Hi All.

As you know, about two weeks ago, Alan got the oft loading shoe, which is supposed to let his foot ulcer heal. From what I read on the website of this shoe, and from what I read about foot ulcers, from when a person puts this shoe on, it takes from between 1 to 4 months for the foot ulcer to heal.

He's had this foot ulcer for over a year. He only has a little hole now(which used to be the size of a quarter, and that was about 6 weeks ago). But now, there's a little hole there.

So, Alan went to see the podiatrist today.

So from the time he got the shoe, until his visit today (approximately 2 weeks or so), his podiatrist said "There is no change". It didn't get any better, but it didn't get any worse". Then the doctor said (I was not there by the way), the doctor said "Alan, we are going to give this a few months, if I do not see any improvement, then we have to talk about putting you in a wound treatment center".

So here's my question for any of you who have gone this route, for any of you who have had foot ulcers, etc. etc.

Is there anything we can put on this tiny little hole that will speed up the healing so Alan doesn't have to do the wound treatment center thing???

I'm thinking maybe Aloe Vera, Vitamin E, Colloidal Silver?????

So any information you can share that you have found to be a positive help for your foot ulcers, well, I'd be most appreciative (and so would Alan, if he knew how to type on these forums ...lol)

Melody