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Neuropathy in feet and limited toe movement?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 11, 2020 | Replies (150)Comment receiving replies
@blbelanger Yes. My left foot and ankle are much worse than the right. I cannot even move my 3 toes and the swelling is bad. My right foot also is diagnosed with neuropathy and the pain is bad, but not as bad and does not look as ugly as my left foot. The top of my feet hurt so bad when ever I over due it. Right now, after trying to mow, my sugar dropped to 68 and would have kept dropping had I not come in. No, not diabetic they say, but have sugar drops often when I over do. You would think I would learn. No, I am so angry right now. I hurt so bad. Did get sugar up, but now depression and foot pain. You know when you lose a partner everyone tells you how they will be there for you for whatever you need. Well, that's not so. Can't even rely on people you pay. Guess I need grief counseling right now and not neuropathy. I sometimes feel like giving up and letting it all fall apart. Sorry folks. You don't need my negativity. I am glad your here though.
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@plbelanger @summertime4 @jesfactsmon @rwinney @lorirenee1 and all of the people here who have become a source of strength to me.
My first therapist told me that I was the best mask wearer she'd ever seen. A lifetime of working in a caring profession had made it necessary to learn how that's done, though I think I carried it a few notches higher than was healthy.
Your kind words have touched my heart and I thank you all.
@plbelanger I started with more pain in my right foot, but it soon evened out. Then I had surgery on my left ankle a year ago, to repair all the damage in ligaments and muscle. The surgeon put in a permanent internal splint to prevent me from rolling my ankle and tearing things up again. Since then, the pain in that ankle seems different from the neuropathy pain. So, double the flavor, double the fun.
Hank, @jesfactsmon thanks for the timely tune. With the comorbidity of chronic pain and depression and PTSD and so on, I have lots of times when I want to give up. I talked with my therapist about this today. It's no longer something that's in the forefront of my thoughts, but even so, it's there, just under the surface. So, @summertime4 , you're not alone. My father drummed into me that big boys don't cry, and by teaching me that he handicapped me emotionally. But when I was in the safe facility after attempting suicide, the dam broke, and I couldn't stop crying. I have a few times since then, but I feel constricted, so the tears are like an underground stream. I have the feelings that accompany tears, but they don't surface.
I'm going to stop here before I do something that blasts my message into cyberspace, where I can't retrieve it. I'll chance it to say one more thing. I often hear myself and others apologize for being negative or down or complaining. If we can't express our real thoughts here, where so many of us have much in common, where we're heard but not judged, where else can we go? I know there are other places we can turn to, and it's good to have those resources. There are times, though, when Connect is the only available option for some. I hope we can continue to make it a safe haven in life's storms.
Love and blessings to you all.
Jim