Good luck! UGH! Hang in there. If he can't see you soon, maybe a walk-in clinic or urgent care. Diabetes is so unforgiving on our feet!

ouch!!! Can you see someone else? I think he dropped the ball

So sorry that you were misdiagnosed the first time! Hope you get some answers today!

A few weeks ago I went to the podiatrist because I was having issue with one of my toes. He basically looked at it and said he didn't know what was going on but didn't think it was a big deal. For the past week or so, my toe has gotten worse. It is very sore, angry, red and puffy. Last night it broke open. It didn't bleed much but so much for it not being a big deal. Now I gotten call this clown back and see if he can see me sooner or later and try to get this toe healed up. I hate doctors right now.

I don't want to frighten you but...

http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/24/2/91.full


Evaluation and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Ingrid Kruse, DPM and Steven Edelman, MD

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Diabetic foot problems, such as ulcerations, infections, and gangrene, are the most common cause of hospitalization among diabetic patients. Routine ulcer care, treatment of infections, amputations, and hospitalizations cost billions of dollars every year and place a tremendous burden on the health care system.

The average cost of healing a single ulcer is $8,000, that of an infected ulcer is $17,000, and that of a major amputation is $45,000. More than 80,000 amputations are performed each year on diabetic patients in the United States, and ∼ 50% of the people with amputations will develop ulcerations and infections in the contralateral limb within 18 months. An alarming 58% will have a contralateral amputation 3-5 years after the first amputation. In addition, the 3-year mortality after a first amputation has been estimated as high as 20-50%, and these numbers have not changed much in the past 30 years, despite huge advances in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with diabetes.


http://diabetes.webmd.com/features/diabetes-wounds-caring-sores

If you have diabetes, there's no such thing as a minor wound to the foot -- even a small foot sore can turn into an ulcer that, if not properly treated, can lead to amputation. The rate of amputation for people with diabetes is 10 times higher than for those who don't have the disease.

Most of these amputations could easily be prevented with good foot care and wound treatment. "You can't always prevent an ulcer, but you can almost always prevent an amputation," says Harold Brem, director of the Wound Healing Program at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Cancel the podiatrist and get an appointment with the physician who is treating your diabetes. It could be a blood blister... or, it could be a diabetic ulcer. Don't treat it lightly.

I'm worried about you too because foot problems can turn so ugly, very quickly. Hindsight is a terrible thing to have to face about what you should have gone ahead and done soon concerning your toe. Play it safe....you don't have a guarantee of a perfect future.....Amy

Everyone on this post is so right about not ignoring foot problems. I am diabetic and so is my brother. My brother ignored his toe problems and ended getting three of them amputated. He is now at risk of getting his leg also amputated. Diabetes is a very complicated disease that can kill you if you don't take care of yourself and listen to your body.