OK, new problem...today my husband took me to one of the local beauty parlors to have a pedicure. I can't reach my feet right now to do it and I was in bad need of one. I made sure everything was sanitary. When the little girl doing took off my nail polish, there was a huge white streak covering a large part of the tonail. Starting from the outside edge going sorta diagnally accross both big toenails. None of the others. And there was also a new bruise on the top of my right foot. (I hadn't noticed it this morning) I know it wasn't there yesterday. I've noticed in the past that my big toenails looked sorta bluish. Have any of you noticed things like this?

And the toenails on my left foot (always the worst neuropathy area) aren't growing at the rate the other foot is.

Billye

Yes...

Cathie

You may want to start having either a podiatrist or perhaps a home care nurse do your toenails. Being a former home care nurse, I can tell you that even the nursing assistants were not allowed to cut the toenails of people with diabetes, an RN had to do it. Some agencies actually have 'foot care clinics' where you can come in and have an RN do that care. With PN, especially with vascular insufficiency, not to mention immunosuppressive therapy, you are at higher risk of losing toes or feet, just like a diabetic. I would take a look at diabetic foot care information and would consider getting a 'higher' level of care where nail care is involved.

PN is PN regardless of the source, and one of the reasons that diabetics have the complications of 'diabetic neuropathy' has nothing to do with the actual diabetes, but rather to do with the chemistry of PN.

With PN, regardless of how much a given individual's feet may hurt, they are unaware of injuries to their feet.

I'll post my 'Old Faithful' again:

http://telemedicine.org/stamford.htm

Go to the 'diabetic neuropathy' sections. - j

Boy, that one will get your attention, Dahlek,
And thanks Cyclops, I'll make an appointment with the podiatrist.

Billye

It does and have nurse come out to do toes,if you can. dahlek can and
is amazing,and Sue

I have been having problems too with my toe nails. I will take off my shoes at night and find toe nails that are bruised. I have three of them right now and they look like the toe nails are going to fall off. I don't remember hurting them. Kind of bothers me.

I won't use nail polish on my nails because I am afraid of not seeing any new injuries.

The white areas that appear on the nails can be due to zinc deficiency.

You may have just bumped the toe, and one appeared.

A fungus white area would start at the end of the nail bed and move inward.
Your description doesn't sound like that.

It doesn't take a huge injury to get a white spot. JMO

Could the injury be from arthritis in the joint of the toe I wonder?

Billye