Thu, Aug-28-08, 06:33
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,900
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Plan: Eat Fat, Get Thin
Stats: 212/162/155
BF:32/23.5/23.5
Progress: 88%
Location: Breaux Bridge, La
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One of the reasons many Doctors put emphasis on diabetics caring so much for their feet is that if diabetes is progressive and uncontrolled, the feet are usually the first thing to get impacted.
When I experienced neuropathy, it was mostly in my feet, and I could barely walk with diabetic shoes and it was almost impossible to walk barefoot indoors or outdoors. Without shoes, it felt like I was walking on rocks, my legs always had a burning sensation, feet tingled and lacked normal sensations, the skin on my feet began drying out and looked scaly.
Thank God, that diabetic neuropathy is reversible. My feet now look great and don't look like they belong to some ancient person....
A much older man once told me: "When your feet or your back hurt, you can't think about much else." At the time he told me this, I was about 30 years old, he was in his 60s'. It took me a few years to fully understand what he meant..... He did not have diabetes, but was a U.S. Mail Carrier and he walked about 12 to 15 miles per day and for him, it didn't matter what the price of a pair of shoes cost, he was going to buy the best possible pair he could find. By my late 30s', I began buying only the best and most comfortable shoes. Foot care is very important, especially if they are impacted by diabetes......
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