Neuropathy & Exercise

@johnbishop @rwinney Love the song, John, and your new picture. Speaking of new pictures, you have had 2 new pictures here, Rachel, and you are so darling! Love to see what you guys look like! Lori R

Yes, my husband made one for me but I found it difficult to turn on my side without knocking over the lifter. I need to turn from side to side often because of the bedsore on my tailbone,

Thank you Rachel.

Haha, yes I did have multiple pics Lori! @lorirenee1. I was being indecisive and bored...bad combo. 🤔

How are you today? And your feet?

Hahaha, damn straight you've earned it! @johnbishop and @artscaping.

Quick story behind "the temple" reference. For years I was against getting a tatoo, when everyone in the world was getting them, because I always said, "you can't mess with this temple".

Well, last year, for my daughters 18th birthday, when I was sad bc my 2 kids were all grown up, I wanted to commemorate our family relationship.

By my suggestion, the 4 of us went to get basketball tattoos together! It represented much of our togetherness over many years of the sport we all love.

Needless to say, my family was shocked that I messed with my temple! 😂

Be well,
Rachel

Here it is. 💕

Well stated Chris.

Awesome Tat! I broke down many years ago in land far far away and got one because someone offered to pay for it and give me $50. Then we spent the money he gave me on a night on the town. Scratched that one off to sailors do stupid things sometimes. Fortunately it was small and on my shoulder above any short sleeve shirt. That made it really hard to talk my daughter out of getting hers.

@rwinney Hi Rachel, I do love to see new pictures. It's fun! We do need to have some cheer! I am fine, my feet never are. Like you, I don't want to claim them as part of me. Besides pain, they are loaded with bizarre sensations that leave me having trouble putting on a shoe of any kind. Go from feeling like toes are all overlapped, to being yanked out of their sockets. Ball of feet feel twisted...I look down, and there are two normal looking feet. The only thing besides sensory nerves delivering pain and fire, are toe twitches, which are real. Anyway, I am high almost every nite, cause nite brings pain. And of course, my Dorsal Root trial was canceled. Enough about me. I hope you are having a fairly decent day today. I was surprised you started medical marijuana. I am glad it is giving your some relief. My very best to you....Lori R.

Like you, I feel that my body from my waist on down to my toes is not a part of me. Because I am paralyzed, I only feel burning pain. I scold my legs like they belong to some other being. When they go into spasms I tell them to “stop and behave”. It’s a strange feeling to feel that only my upper body belongs to me. Yes, shoes are an issue. My feet swell to twice their size in the afternoon, so if I need to go out, I have to put my shoes on in the morning after my shower. All my shoes are wide and most have a soft fabric for the uppers.