Update on me & question...

June 12, 2006

Hiya Losers! (I always giggle when I say that...) Anyhow - today I went to the

Doc and he told me the bad news about my boil. It is infected with a very bad

staff virus that is resistant to antibiotcs. Then he said the words every

diabetic dreads " I don't mean to scare you but these kinds of things often end

in surgery and potential amputation. " He now had my FULL ATTENTION!! He said

that wasn't necessarily what I was looking at, but that he just wanted to be

sure I took VERY good care of what the Wound Care specialist he was referring me

to would say. So I went upstairs to the Wound Care area and a surgeon there

numbed the area and cut away a LOT of dead skin. Now the hole on my thigh is 1

1/2 " deep and about the size of a silver dollar!! The pain is minimal but I

don't know if I can walk with this or what? What do you guys think? I am going

to call and ask tomorrow.

On the plus side - I am down another 4 lbs since last time I weighed there a few

weeks ago! Apparently this new eating plan is working!

Mindy

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