Do you have a positive tinel sign for your tibial nerve:
Here is a picture
http://www.efn.org/~opal/pain.jpg
Tap the read area. If you feel pain or tingling in your feet/toes, it means you are positive.

Edit:

If you vote no, please share if you have numbness in your feet and how much, full, partial etc.

No tinel sign. Variable numbness at the sides of both little toes, and most of the pads under the metatarsal heads. I also have tingling up to both knees, again variable day to day.

I fell for that . The not so funny thing is, I do have pain in that area on the outsides of each foot. My feet hurt more than tingle anymore. My toes do go numb at times, not as often as they used to, like I said, I have more pain now. Both feet stay swelled, some days worse than others, but never goes down. They swell the in the middle of my foot, the 2 middle toes wide, and swell almost to my ankle. This started last January and has pretty much stayed swelled. Last week I did inventory of frames and had to stand on my tiptoes some of the time for almost 4 hours and I had pain for days from that.

Feet, legs up to above knees completely numb - will get tingling in one foot after IVIG..... or if really overtired..... no realization when I get cut on my feet or legs either - which is not good - have to be very careful... (usuually the trail of blood is a sign)

and this means??????

The reason for this thread is:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

"In idiopathic neuropathy, the presence of a positive Tinel sign had a sensitivity of 95%, a specificity of 56%, and a positive predictive value of 93% in identifying patients who would have a good/excellent outcome."
Is the main thing.

Optimumeg,
Thanks for putting this up, it will now be an area for the ReBuilder to concentrate on

My toes and feet are numb to varying degrees and different times. Mostly always blue and COLD when really numb and can warm up for no known reason too.

Aggrivating, so aggrivating. The progress totally stopped. I magically started healing, and now I'm magically not.

It is to me, a matter of tempering one's hopes and expectations. Just re-program YOUR mindset to a sort of 're-charge' mode. A constant one.

Progress, if any, also has to do with all the other 'things' going on in your life...insurance hassles, basic living activities on a daily basis, families who have NO clue, and heaps of other issues. Ever think that your body and mind have been putting lots of energy and resources into the 'recharge' modes?

It is a matter of FOCUS: on doing good things for your body that help it heal, and you live....PT, eating well [even tho you may not care at ALL], doc's support, family support, ANYONE's support? ON top of all that, keeping sanity?

YOu know? LizaJane's been thru a lot lately, set-backs w/her spine, family issues and here she is....going out to the total BOONIES on what was supposed to be the ultimate 'recovery' adventure! I am betting she will have a good time in spite of the pain. Keep in mind tho, each of us deal with the pain/no pain issue a bit different [maybe because we ARE a bit different?]and cope/compensate/get on with life in adaptive ways. As long as you have and get some internal sense of 'progress', even now and then....well IT IS PROGRESS! and NOT those 'GEE I'mGETTING WORSER?' issues...

I really feel for our docs often, there are no promises, and I wonder/hope/wish that some of 'us' stick in their minds and would work harder for US! It may not be happening now, but I sure hope so, and soon!

I mean...look at Billye [Silverlady] going to the Mayo thru sleet, snow, rain and blizzard for a 'few' days' only to stay more than 'many' days! Look at kmeb, who was diagnosed/misdiagnosed from the get-go. Look at Liza Jane, BobB, Brian, Nancy and Rafi, lastly ME....we all have to face variations on the DEMON each day! Look for all the GOOD things and hold on tight! The rest is/has got to be extraneous to plain old get by!

For now tho, Good things and super thoughts your way! - j

I'm New But I Have A Lot Of Numbness In My Toes And Underneath On The Pads. My Left Leg More So On The Inside Feels Numb When I Touch It About Half Way Up My Leg. I Really Don't Feel Much Of Anything When I Tap That Area. I Have Been Suffering From Pn For Six Years This Month. What An Anniversary To Look Forward To. I'm Disabled On Ssn. I Hate What This Has Done To My Life. I Was Always A Goer And A Doer And Now I Feel Pretty Useless.