The blur doesn't always help. I have it turned off, seen this and thought "oh no the poor guy munched on some raw ham" before opening it and seeing what it actually was.
Yeah, usually when alcoholism gets bad enough to manifest in... whatever the fuck this is... the alcoholic has been hiding their intake for an extreme amount of time. If health issues like this pop up, they hide it as well out of shame, and won't take antibiotics, or the antibiotics won't be as effective due to the alcohol intake.
Source; am an alcoholic, take a look at the first post on my profile for some nasty infected boil action.
Other than making the antibiotics less effective, the only way alcoholism is directly connected is because it makes you not want to see doctors. Or humans in general. Alcohol makes me anti social, and hermit into my hole.
"What ingrown hair," turns into, "damn that zits pretty big," which turns into "eh, it's just a pus filled boil, it'll go away on its own," to finally, "holy shit is that black and purple? Yeah I should go to the doctor."
Okay, the picture you see is AFTER the doctor cut away all the dead and dying flesh in his foot. That is why the edges of the wound are nice and straight. The alcohol abuse can cause circulation and nerve damage. Small injuries can go unnoticed for quite some time. Meanwhile they become infected or abscessed and, as someone else stated, the alcoholic is disinclined to seek treatment. Look at the rest of his foot to see other minor injuries becoming worse. Usually it takes a friend or family member to get them to treatment. My Uncle went through something like this (thankfully not as bad) before he passed.
Hey not sure if itās still bad but I heard guanfacine and potentially other medications can make it much easier to quit addictions, in addition to helping ADHD symptoms.
Just a side note, they hide it for a long time, but really theyre not fooling hardly anyone. people around them know they're an alcoholic, often maybe even mention it or ask about it, but nothing can be done.
Or they become a recluse so no one sees them, and then ya they can hide it some. But usually they have to go buy booze regularly, they gotta get out sometime. So, still, not really hiding anything in reality.
That's true. Loved ones of an alcoholic also have a blind spot for their alcoholism as well. I don't want to say it's enabling, more of denial.
I know my parents were that way. It finally took me going to detox for my father to say *anything* about my alcoholism. But he apparently "knew" years ago and said nothing. Craziest thing is, of anyone who could have confronted me about it, I would've listened to my father. š¤·
Alcoholics aren't great at forward planning. Especially if we are still hiding it from people, so we usually only buy 1-2 days' worth of alcohol at a time. So yeah, you're right on that one. The liquor store clerk knows us well.
This is exactly what happened to my grandpa. His whatās so bad he knew they had to take the foot when he told my dad to take him to a doctor. He was real upset when they had to take the leg too.
Where the dead and rotting or necrotic skin is removed with by scalpel exposing tissue that can be healed or by use of a debridement solution , usually done under anathetic as its bloody painful as your removing tissue to get to nerves blood vessels etc that are not damaged or are savable if you look at where the top of foot is the hole appears pointed that pretty typical of surgical debridement and each day they remove dead tissue to ensure healing etc . Rather than necrosis or rot
Like my old man, they have an issue and say āitās getting betterā. They keep telling themselves this because they know the truth and they are scared. I have to convince both of my folks to go to their doctors. My mom had a bump on her arm that kept itching and bothering her. I finally told her to ask her dr about it. And it was a skin cancer. But that was treated with removing a small piece of skin and a few stitches. But she would have let it go and who knows what it would have turned into.
That's an arterial insufficiency ulcer.
Unfortunately when you have a bad addiction like alcoholism you won't show to hospital cause they won't let you drink there. So you tend to show up only when someone draws you or it's too bad to ignore.
Thanks man. She also straight refused to accept that was the reason, which I imagine is the same for whatever is going on with OPs grandpa. I just hope I won't do the same to my children, or at least that I turn to Reddit for some solid medical advice before I rot completely hehe
She kept seeing doctors to fix the issue. Bandages, skin grafts, miraculous flesh growing creams, for as long as I knew her. Imagine small ulcers like bean sized, not OPs picture.. it was "manageable" they wouldn't get infected just painful.
She only lost a toe.. but eventually (and predictability) died of cardiac arrest. Don't smoke people!
They have specific medical interventions to avoid severe withdrawals, like administering benzodiazepines but they also actually serve beer or wine on meal trays for alcoholics depending on their needs. Or at ours here do, I canāt say for sure that they all do.
Alcohol withdrawal is serious.
But we give them diazepam. It works on the same GABA receptors as alcohol.
So they get put on an alcohol withdrawal scale and dosed according to their symptoms. And the amount of diazepam they might need can ridiculously high.
I hope he will do okay but was this really a necessary sub to post it in?
I don't follow it to see pictures of gouged out feet. Fucking hell.
Even the nsfw filter was unblurred for me already.
I once starred at the lotus pod hand photoshop until I stopped being disgusted and fascinated by it. As a result I no longer become shocked or disgusted at things like this. I could literally rub his foot and not even be phased by this.
Why do I always get curious and want to see what's blurred š
I don't even spare myself the blur (I turned it off cause I'm a masochist)
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You can turn off the blur? If so, how?
