Tapestry thank you for your good thoughts and prayers. I have had T1D for 54 years since age 15. About 20 years ago my left foot turned blue and a hospital in Boston wanted to amputate. Although I may have felt some numbness in my foot it was the first time I knew I had a foot problem. High blood sugars is an indication that plaque is beginning to build up in veins and arteries. For me the plaque had begun to calcify so that there was less of a passageway for blood to move through the veins and arteries. So 20 years ago I had a bypass in my bad leg in which they put a vein from another part of my body and replaced the vein that was almost totally calcified and blocked. That’s saved my leg for about 8 years before that vein became calcified. Fortunately I had increased my walking and running activities
and developed ancillaries or capillaries in that leg which continued to bring blood flow to my toes. For me it was walking and running that allowed me to keep the leg for 20 years and should be beneficial to others as well. Even though veins and arteries were clogged the small capillaries allowed blood to move down my leg into my foot. I encourage everyone to increase their blood flow activities such as walking.
I am getting tired and will continue this shortly.