:angel: Hi guys my name is Sara I am 32 yr old mom of 3 married 14 yrs to a great guy. I am a type 2 diabetic. I have had ongoing problems for going on 2 yrs now. I almost lost my left toe last year and now I have cellulitis in the same leg. Has anyone else had this and can tell me about it? I feel as though I am dying a slow death. When I had the toe problem I had a picc line for 8 weeks. I dont want to go through that again. I have been suffereing from Diabetes since 1992. I am not comfortable with my primary Doctor so have been putting off even calling about my leg. Do I call the infecteous Specialist or do I call the Primary care guy. I have an appointment with my Endro but not till the 20th today is the 11th. HELP :confused:

Sara523
If you have cellulitis, it is nothing to fool around with. I had it 2 years ago in my left leg and ended up in the hospital on IV antibiotics. As you know, being diabetics, we tend to heal slower than non-diabetics. If you don't like your primary, I would take a trip to the er, before it gets worse. Are you running a temp? Please get your leg checked out asap.......Mine got so bad I could not walk. Please don't wait 9 more days.
Lorel

It is so important to have this treated NOW. The complication is tragic, a loss of a mimb. I hate the complications of DM, but I want a good life...which depends on the choices I make. How are your sugars doing? It is important to test often when you have a complication, and if they are high, treat them, as per your treatment plan. Good luck. This can be handeled. Healing thoughts sent your way. Mary

I think that I am going to go to the ER later tonight. Im so confused and embarrased I guess I have lost focus of important stuff. Thank you for the replys and thoughts...Sara

How long were you on IV therapy? and what did they give you? How come you could not do the treatment at home?

Please let us know what happens. We care. Mary :angel:

My partner ( who is a non-diabetic -currently has anemia and CMV with an undiagnosed underlying condition ) had cellulitis just over a year ago in his knee....they tried oral antibiotics for a couple of days but it continued to worsen so he also ended up in hospital, on an IV for four days before an improvement was seen.It will depend in how severe the cellulitis is as to how long you will need treatment. It can definitely be serious alright so don't muck around with it.

Hi My name is Mark.
I have just been dx with diabetes type 2 a few weeks ago .I would say about Six years ago I was dx with celluitis My feet would swell be hot to the touch and feel like a bunch of needles poking me while I walked ,infact I was not able to walk because it would hurt so bad .The celluitis would come and go and migrate through out my body.The doctors gave me everything but nothing worked.But my primary care doc gave me a treatment plan of predisone that took two to three weeks.Each day I would take one pill and go up in dosage each day .I would then comedown in dosage after the third week.For some reason this stopped my celluitis .it has now been six years now and the problem has not come back.Now when I first was dx with diabetes it came back in my hands for a short time and went away.When i first got out of the hospital I was shooting myself with insulance and taking 1000mg of meteformin twice daily and shooting myself with 25 units of insulant once at night.I am now taking one tablet of 1000mg of metiformin and have my diabetes under control now .Well take all and I hope that this will help anyone with celluitis. :)