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Old 02-10-2010, 03:35 PM
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Foot surgeries? I had a complex surgery on my left instep when I was 12 to remove a tumor. That foot always gives me problems, with ankle swelling and pain when I take one of my blood pressure pills which can cause dependent edema. The other foot is not affected. The medication is a calcium channel blocker. I am sure the swelling is part of it. Surgery disrupts the lymph channels and I think that foot is prone to slower lymph return than my right foot which does not swell. Without the medication that foot is still a bit larger than the other, but it doesn't hurt as much.

Also foot issues can come from hypothyroidism. That is how my PN started 30 yrs ago.

Do all your toes hurt equally? or only certain ones. I have a dermatome chart here to show you which nerves in the back affect which part of the feet:
http://www.apparelyzed.com/dermatome.html
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