Diabetes sucks #5789

[kengr]

Around the middle of last week I managed to rip a nice chunk of skin off my foot (on the outside. halfway between the ankle and the bottom). Not that big. Maybe the size of the end of a AAA battery.

That was painful. But cleaning it is a royal pain. And "inspecting" it (which is necessary for foot and leg injuries on diabetics) is just barely possible.

And due to my diabetes it may by *weeks* before it's properly "healed over" (as opposed to actually healed.

This means even showers are a pain because the water *will* get up to it. And swimming will be out of the question for some time. Just when I wanted to get back to exercising. :-(

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Pain in the foot

[mistresscayenne.livejournal.com]

And that reaaaaallllllllly Sucks

Cayenne

PS:
Atleast it isn't a pain in the ass!

C

Re: Pain in the foot

[kengr]

Well, I take great comfort in realizing that I've beaten my late friend Jim by a *considerable* margin. I don't think he survived a year from the point he was diagnosed with diabetes.

He got stupid and didn't take care of his feet. Got an infection, had to have something (part of the foot? Part of the leg) amputated. And died a month or two later.

Atleast it isn't a pain in the ass!

No, that's *your* job. :-)

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

*Shudders* Please put stuff like that under an LJ cut from now on, I have a very weak stomach.