I was sent to a foot specialist. He and his personable nurse were so kind to explain that 5 or 6 people come to him every day with these horrible volcanos in their feet. He was positive with me and they joked and made me laugh.
He took a photo and also he took Xrays. He was very pleased to tell me there was no staph infection in toes or feet bones. I had gotten to the emergency room on time.
I went to a specialist in the IHC network here in Salt Lake County so everyone could access the emergency room records.
Dr. Rhoades asked me if I “Smiled for the X-ray machine?” which made me laugh a 2nd time. His nurse asked me first, so they helped a lot of the stress become lower and my worry level went down also.
In the emergency room, my blood pressure was almost 150 for the top number. This is 30 points higher than my normal top number.
Dr. Rhoades helped me come down about 10 points but it stayed at about 140 for a couple months.
The true healing began because I read the article from the University of California, and this is when the numbers started to drop.
Dr Rhoades gave me a surgical shoe with a soft inner layer that had foam or something. Having this softness meant I did not feel a pounding on Vesuvius, so the shoe made walking possible.
The people in Dr. Rhoades office are all angels of mercy and medicine. I am so thankful Dr. Argyle referred me there. This is still around June 20, 2007.
Dr. Rhoades added medicine called Augmentin tablets. I do not remember any strengths or how many in the bottle. I only wrote down the names. I’m sure any good foot specialist would know this information.
Next came the wound clinic.
Tags: Augmentin, diaabetic ulcer, foot specialist, XRay
