A Pain in the Foot

Isn't it amazing how we take our feet for granted or really all of our body parts.

I suffer from neuropathy. This is a chronic nerve pain which starts from my waist and continues down to my feet and into the toes. What this means is that the sheath that covers and protects the nerve ending, in my case is gone leaving the nerve endings exposed and me in constant pain.

Sometimes I have barbed wire around my ankles. Other times I have a vice squeezing my calves....then there's the shooting pain down one leg....most times never the two at the same time. Then there's the knives going into my toes and when the weather gets cold, damp, misty, or frigid, the arthritis in my feet jumps on to the train. Add to that the arthritis in my hands, knees and back and it's a fun time.

Trying to walk on those feet at times can be tricky especially when it feels like you're walking barefoot on glass--but one must go on, mustn't we?

But it's not until we don't have the feet to carry us to the bathroom, the fridge, the car or anywhere do we really understand their importance to our daily lives. We count on them implicity yet give them no regard or respect. Hmmmmm. Something is definitely wrong here.

As for me, since my broken right foot in 2006 and broken toes on the left foot several days later, I'm here to tell you--they get the best care because I now have to. Isn't that the way it goes. We're told to watch what we eat, exercise and take care of ourselves but it's not until we HAVE to that we actually do. I no longer can abuse them because if I walk too much, if I stand too much, exercise, I know that I will pay for it in the evening hours when the foot pain monster comes out to make my life miserable.

Take care of your feet folks....don't take them for granted or any other body part...it's like they say....you only have one set of them.