I have a question about neuropathy. Well, his neuropathy anyway.

This morning we were at Dunkin Donuts and he's sitting across from me and he looks down and says "oh my god, where's my shoe??" and I said "what are you talking about, it's on your foot", and I look down and there was his sock but no shoe. It seems his brand new $90 shoes (although very comfortable), the velcro has to be adjusted (I've since done this so this won't happen again).

His shoe had obviously slipped off and he was sitting with the shoe on one foot and no shoe on the other foot.

He then said "Last night when I got up to go to the bathroom, I went in with a pair of slippers on my feet and came out wearing only one slipper, wow, my feet are so numb I don't even know if I'm wearing a shoe or not".

So here's my question. If his feet are so numb that he doesn' know if he is wearing a shoe (forget about his knowing if his socks are on or off, he never knows) but now we are talking about slippers and a shoe here, well, what does this mean? I mean, how is a man able to walk perfectly fine, if he can't even tell he has a shoe on his foot?

Please, some of you knowledgable people out there who truly understand this numbness, can you please explain this series of events to me? Thanks

Oh, by the way, he goes to the podiatrist on Wednesday, so we'll find out about the recurring foot ulcer.

Mel