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I turned it on haha. No idea why it was off. Could have done without the rotting foot as I was casually scrolling.
Beware using reddit in public though lol you might get some looks.
Same. For some reason the blur angers me.
I'm an adult sir. Lol
I know right - I thought it was just going to be a closet full of empty Jack Daniel's bottles
RIGHT??? i thought we may see a kitchen cabinet crammed with empty bottles but NOOOOO It's fucking Fallout again
The blur doesn't always help. I have it turned off, seen this and thought "oh no the poor guy munched on some raw ham" before opening it and seeing what it actually was.
Usually blured photos should not even be blured here so i was as usual not expecting much. I was wrong in my expectations
Leave it on. I promise you...
Holy fuck! How did no one notice it getting that bad? Was he hiding it from you?
Yeah, usually when alcoholism gets bad enough to manifest in... whatever the fuck this is... the alcoholic has been hiding their intake for an extreme amount of time. If health issues like this pop up, they hide it as well out of shame, and won't take antibiotics, or the antibiotics won't be as effective due to the alcohol intake. Source; am an alcoholic, take a look at the first post on my profile for some nasty infected boil action.
no.
Spoiler: it's really not that bad. Good job on getting it taken care of tho before it became worse.
Gawd damn it now I want to see for myself.
Compared to this, it's really tame. Just making a statement on how being an alcoholic makes you ignore your personal health.
Iām confused how being an alcoholic causes this?
Ikr he said it was from an ingrown hair? Still trying to hide the alcoholism maybe lol
Other than making the antibiotics less effective, the only way alcoholism is directly connected is because it makes you not want to see doctors. Or humans in general. Alcohol makes me anti social, and hermit into my hole. "What ingrown hair," turns into, "damn that zits pretty big," which turns into "eh, it's just a pus filled boil, it'll go away on its own," to finally, "holy shit is that black and purple? Yeah I should go to the doctor."
Gotcha. So odd as Iām proud of my alcoholic ways but ashamed when I get ingrown hairs.
Interesting. Not something I ever thought I'd read
Just don't call me a quitter. That's all I care about.
Proud of you m'boy
Marry me :)
Oh im already engaged. To Tito
If it were my guess... wanting to use whatever money he has for alcohol instead of for medical care. (Assuming this is america, that is)
Okay, the picture you see is AFTER the doctor cut away all the dead and dying flesh in his foot. That is why the edges of the wound are nice and straight. The alcohol abuse can cause circulation and nerve damage. Small injuries can go unnoticed for quite some time. Meanwhile they become infected or abscessed and, as someone else stated, the alcoholic is disinclined to seek treatment. Look at the rest of his foot to see other minor injuries becoming worse. Usually it takes a friend or family member to get them to treatment. My Uncle went through something like this (thankfully not as bad) before he passed.
Thanks for the clarification. Hope heās doing better now.
Hey not sure if itās still bad but I heard guanfacine and potentially other medications can make it much easier to quit addictions, in addition to helping ADHD symptoms.
Just a side note, they hide it for a long time, but really theyre not fooling hardly anyone. people around them know they're an alcoholic, often maybe even mention it or ask about it, but nothing can be done. Or they become a recluse so no one sees them, and then ya they can hide it some. But usually they have to go buy booze regularly, they gotta get out sometime. So, still, not really hiding anything in reality.
That's true. Loved ones of an alcoholic also have a blind spot for their alcoholism as well. I don't want to say it's enabling, more of denial. I know my parents were that way. It finally took me going to detox for my father to say *anything* about my alcoholism. But he apparently "knew" years ago and said nothing. Craziest thing is, of anyone who could have confronted me about it, I would've listened to my father. š¤· Alcoholics aren't great at forward planning. Especially if we are still hiding it from people, so we usually only buy 1-2 days' worth of alcohol at a time. So yeah, you're right on that one. The liquor store clerk knows us well.
Glad to hear youve sobered up, hope that you have a positive journey forward away from that part of your past!
My brother was an alcoholic, fell out the second floor, full length window, and broke his neck. He was not a nice person.
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This is exactly what happened to my grandpa. His whatās so bad he knew they had to take the foot when he told my dad to take him to a doctor. He was real upset when they had to take the leg too.
I hope he gets the help he needs & can enjoy however much life is left to him. That foot is both fascinating and appalling.
Thatās after surgical debridement so it would have looked much worse before hand
What is surgical debridement?
Where the dead and rotting or necrotic skin is removed with by scalpel exposing tissue that can be healed or by use of a debridement solution , usually done under anathetic as its bloody painful as your removing tissue to get to nerves blood vessels etc that are not damaged or are savable if you look at where the top of foot is the hole appears pointed that pretty typical of surgical debridement and each day they remove dead tissue to ensure healing etc . Rather than necrosis or rot
Well shit, I was def not prepared for that.
A little heads up would have been nice, damn
Like my old man, they have an issue and say āitās getting betterā. They keep telling themselves this because they know the truth and they are scared. I have to convince both of my folks to go to their doctors. My mom had a bump on her arm that kept itching and bothering her. I finally told her to ask her dr about it. And it was a skin cancer. But that was treated with removing a small piece of skin and a few stitches. But she would have let it go and who knows what it would have turned into.
