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Calling all neuropathy people: Tips on footwear and avoiding falls
Neuropathy | Last Active: May 10 1:25pm | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
At 81, I, too, love going barefoot but I was blessed with a myriad of foot problems, Neuropathy, bunions, extremely wide feet, high arches & insteps plus degenerative osteoarthritis. So I have terrible time even buying shoes that don't hurt. Thankfully no diabetes. Dr's say no bare feet, but they don't have my feet or know how painful they can be so I keep a pair of outside shoes by the door to slip on when I go outside and go barefoot in the house plus the dr recommended shoes for longer trips.
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I got some diabetic sneakers which fit fine for my neuropathy even though I am not diabetic but do you get burning and feet get red and what do you do for that? I had a bad burning feet yesterday and my daughter told me to take some xanax and it went away. I think anxiety about our feet causes it to get worse. My son said if the xanax helped you why would you want to try gabapentin - well, I don't want to get addicted and he said you only took a .50 dose and at 82 years old if that works why ask for gabapentin low dose - I hear good things about it but also horrible things too so feel I am between a rock and a hard place. Any advice??? Lyrica was awful - so tired I could not walk to my car so didn't take it anymore. Dont know how gabapentin would work. Any advice thank you for listening.