Where this photo is from, Lion Osarenkhoe Ethel Chima-Nwogwugwu“This diabetes made me pee too much and before I could reach the toilet, pee had come out, this is part of the problem of having diabetes that is not treated properly.”This is what 52-year-old Osarenkhoe Ethel Chima-Nwogwugwu said as she shared how she dealt with type 2 diabetes.Nwogwugwu told BBC Pidgin that her story with diabetes started when she was pregnant with her second child.According to the mother of five girls, she started treatment when she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and the disease went away six weeks after she gave birth to the baby.Where this photo is from, Lion Osarenkhoe Ethel Chima-NwogwugwuShe said when she was pregnant with her third child, the diabetes came again.The woman said the disease was treated again and it left her six weeks after the birth of her third child.“But six months after I gave birth to that baby, my sugar level went up, I went to the hospital and was told I had type 2 diabetes.Here’s how my story of diabetes started.As it started, I’ve been on that journey for 21 years.”Nwogwu said she was planning her wedding when diabetes affecting legs killed her mother.Now, she says the too much piss matter that worried her is completely gone.She said it wasn’t easy, but her doctors, nurse and dietician joined hands together to educate her and her family also supported her to battle the disease.Nwogwu added that taking care of diabetes is very expensive and getting doctors who take care of people living with diabetes is not easy.She also talked about the importance of caring for the legs well and advised people living with diabetes to do the same.“He’s wearing the right shoes.If you see me where I’m bouncing at 52 you’d think I’m an omoge, you’d say this babe is o because I’m wearing sneakers, I’m wearing it for native and anything because my legs are very important.”“A wounded person, don’t think it’s a death sentence, that it won’t heal, it will heal, please hurry to the hospital.Massage your legs thoroughly.Always check your legs first thing in the morning when you wake up.”One medical expert who follows BBC Pidgin said diabetes is a leading cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputation.She said 50 to 60 percent of people who go to the hospital to complain of foot ulcers end up with amputation sake of not quickly presenting their case.The medical practitioner said that anyone living with diabetes needs to have good glycemic control sake of that complications arise when the glycemic control is bad.“Make sure your HbA1c, your fasting blood sugar is at the target that your doctor has set for you,” she said.She advises that people living with diabetes should examine their feet on a regular basis.But she said the frequency would depend on whether the patient was at very low risk or higher risk of amputation.The expert said people at higher risk of amputation are expected to examine their feet more often than people at lower risk.Dr Afokoghene Rita Isiavwe who is a Consultant Endocrinologist talks about how one can examine their feet.She says it's by feeling the temperature of the feet, checking the nails, checking in between the toes to make sure there's no discolouration or wound.“And then look for any deformities too, sake of saying these deformities could be a sign of future ulcer," the expert said.She said people living with diabetes are not supposed to use a blade to cut their nails for the sake of being able to use it to hurt themselves.She said cuts cause 85 percent of amputations and instead of using razor blades, people living with diabetes should use nail files, nail cutters or nail nippers.“If you’re walking in a slippery environment and the soles of your shoes are smooth, you can slip and fall down, and that’s another accident,” she said.She also recommends shoes with wide toe boxes and no sharp objects that could injure them.The expert said anyone who wears socks for the sake of cold needs to try their shoes with their socks on before buying them, adding that knowledge is power if one is living with diabetes.© 2022 BBC.External site does not concern BBC.The way we are taking to external link.