecting a lot worse after 25+ years on insulin and I am a lot better than average for my age. I'm taking that as a compliment btw so don't burst my bubble :pac:
Adalyn Big Numeral wrote: » Thanks for the reply. Seem's since I turned 50, and despite regularly training Judo, cycling and jogging that Father Time is nipping at my healing and taking small chunks out of me (I keep a super clean diet too, gonna have to look at that now too). I'm a bit cheesed off tbh.
CramCycle wrote: » Had my eye test the other day. Left eye is in better shape than the right but I was so tired and had to get back to work that i just rammed through the letters and made mistakes out of tiredness. I await the results with bated breath. My money is on minor retinopathy, with advice to look after myself more.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » Does the quick eye chart test they give at the start have any real bearing on the results they give you? Is it not more about the retinal photography?
silverharp wrote: » whats your diet strategy? I cleaned up my diet this year (new year’s resolution) and steadily just reduced my carbs, for instance during the summer I was getting a low 7 reading 2 hours after dinner, I checked again this week and it was 5.7 and in the morning my readings have dropped to 5.3 from a stubborn 5.9 which I was constantly getting during the summer. I had the lucky coincidence that my job moved so now commute by bike so that gets me over 7hrs built in exercise a week. Ive about 4 inches off the waist to go to get me into the normal range and will hopefully knock my blood pressure down the last 10 points for it to fall into the normal range.
(CNN) - Three men with Type 2 diabetes used "intermittent fasting" to reverse their dependence on insulin, according to a report published Tuesday -- but you shouldn't try it without medical supervision, experts say. The new case report says the three patients also lost weight, and their HbA1Cs, a measure of blood sugar levels, improved. "People are focused on giving drugs to Type 2 diabetes, but it's a dietary disease," said study author Dr. Jason Fung, medical director of the Intensive Dietary Management Program in Toronto. Experts say this clashes with the widely held belief that diabetes is strictly a chronic, irreversible disease -- though Fung said that's been changing in recent years. "In general, the concept of reversing or curing diabetes ... is not well-accepted in the medical field," said Dr. Abhinav Diwan, associate professor of medicine, cell biology and physiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "It is not even a therapeutic goal when people start to treat diabetics."
silverharp wrote: » Article about fasting helping to reduce/reverse diabetes symptoms drugs requirement in Type 2.https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_1ba092a81d34a6592b935bfc616f2257
gerrybbadd wrote: » Intermittent fasting definitely helps with insulin resistance, blood sugar control and the HBA1c. Talking from experience. I (used to) do 2 or 3 days a week. All i'd have all day was black coffee. So I'd have my dinner say, Tuesday at 8pm. And not eat again then until dinner time the following day, again roughly 8pm.
JP Liz V1 wrote: » Is there a special foot cream for hard skin on feet for diabetics or is any like from Scholl ok to use?
RobbingBandit wrote: » Paraffin cream is what I was advised to use during my foot ulcer episode last year don't put it in between your toes. Boots sell it cheap enough
RobbingBandit wrote: » Took me several months to get on top of the ulcer situation limiting my activities didn't help my sugar levels which in turn didn't help.my ulcer situation or vision problems due to my retinopathy it's a balancing act really and will differ from person to person depending on your own situation for me it hasn't really worked out too good as the amount of treatment in each situation has left me with Charcot foot and cataracts in both eyes after the treatment for the foot ulcer and retinopathy. Wearing a vacoped boot for several months now with no end in sight to that but absolutely no ulcers and that's a positive in itself as they are very difficult to manage any sign of them you should get to.your foot specialist asap as early detection and management is paramount to stopping them from becoming a recurring nightmare.
