Short of the weeping and bleeding, my feet feel like that (it began at the onset of my peripheral neuropathy.) I actually thought our electric blanket was shorting and sending shocks through my feet! I also get the feeling that you get when there is a hole in the toe of your socks and your toe is being strangled in it. I can't feel that great pleasant feeling of wet grass on my feet, nor can I feel my cat's fur with my toes like I used to (she likes being rubbed with my feet) . . . and I often feel like I have been hiking in the snow in wet boots all day and my feet are nearly frostbit . . .but they aren't, it is just the PN.

The weeping and bleeding you should have checked. Beware of podiatrists recommending surgery though. I would see a neurologist first, because you may not want to set up more problems using a surgical approach. Folks with neuropathy tend to have problems with healing injury to extremities.