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<blockquote data-quote="Flowerpot" data-source="post: 819096" data-attributes="member: 47217"><p>Hi [USER=172873]@Xxlisaxx[/USER]</p><p></p><p>I'm so sorry to hear what a horrid time you are having with diabetes. I get your absolute frustrations with the long term complications it can bring and how badly they affect all aspects of your life. Can you ask for referral to a pain clinic as constant pain can affect blood sugar control and there are some good ways of controlling it.</p><p></p><p>I have got Charcot in both feet, like you my mid foot collapsed and was mis diagnosed as a sprain so I kept walking in agony and all my metatarsals fractured and displaced and are deformed, my ankle joint also collapsed completely on the same leg. Currently I have both legs in casts due to ongoing fractures. My control is good but I am unable to break out of the destructive cycle of Charcot and fractures.</p><p></p><p>It is incredibly hard to avoid damaging the skin over the protruding areas of bone as you put pressure on the wrong parts of your foot . I use morphine patches (Fentanyl) when my pain is too much and that has helped me to manage a bit better although I don't use them all the while as morphine is addictive and I don't need any more problems!</p><p></p><p>Sadly ulcers in a Charcot foot can take years to heal. I have had a couple of operations to put skin grafts over the broken areas and both grafts helped to heal the area and for the past few years I have had intact skin.</p><p></p><p>Can you try using a cast cover for your leg to enable you to go into the pool and sea with your daughter? I have used them before - I got a few odd looks with a bright blue leg- but so what!, There are a couple of makes which cover your leg to above the knee even if you don't have an Aircast /cast on and are suitable for swimming. It might be worth having a look on the internet for a cover just to enable you to enjoy the holiday without getting all the dressing on your foot wet. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flowerpot, post: 819096, member: 47217"] Hi [USER=172873]@Xxlisaxx[/USER] I'm so sorry to hear what a horrid time you are having with diabetes. I get your absolute frustrations with the long term complications it can bring and how badly they affect all aspects of your life. Can you ask for referral to a pain clinic as constant pain can affect blood sugar control and there are some good ways of controlling it. I have got Charcot in both feet, like you my mid foot collapsed and was mis diagnosed as a sprain so I kept walking in agony and all my metatarsals fractured and displaced and are deformed, my ankle joint also collapsed completely on the same leg. Currently I have both legs in casts due to ongoing fractures. My control is good but I am unable to break out of the destructive cycle of Charcot and fractures. It is incredibly hard to avoid damaging the skin over the protruding areas of bone as you put pressure on the wrong parts of your foot . I use morphine patches (Fentanyl) when my pain is too much and that has helped me to manage a bit better although I don't use them all the while as morphine is addictive and I don't need any more problems! Sadly ulcers in a Charcot foot can take years to heal. I have had a couple of operations to put skin grafts over the broken areas and both grafts helped to heal the area and for the past few years I have had intact skin. Can you try using a cast cover for your leg to enable you to go into the pool and sea with your daughter? I have used them before - I got a few odd looks with a bright blue leg- but so what!, There are a couple of makes which cover your leg to above the knee even if you don't have an Aircast /cast on and are suitable for swimming. It might be worth having a look on the internet for a cover just to enable you to enjoy the holiday without getting all the dressing on your foot wet. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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