I have some heel pain and then it goes up my leg. It mostly when I get up in the morning. After I walk a little is seems to be better. Because it is going up my leg, not sure if it is PN or if this is something a foot doctor to exam.

Any input would be appreciated, Trish

You know Trishann, when I first got PN, I developed terrible pain in my heel and up my leg. Several months later that pain has gone away for now. My PN is so strange. I will get a specific pain in an area for awhile, then it calms down and I'll get another pain somewhere new.

a good podiatrist or podiatric surgeon? I ask because it could be [tho mite not be] something in the actual foot structure. An exam and good set of x-rays can eliminate a lot of the worser possibilities and could put your mind at ease. Do keep in mind that that foot has a whole slew of nerves [almost as much as a hand...and that's billions of 'em] and have something rub one the wrong way and well...the rest is history.
Start out simply in the 'doctor world' and work your way up that 'food chain' if needed, when necessary. Hopefully it won't be?
That all said, it doesn't make it hurt less in the meantime.
Let us know how things go! Hope always - j

Thank you Hope and dahlek for your input.

Hope you are so right, it just seems like one pain comes and then calms down and another one comes in. Thank you for letting me know it is just not me but others who have PN goes through the same thing. It is just so strange.

dahlek I kind of hesitate about going to the doctor because I felt the same way Hope does, with so many pain and aches comes my way and sometimes linger on for weeks or month and then leave. But I think I will be making a doctor appointment, it is just getting to painful to walk in the mornings. I have another condition which causes me to get up very early in the mornings, and because I have to constantly get up, the pain is almost bringing me in tears. If it is PN then maybe she can tell me now I can help the foot. I don't think it will hurt to have a visit with the foot doctor.

I just want to thank both of you and for talking it out with me.
Trish

I only saw my podiatrist well after I had an onset of a severe neuropathy and had been hospitalized. Podiatrists deal w/folks who have diabetes and other neuropathies ALL the time! It was my own podiatrist's opinion of my 'neuro' at the time that convinced me to get other opinions and it was life-saving to say the least!
They can order foot/shoe insoles that can help you walk better w/o special other 'things' and they DO understand how a person feels when their feet HURT! I know of some folks who have such orthotics who have been helped immensely by them - others not so much.
Think of it this way: Another opinion.... is just that. Another piece of information for you to process and help YOU determine where all the pain is coming from and how it is affecting your life. And, extra input is something one can get that is relatively cheap and easy.
Yes it hurts! But I view it this way? As long as I HURT I can FEEL! It's when you can't FEEL that things can and do get scary! I've been there and back a couple of times and truly understand. Honestly I will take the hurt IF I can feel any day! I've gotten used to the hurt sort of.
So don't give up or give in! Go see docs about this and seek the right answers to questions that you don't know you have yet.. Here is something from the 'stickies' that might be a useful roadmap IF you overcome [or, better yet learn] the 'doc speak': http://www.aafp.org/afp/980215ap/poncelet.html
Happy reading, chill out about it all and then go for it! 's - j

Hi There:

I also had the same symptom that lasted for several months. Mysteriously it went away. I wish the rest of my pain did

Also, for a short period of time, my right foot felt like it was frozen stiff in the morning. It was painful at first to walk on it. That also eventually went away.

Now I mostly have pain in the legs that feels like a deep in the bone pain or sometimes a burning pain.

Hi Trishann:

Many years ago, when I got up in the morning, and I placed my foot on the floor, well, I saw stars.

I immediately went to see my podiatrist who took an x-ray and announced "you have a double heel spur", and he showed me the x-ray. There it was.

I said "so what do I do now"? and he said "you get orthotics".

He took a foot mold for the orthotics, and it took a long time to get them.

But they arrived and I wore them each day inside my sneakers.

This was well over 7 years ago. I used to limp everywhere.

Then, and I have no idea if this is related or not", I lost a lot of weight due to a change in my eating habits.

I did NOT need the orthotics anymore. I had no more pain (and I remember the pain, believe me ) so to go from THAT KIND OF PAIN WHEN YOUR HEEL HITS THE FLOOR, to no pain at all, well it was a wonder.

The other day I was at the podriatist and I said "Years ago, I had this horrible heel spur and I had orthotics and well, I don't have the pain anymore, so what happened?"

He simply said "sometimes heel spurs stop bothering you".

I did not get any further x-rays so I don't know if the heel spur is still there.

I do remember at the time, I had to go for 3 ultrasound treatments and an injection in my heel. My doctor sprays some freezing stuff on the heel before the injection. He was great. The injection helped a great deal.

So perhaps if you go to the podiatrist he can take an x-ray and rule out any heel spurs. I have no idea if your heel pain is related to neuropathy, but it's a good idea to rule out anything else.

Best of luck

Melody

Thank you all for the sharing and for the information about heel pain.
We unfortunely had an emergency in our house, the bathrrom, that needed immediately attention. Have not been able to make a doctor appointment because of this issue.

I do have foot insoles for my shoes. Maybe I will start wearing them and not just when I am outside of the house. Hopefully it will calm the heel down, if not, I have to make that appointment then. The house emergency should only take couple more days and should be done hopefully and then I will decide what to do about the foot issue.

I love my slip on shoes when I am in the house , this is going to be a challenge, but if it helps with the pain I will have some relief.

Thanks, Trish