ita, diabetes causes degradation of the blood vessels, along with neuropathy. These two complications can mean decreased ability to detect cuts and infections in the extremities. My grandma lost a toe, then a foot, then most of her leg this way. Once the infections set it, it's difficult to control the problem.

My old doctor's office had a sign up asking diabetic patients to remove their shoes and socks so the doctors could examine their feet.

They ask you if you have diabetes? Shouldn't they know that from your chart?

Actually, if you had nerve damage there, it would probably *wouldn't* hurt.

Timelies all!

I have a headache. I took Tylenol, but it's still there. Bleah.

They ask you if you have diabetes? Shouldn't they know that from your chart?

They don't pay attention to the chart much, which is both comforting and tedious. So every time the nurse asks me if my family has a history of diabetes, which we do not.

But I do have nerve damage in my foot--I had a needle removed from that same foot 25 years ago and I can still feel the location every now and again. It was nestled right next to a nerve.

I'm pretty confident I'm not diabetic or nearly so, but this foot hurts too much, and it bothers me.

It's poorer circulation in general. Obviously, it's more work to get blood to the extremities so they are going to manifest more. Before he was regulated, MK would get abcesses practically anytime he got a scratch.

Tired. All day meetings tiring.

I think I won't let them go into my foot again. Or at least explain how long the last one hurt. They hate going into my neck, and I think it's gross, but at least it doesn't hurt for more than a day or two afterwards.

I can't believe it took me this long to work out that that female cop from Dexter was the one from NY Undercover. I kept (wrongly) placing her in Miami Vice, which is way too long ago.

I can't believe it took me this long to work out that that female cop from Dexter was the one from NY Undercover. I kept (wrongly) placing her in Miami Vice, which is way too long ago.

His sister? Or Dexter's boss? You know the sister and Dexter (Michael C. Hall & memfault) got married, right?

Dexter's boss. Well, I'm guessing she's his boss in S3, since she re-took-over the role in S2. I'm behind.

I'm weirded out by the marriage because of the playing-sister thing, and the not-playing-well thing too. But I hear she's better in S3. Maybe that makes it all okay.

Poor circulation and nerve damage, ita--people with diabetes are both less likely to notice/feel (due to the neuropathy) and their bodies have a harder time healing (due to the circulation) problems in their extremities. The two together make for a bad combo, obviously--if you don't notice something right away, AND it's going to have a hard time healing, it's more likely to get to a stage that would have been hard to heal for ANYONE, but especially for someone who isn't well.

Thus all the diabetics who lose toes/feet/etc.

Well, my feet are certainly reporting to my brain. They're noticing. But if it's going to hurt this much, I don't want them messing with it again.

Why did an exterminator get a reality series on A&E? Why? The ads for it gross me out. This next episode seems to function a great deal of roaches. ::shudder::