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Old 09-09-2012, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by malawigirl08 View Post
After 15 years of weird and wonderful sensations caused by PN I have been treated to a new one, the tops of my feet feel as though they are in a vice- like grip and a ton of bricks sat upon them. Does anyone else have this crushing sensation?
Yep. Sure do. What causes it for me is when the edema (swelling) goes down into the foot and sits on the top of it. Feel the top of your foot and see if it's softer, like there's some liquid in there. I wear compression socks, and when I don't wear them for a day or two (at most before this happens), it feels like a brick landed on my foot. They're medium compression, 20-30, and it pushes the fluid up to the top of your sock line. If I get too much swelling, I take a diuretic and pee it out all night. But yeah, it feels like a crushing sensation. That sucking sound we hear is our lives going down the drain..
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