Diabetic Cookbook

By Adam Garcia

CONSEQUENCES! (Part 2)

Well, it’s been two weeks since Consequences (Part 1) . So, I thought I would update you on my situation.

Dr. Miranda has debrided the wound twice in that time. The first time he took quite a bit of dead flesh away from the wound and believe me it hurt a lot, even with the local anesthetic. On the second occasion he decided to prescribe Santyl, which is a sterile enzymatic debriding ointment. Basically, it eats away the dead fleshy tissue from the wound so that the wound can properly heal. It allows the clean pink flesh to close upon the wound. He still needs to debride the wound, but instead of cutting large amounts of dead tissue; he scrapes away small amounts.

He also sent me to an infectious disease specialist whose name is Dr. Lam. Dr Lam decided that in his expert opinion; I should continue with the IV antibiotic – Cubicin, for another ten days. He also prescribed the antibiotic, Levaquin, which is in pill form for at home use. This was due to the fact that I still had signs of infection such as swelling and some redness.

If you remember the DIABETIC WOUND from before, which you can see in Consequences (Part 1), the wound was an inflamed gaping hole. Take a look at the wound today.

It is still a pretty large hole, but it is not as deep and most of the redness is gone. Notice the white soft tissue inside the wound. Compared to before, when the tissue was dead, this is a great improvement. It is healing quite nicely and the infection is nearly gone.

My blood sugar levels are starting to come under control, between 65 – 200 mg/dl. However, I have had a few instances of hypoglycemia. I have also adjusted my diabetic meal plan, which explains the bouts of hypoglycemia.

Again, these are the consequences associated with being an uncontrolled diabetic. If you wish to experience the same consequences, continue your bad habits of large carbohydrate meals. Remember, IT’S YOUR CHOICE! It’s better to keep track of your glucose levels, take your prescribed medication, and get daily exercise. If you get those levels down and change that lifestyle to a healthy one, you won’t have to experience these types of consequences. It is difficult, but not impossible. Remember, if you need some encouragement, some friendly advice, or just someone to talk to, email us at diabeticcookbook@gmail.com or leave us a comment. This is WHERE YOUR DIABETES WON”T CONTROL YOU!