PLEASE BE CAREFUL with your foot that has Charcot!!! I developed Charcot in my right foot last spring - noticed it swelling up over Memorial weekend. Went to my family doc but the X-rays showed no fractures so I walked on it. When it was still painful and swollen a week later, he sent me to a podiatrist. The podiatrist brought in his partner who is a specialist in Charcot. They immediately got me in a boot and on a knee scooter. I was off the foot from early June through mid November. Two bones fractured, my big toe joint collapsed, and it took FOREVER to heal up. I was lucky not to get an ulcer at all. I was sent to the E.R. by 2 different docs who thought I had a DVT (blood clot)! Turns out that docs often mistake Charcot for a bloot clot due to the swelling!!

My dad is a family doc and sent me to the U of Michigan for extensive testing. My A1C is 5.7 but still I have had neuropathy for almost 10 years and now this Charcot. It is nothing to sneeze at. Chance of AMPUTATION of the foot as the bones keep collapsing!!!

Please find a SPECIALIST in Charcot. And yes, the podiatrist is your best bet. Mine saw me every 2 weeks during the acute phase and now that I'm in the maintenance phase, every month to 2 months. BE CAREFUL!!!