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rampartd

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20. i've had several diabetic ulcers, and am short one toe.

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:03 PM

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get decent shoes, and seriously, try to do more sitting whenever possible. my podiatrist finally put me in a toe to knee surgical boot to keep it stabilized.

i could not have gotten this far on 2 feet without many thousands of dollars in antibiotics and wound care nursing. i guarantee this kind of problem will be coming up much more as medicare and medicaid fade and as we must continue to work into old age.

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