And if someone (who knows more than I do about the feet), tells me we shouldn't be doing this, I will tell Alan, but for now, it works.

Here's what happened.

He got the new Propets, he puts the spongy thingees between the toes, he walked during the Feast, we came home, checked his feet. All was good.

Bedtime came. Now Alan takes xanax and melatonin and usually (if the weather outside is cooperating,), well he falls asleep and stays asleep till the next morning.

Well, last night, he comes to bed (after taking his pills), and he's tossing and turning, he can't find a comfortale position. I just looked at him and said "what on earth is the matter" and he said "my neuropathy is killing me". I said "do you have the spongy things between your toes"? and he goes "I don't know"

So I said to myself "well, if he's good with the spongy things, then he'll be great with the Toe Flexor thingees".

So I got the toe flexors, and let me tell you, getting these two things to go between Alan's tight toes, well, it's a struggle, but I did it. Then I put his socks right over the toe flexors.

He fell asleep in two minutes. When he woke up this morning, I asked him "How are the toe flexors working? and he said "I felt so good, I didn't know I had them on".

I really think we are on to something here.

He wore the PROPETS this morning, when we went to Dunkin Donuts.

Did a little shopping, Came home and we checked his feet. Still great.

Thirty minutes ago, while he's sitting in the chair, I see him shaking his right foot (that's the one with the worse PN sometimes). Now he has no neuropathy when he walks. Feels no pain. It's just when he sits for longer periods or lays on his back.

So I just put the toe flexor things on his toes and told him to flex his toes and exercise the toe joints or ligaments or nerves, or whatever is being compressed.

I just walked over to him and asked "how are you doing? and he said "Oh, these things are working, I'm much better".

So, because this is not a drug and has o side effects, is there any reason why, when he sits int the chair, he can't wear these toe flexor thingees indefinitely. He's sitting there right now, doing toe exercises.

Let's put it this way. You know when you are a kid and you put braces on your teeth and they realign your teeth??? Maybe this toe flexor thing is realigning his ligaments and de-compressing his nerves. Maybe????

What do you all think?

Oh, I just came back from the eye doctor. Wait until you hear what he said about my eyes. I'm posting a new thread on this.

Melody