Say What? Feet and Shoes

 I am 69 years old, with diabetes 2, diagnosed about 3 years ago.  I immediately began researching to know what to do with the diagnosis as doctor had offered me the Advance Plan suggestion to fill out and place on refridgerator in case EMT had to come and keep me alive.  Dang!!   Well that scared the heck out of me and I immediately began workouts daily, healthy eating using the glucose monitor daily, until I knew what foods I could have and what foods my body increased glucose (blood sugar).   I think, for now, I have the diabetes under control, however it is not curable, and over the years deterioration is expected to set in.  I do not wish to lose feet or any part of my leg to gangrene, cutting it off.  Had mother in law to which that happened, and an uncle on maternal side of my family.  

Soooo......when I began to have postules on bottom of my feet, I got really scared.  Was not sure what it meant, if it was deterioration, and with Covid (chose to stay home for 11 months), did not want to go to see Dr, knowing she was busy, knowing others would be visiting her for various reasons, and not wanting to get infected with the virus.   Summer time and was able to deal with the postule on bottom of my foot with duct tape.  Note:  change to my eating was that I wanted ice cream cone when we went out, realizing the sugar level (carbs) involved would increase my glucose.  What I did not realize was that increased sugar content would add to my feet problems.  Covid is harsh!  As we did not go out much except for grocery pick up and summer I wanted to drive around.  Adding the ice cream cone, for some fun, not the best idea for the diabetes condition.

So here I am in winter now, with postules on top of my foot, and also red spot on other foot.  Dang again!  I cut the coffee drinking (caffeine) down to one cup of coffee in morning, was having two cups in the card playing period after breakfast with my husband.  Still trying to decide if it is something else, I was involved with a group that called itself planter fascitis something or another, and the depictions (photos) were hard to look at yet, the black dot was something my one postule had.  I tried the duct tape again, not really helping much, then as I continued to look, thought maybe Mortons Neuroma and looked at remedies for that, which has reduced the postules to red spots, yet the bottom of both feet hurt when I walk on them.  Recommended to allow them to heal, use the blotting of Cider Vinegar, Salycilic acid which is in Listerine, and ICE the feet.  Wow!   Here I was massaging my feet in warm to hot water for 1/2 hour a day. Also the Mortons Neuroma had to do with high heels which I have worn most of my adult/career life, and purchase of cheap, ill fitting shoes.  

Since it is hurting my feet on underside to walk, my daily walks are ruled out for now, want to heal the feet.  Learned of metatarsal pads, which help some as they pad the underside of my feet.  See on the packaging that it is not uncommon to have feet problems for all kinds of reasons  In looking through my shoe collection which I had already switched from heels to flats, now I had to find padding to help with the shoe problems so I am looking up widening shoes, how to home remedy as well as podiatrist and shoe repair.  Guess it will be an ongoing NEW kind of problem for me to try to resolve.