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How about family consult? Ie my family should have consulted me but didn’t...
Chatting with my stepmother last night.
SM: OK I’ve gotta go. I have to rebandage your Dad’s toe.
Me: What’s wrong with Dad’s toe?
SM: Oh he had a crack in it and it turned into a wound we’ve been trying to get to heal up for 3 months.
(Dad is DM2, recently quit smoking in September after having an MI. Also had major ankle reconstruction on that leg about 5-6 years ago after a bad accident.)
Me:
Me: Has he seen a doctor?
SM: Yeah a podiatrist or an orthopedist. Something like that.
Me: What about a vascular surgeon? Can you feel pulses in his feet?
SM: Oh he saw one last year when his PCP couldn’t feel pulses in his feet but they said it was fine because he didn’t have any problems.
Me: But now he has a wound on his toe that isn’t healing...
SM: Yeah it’s been a real pain. Oh and you should have seen the Xray they took of his foot! You could see the blood vessels! He has ‘sclerosis.’
Me:
Me: He needs to go back to the vascular surgeon ASAP.
SM: Really? Ok, I’ll try to convince him. You know how your Dad is. He’s afraid they will cut off his toe.
Me: If he doesn’t go soon he may be lucky if that’s all they cut off.
Chatting with my stepmother last night.
SM: OK I’ve gotta go. I have to rebandage your Dad’s toe.
Me: What’s wrong with Dad’s toe?
SM: Oh he had a crack in it and it turned into a wound we’ve been trying to get to heal up for 3 months.
(Dad is DM2, recently quit smoking in September after having an MI. Also had major ankle reconstruction on that leg about 5-6 years ago after a bad accident.)
Me:
Me: Has he seen a doctor?
SM: Yeah a podiatrist or an orthopedist. Something like that.
Me: What about a vascular surgeon? Can you feel pulses in his feet?
SM: Oh he saw one last year when his PCP couldn’t feel pulses in his feet but they said it was fine because he didn’t have any problems.
Me: But now he has a wound on his toe that isn’t healing...
SM: Yeah it’s been a real pain. Oh and you should have seen the Xray they took of his foot! You could see the blood vessels! He has ‘sclerosis.’
Me:
Me: He needs to go back to the vascular surgeon ASAP.
SM: Really? Ok, I’ll try to convince him. You know how your Dad is. He’s afraid they will cut off his toe.
Me: If he doesn’t go soon he may be lucky if that’s all they cut off.