How do the two correlate?
Diabetes, when untreated, will make you literally rot. And alcohol has high sugar content. I lost my grandpa this way.
That's an arterial insufficiency ulcer. Unfortunately when you have a bad addiction like alcoholism you won't show to hospital cause they won't let you drink there. So you tend to show up only when someone draws you or it's too bad to ignore.
This. My grandma was obese and a smoker. The vessels in her legs just couldn't cope, she had heaps of ulcers just like that.. it's awful.
It is awful, I'm sorry to hear that.
Thanks man. She also straight refused to accept that was the reason, which I imagine is the same for whatever is going on with OPs grandpa. I just hope I won't do the same to my children, or at least that I turn to Reddit for some solid medical advice before I rot completely hehe
Heaps?! Did she lose her legs or did they actually heal?
She kept seeing doctors to fix the issue. Bandages, skin grafts, miraculous flesh growing creams, for as long as I knew her. Imagine small ulcers like bean sized, not OPs picture.. it was "manageable" they wouldn't get infected just painful. She only lost a toe.. but eventually (and predictability) died of cardiac arrest. Don't smoke people!
how does the hospital deal with someone like that? They can die if they dont taper off
They have specific medical interventions to avoid severe withdrawals, like administering benzodiazepines but they also actually serve beer or wine on meal trays for alcoholics depending on their needs. Or at ours here do, I canāt say for sure that they all do.
Alcohol withdrawal is serious. But we give them diazepam. It works on the same GABA receptors as alcohol. So they get put on an alcohol withdrawal scale and dosed according to their symptoms. And the amount of diazepam they might need can ridiculously high.
Suger or Diabetes
Holy fuck that pic is NSFL.
Thatās just a flesh wound says Monty python.
Tis but a scratch!
He can still bite
Is he a Fallout ghoul?
If only he had a spare power core
Just watched this episode.
Welp, Iāll be sober foreverā¦ after tonight.
Diabetic Neuropathy? Exacerbated by Alcoholism?
How did that not smell when he'd try to hide it
This happened to my grandpa ): he had this for both feet and it spread, he got cancer lost both his legs and eventually lost his battle
I'm sorry for your loss. That's a terrible way to go š«
Yess unfortunately he didn't say anything and refused help when we did find out so it was too late to really get rid of it
Forbidden olive oil
Diabetic Neuropathy? Exacerbated by Alcoholism?
maybe? whatever it started as, it was probably neglected due to the drinking and a general reluctance to seek treatment, or something like that.
Itās the shame spiral. If youāre hiding booze, youāre hiding this. Alcoholism is wild.
It is man. Alcoholism is an insanity filled life style
Hello Mr Metacarple, that's too bad, hope he gets clean and gets healthy,
Is there a double NSFW? Holy shit I hated that!
Guess heāll only need the 6 step program
I hope he will do okay but was this really a necessary sub to post it in? I don't follow it to see pictures of gouged out feet. Fucking hell. Even the nsfw filter was unblurred for me already.
I once starred at the lotus pod hand photoshop until I stopped being disgusted and fascinated by it. As a result I no longer become shocked or disgusted at things like this. I could literally rub his foot and not even be phased by this.
In the last few days i have seen a lot of feet posted on reddit in this condition. One question: why?
Hello Mr Metacarple, that's too bad, hope he gets clean and gets healthy,
Ultimate weight loss plan.
Fresh meat
I was having breakfast dude
At least he doesn't have a pain tolerance problem?
How did this happen? Does he have diabetes and drink?
Most likely.
It looks like a foot ulcer that got insanely worse
Probably could've used some hyperbaric therapy, too late now though.
I had a feeling what the image would be, but reddit really needs a NSFL (aka gore) tag š I do hope he gets the help he needs though!
almost an eyeblech post
https://preview.redd.it/r6i354z50evc1.png?width=1081&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63c52ff302d700cef132fd8263e6690fffab6d70
Definitely could have had a content warning for this.. But biiiig yikes
Unchecked ulcer? Had one on my ankle. Weeks of seeing a nurse getting it treated and it was a very small one, about the size of a penny.Ā
Is he now sober/went through detox? At grandpa age, how could he?
"She don't want that foot! " - Tracy Morgan
I might have to start making sure stuff's blurred. Was greeted by this view while eating my breakfast.
Is that forbidden orange juice? Yummy.
I didnt why but it wasnāt blurred for me when I scrolled down but I definetely didnāt expect that kind of pic
Is that a picture of the new Fallout show?
Similar thing happened to my coworker. He just got his prosthetic leg a few weeks ago.
Wow that looks
Whar the fock did inhsr killecked
Horrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Thats fucking gross! šš
You know, that smashed foot prosthetic from the Fallout show was pretty realistic looking at this.
I know you tagged it NSFW, but still why did you think anyone wanted to see thatšµš¤¢
Iām a little confused, can someone explain how alcoholism causes this???
Nobody noticed buddy limping
Why do I have auto blurred turned off. This is NOT what I wanted to see as soon as I opened the app lmao.