Feet!!!

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Fran, Thanks for the reference to Foot Smart. May have to put my feet

into boots soon - clogs don't protect the heels from snow very well.

Can still wear socks and am contemplating knitting wool socks with

double strand heels. Have to see what Foot Smart might have.

My main hobby has become my autoharp, it's sit-down full realm music.

I can forget a lot of pain and float through the world of folk music,

hymns, classics, ahh - so much music right on my lap. But my heels,

toes, ball of feet are there when I stand.

Was it Cheri with the backwards down the stairs - I learned that

years ago when plantar fascii had a love affair with me (it wouldn't

respond appropriately to rejection) and had since forgotten about it.

I live on one floor and have elevators and escalators almost

everywhere I go. Color me spoiled. ;-)

I think that I am usually comfortable with upper body pain, but its

the legs and feet that drive me wild and perhaps I'm too mobile for

this disease (but it doesn't listen very well).

Guess we buy old lady (mens) comfort shoes and shuffle through life

being grateful we have feet to put them on.

Smile through the pain, it makes people wonder about you and that can

be quite entertaining!!!! JudiRose

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JudiRose --

You have a great attitude!!! I'm an old lady and I don't care how things look

to others, I have to have comfort for my feet. I think your idea for double

heeled socks sounds great but I need some that let my toes stick out so the

don't get too hot. It's -7 degrees here today and I have on sandals with thin

socks but only when I am outside. I sure get the weird looks, it is

entertaining.

I envy you the autoharp. I am totally nonmusical and would love to be able to

lose myself in making music.

Cheri

May have to put my feet

into boots soon - clogs don't protect the heels from snow very well.

Can still wear socks and am contemplating knitting wool socks with

double strand heels. Have to see what Foot Smart might have.

[Guest guest]

Dear Judith,

I’m glad you like Foot Smart. I think they are great and on the Internet

site they usually have daily specials and more clearance items. When they

have a shoe sale at the end of the season, they really go on sale. I’ve

bought several pair of sandals at great prices. I’ve been debating on

buying a set of the inserts to try and take some pressure off the bottom of

my foot. My feet feel like I am walking on rocks and they cramp up

constantly. My toes are turning inward and my daughter told me I have

Jurassic Park toes, taking after the T-Rex hands and how their claws curl

inward. At least we laugh about it and it’s better than crying. My feet

wake me up all night and lately, I’ve been buying those heated pain patches

and insert them in my socks. They keep my toes and feet warm for hours.

The patches are supposed to last only 8 hours, but normally they last closer

to 12. They are expensive, but sometimes a heat pad just isn’t possible

with a cord attached. This way I can walk around and apply them right where

the pain is the worst. I normally buy those at Walgreen’s but have been

meaning to see if they are cheaper on line.

I guess you are right about giving up fashion. Half the time, I’m in my

lounging pjs anyway, since clothes get on my nerves when I’m in a lot of

pain. I used to go for fashion, but now comfort comes first and probably

always will these days. I feel like I have enough pain without inflicting

more on myself when half the time no one even notices your feet.

Anyway, let me know what you think works for you at Foot Smart. I’ve tried

several of their products and the silicon toe covers are great. They help

soft hard calluses that you can’t get rid of any other way. Of course, my

Yorkie is always stealing them and I have to use ones with holes in them at

times. Like you said, we might as well laugh.

Take care and I hope you find something that helps the pain.

Sincerely, Fran