Bit of a scare

I'd noticed a spot of reddish rash on my leg the other day. Since I've got diabetes, that sort of thing can be a problem

I saw it had mostly gone away tonight. And then I noticed another spot a few inches away. Both are on my lower left leg, so it's not the easiest thing in the world to look at.

At first I thought there was just a bit of a bulge, I figured it was just a rough spot from a (tiny) scab I'd had there after a scrape. But it didn't feel right when I ran my fingers over it.

I pressed a little harder and my fingers were *wet*.

I managed to twist around and saw that I had a sort of "blister" filled with clear fluid. This spooked me a *lot*.

You see, a few years back I had a friend who got diagnosed with diabetes. And he got a series of infections in his legs and *died*. And he hadn't been diagnosed much longer than I have.

I called my HMO's advice line. After 20+ minutes on hold (during which I was trying to stay calm) I got to talk to a nurse who after getting much more detail than I've gone into here, he told me that I didn't need to come in, and he gave me instructions on what to look for and how to care for it.

After I got off the phone I was relieved, but I also had a case of the shakes. Though I didn't get them until *after* cleaning both spots as directed and applying Neosporin and some bandaids.

I called Lin. We didn't talk long, but I wanted some feedback from a fellow diabetic.

I hope this is nothing. But that blister sneaking up on me like that bothers me. A lot.

Thanks

Thank you for all the support after my last post.

I'm going over to help a friend with a computer problem, so it'll be a bit before I can respond.

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Well, I got Kathy's Internet connection working on the Cisco 678 now. Turned out that it needed the VPI & VCI settings changed. Now she's free of that Intel 3200 USB piece of crap.

Took a trip to Powell's after I left her place. I picked up Hell's Faire by John Ringo and Interstellar Patrol by Christopher Anvil. The Ringo is a new book. The Anvil is a collection of a bunch of stories from SF magazines that I enjoyed when I was a kid. It has some stories from magazines that I never saw.

Those were what I *intended* to get. But I also checked out the current issue of Analog magazine, and decided to grab it. And on the way to the magazine rack, I saw a book that caught my eye. I wound up buying it. More on it in another post.

When I got home, I checked my blood sugar and cleaned the spots on my leg & reapplied Neosporin and bandaids. They look ok, but I'm keeping an eye on them.

Oh yeah. My BG readings for today:

139 at 1:40pm
112 at 8:20 pm (2 hours after meal)

Interesting book

Here's a quote. Lets see if anyone can place it:

To fit in with the change of events, words, too, had to change their meanings. What used to be described as thoughtless acts of aggression was now regarded as the courage one would expect to find in a party member; to think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant one was totally unfit for action. Fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man, and to plot against an enemy behind his back was perfectly legitimate self-defense. Anyone who held violent opinions could always be trusted, and anyone who objected to them became a suspect.

Ok, got your guess about what it's from ready?

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