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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TooManyCrisps" data-source="post: 1799061" data-attributes="member: 244689">HiMy dad is T2, in his late 70s and  has had diabetes for almost 40 years and has been on insulin for over 30.   He has chronic neuropathy in his feet, and regularly attends a foot clinic. I phoned him today and he said that the ulcer he has had for several weeks on one of his toes, and which was healing, has suddenly got worse. It's been dressed every other day at his local health centre and the nurse there has referred him back to the foot clinic next week but advised him that it might very well have to be amputated.  If the foot clinic makes a decision to amputate, does anyone know if this is usually a fairly immediate thing?  I'm presuming that if it is past saving, there will be a risk of sepsis etc and they will amputate almost immediately rather than putting him on a waiting list, but am I right?     Has anyone got any experience of toe amputations?Thanks in advance</blockquote>

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