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Originally Posted by michelles
i wish i had all of you with me in my home.. i need the strength to have someone put on a shoe for me.. my husband knows i hurt and he will see me cry and he trys to push me but then i yell at him and he will walk away, i have tried to put a shoe on every week i try but the pain is so bad that i cant, i sound like a big baby,, but it is really hard for me . and then my head takes over  what if someone steps on my foot? what if i trip and hurt my bad foot? all of these things start going through my head so what do i do .. just put the boot back on and know that no one will hurt it. so got a question for anyone of you? who wants to come to idaho falls and go shoe shopping  |
So, so sorry to hear this. The thought of knowing that you have to go through that agony at a set time every workday must often be overwhelming.
There is one more thing though, and that's the use of topical anesthetics. If you've tried everything available over the counter, I can share something else with you. It's expensive, but some insurance plans will pick it up, Medco for one. It's a "compounded" prescription gel, which is to say that your pharmacist mixes it up for you, pursuant to your doctor's instructions. (Don't even think about going to the chains for this one, it's only done out of mom & pop operations.) Anyhow, the gel I use has as its active components the following: ketamine (10%), gabapentine a.k.a. Neurontin (5%) and lidocaine (5%). I don't have pain to speak of in the morning, but by the time I go to bed my feet are really starting to cook, and this takes it away immediately. According to the pharmacist, it should last for only 15 minutes or so, but it seemed to work for me longer when I was still wearing those awful AFOs. And no, I'm not aware of the ketamine in my system, at this dosage it's effect is purely topical.
This might be worth checking out. PM me if you need any further info.
Mike