Just Venting – I apologize for the wall of text and rambling

[Lurking Sockpuppet]

Edited to add: for the foot ulcer possibly talk to your health care provider about MDT-It's healed bone infections where the only remaining option is amputation. And it's pretty inexpensive for a treatment.

Luckily at this point there is no infection at all. Just abnormally thick skin that from the pressure of walking keeps splitting open. It was looking much better than it does right now. But there was a miscommunication between the doctor and myself. He got me a toe brace that would prevent/reduce movement of two of my toes so that when walking it would do less damage then he told me to take it easy. I thought that meant I could return to somewhat normal for me activities. Grocery shopping, taking kids to cheer practice (help coaching) occasional trips to mall, .... I was wrong. At my last appointment he told me I should not be walking at all. If I have to I now have to wear the soft cast with a cutout insole to minimize damage/pressure on the injured area. With two very active 10 & 11 yr girls and it being summer there are quite a few times I have to be up and about. I don't have family to help and hubby is in management at a grocery store so he works all the time.

[tropicsgoddess]

<--- sounds like you need one! (or more...)
Ask about exercise at your doctor's. Geriatric or physical therapy type exercise classes might be the way to go for the time being, seeing as you have mobility issues. Not all exercise requires feet. There are things that can mess with insulin resistance, I've heard cinnamon and vinegar but those are also still having experiments done on them!

My co-worker M has cinnamon pills and she says it keeps her sugar levels good.

[Sapphire Silk]

hence the acronym or the euphemism "Bio-surgery"-which is pretty accurate, plus in the fight against MRSA-you have two things that kill it outright-the biosurgeons, or puree of roach brain(also good against e. coli), so yeah....

Hoookay. I learned something new today.

Knew about medical maggots. Did not know about roach brains. Ick. Interesting. But ick.

[Seshat]

The trick with MDT is that they will only remove dead flesh: living flesh is left entirely alone. So they're more efficient than human surgeons.

[ThirdGenRetail]

Maybe you need a different doctor, if he/she isn't looking into WHY your blood sugar is still so high instead of just increasing the dosage of insulin. You could also ask them to look at any sort of glandular problems that could be contributing to your weight problems. I know it's not the best example, but there was an episode of House where a teenage girl with weight issues did EVERYTHING she could to lose weight... Turned out to be a gland problem. So it COULD be a possibility, and it's at least worth asking about.