So Brian, are you saying that if we buy magnets and put them on his toes, the pn will go away.

What kind of magnets do we get????
Thanks,
Mel

No Mel i don't mean that at all, they won't heal damaged nerves, but they will create blood circulation which is excactly what you do when you massage him, they also help with inflamation, stiffness is something that i have found it helps as well, so what i have read on your prior posts he was very stiff [spine wise but no pain] before seeing the neuro/chiro fellow which also give him exercises to release some of that stiffness, resulting in better blood circulation to the affected area.

This is what i am getting at, magnets placed on the affected part of his spine should yeild good results, as they will be doing there job 24/7 constant increased circulation.
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to workout were his problem is comming from, it has to be spine related, anyway have a think about it and if you and Al decide to give it a try and you need any help at all, just let me know.
Oh yeah, i only use Neodymium magnets they are good and cheap, shouldn't be no more than $5 each and nothing under 3,000 guass reading each
all the best
Brian

So where do I get these $5.00 magnets??

Thanks so much

Melody

P.S. The italian people downstairs invited me down to a New Year's Party.Since Alan doesn't speak a word of italian he chose to stay on the computer. Of course I came up at 12 to kiss him and then he said "go back and win some money". I played a little poker with the italians and cleaned them out. I won $15.00.

I spoke italian for three hours. Brushed up really good on my sicilian.

I mean, these people don't speak a word of english.

Melody

The "black" kind-- are weak. Insoles never worked for me either.

My magnets are 10,000 gauss. Stronger than Brian's.

The purpose of the electromagnet in the Magnassager is to move the balls around. I don't think therapeutically it is much in the way of magnet therapy.

Melody, you know that nerves share pathways to the spinal cord. I think when
you massage Alan's thighs, you are interrupting pain signals from the feet, with deep muscle sensations, from the thigh. It is like when one uses menthol to cool, burning. It is not actually "COLD" but overriding the burning signals from the other nerves.

Where do you get moleskin from and Brian could you please post the site that you get the magnets from. Thanks.

Good on ya Mel, sounds like your bit of a high roller
Seeing i live in Australia i haven't a clue were the suburbs are in the US, but once before i had a look for Lisa Jane and i found one, but they are down south but they do deliver and i think they are not expensive, i mean the proper price you'd expect to pay for them, here is the home page;

https://www.magnet4sale.com/xcart4/home.php,
go to the left of the page d/click on " Neodymium " then d/click on disc's and cylinders then go to page 13 - the 1st one $3.18 should work but for $2 more the $5.10 ones, i would be tempted to buy them, its hard for me to judge unless i actually can test them myself, but general rule is with most things you get what you pay for.

You will need some strong water proof adhesive tape, otherwise when you start sweating they will just full off., also don't forget a small piece of moleskin the size of the magnets, to put on the skin before the magnets gets stuck on, if you don’t, you can get a magnetic burn were the magnets was.[ a real red color skin spot].

So if you did decide to buy them , please handle with care as opposite poles attract to each other and they can slam togther with an almighty force and if your fingers are in the way , well, it hurts believe me, but as long as you are carefull with them there shouldn’t be any problems at all.

They normally come all together and are seperated by plastic between them, but once you separate them, place them down well away from each other.just in case they attract to each other.
Good luck

which is a very funny name BTW...is felt with stickum on the other side.

Dr.Scholl's sells it for feet...it should be in any foot section of a store.

My podiatrist suggested it. I was using magnets ALOT in the old days, for my
unbearable knee, and my foot issues. I noticed that I developed rashes, on my feet (but NOT my legs) and asked about that. My podiatrist also suggested magnets to patients for pain control.

The neodymium mags I have are nickel coated. Some people are also allergic to nickel. In my case it was what she called "magnet burn". It occurs where the skin is thinner (the tops of my feet). Where there is less "tissue" like on fingers/toes, the redness is noticable. On legs/back etc I don't get the "burn" at all. If you can't find "moleskin" you can use tape or even a bandaid pad which I have done in a pinch to put between you and the mag.

So I am not sure if it is the nickel that covers the magnet or the effect on
the capillaries in the skin, that causes it.
http://www.rei.com/online/store/Prod..._cat=undefined
Looks like a new improved type is out there...! with a little cushioning too.
This will not make a difference in the magnetism, esp with neodymium type
magnets.

Hi Joe, the moleskin can be a bit of a problem to find, i emailed a place over here that makes riding boots and those cowboy hats,etc, i only asked if they may have some scaps i could buy off them, but the lady [the owner] was a real nice and kind person and she sent me a couple of yards of the stuff at no cost at all, not even the postage cost, so i would be asking around that type of place over there.
Mrs D, was the one that told me about moleskin, she may be able to tell you were to find it.

Now I'm not trying to make a big deal out of this but last thursday, during his appointment with Dr. Baird his podiatrist, Alan came home saying he had two infections and he was put on antibiotics and then said to me "i need an operation". (Nothing to do with the infection by the way).

I immediately put a call into Dr. Baird and said "you think it's cellulitis, right? and he said "you are good!!!, but I'm just being careful. I'm not sure if Alan has an infection or not!. So I have him on the antibiotics. He was put on CEFADROXIL 500 mgs capsule 2 x a day.

I looked at the tops of his feet at this time and I noticed they were a little swollen and rough patchy. (whatever this means).

Well, I then noticed his ankles were swollen (or one of them was). I said as much to Dr. Baird and he said "melody, his ankles are always swollen. I never noticed this before. They never looked swollen to me. And don't forget he just was examined by the PN Department at Methodist last month and we go again on the 22nd of January. Alan also has an appointment with Dr. Baird this thursday.

Well, I just measured his ankles. I'm trying to be thorough. His right ankle measures 10 and his left ankle measures 11 and a half. So his left ankle is a whole inch and a half bigger than his other ankle.

Does this mean that if he does have cellulitis it makes your ankles swell?

The top of the feet look much better since he is on the antibiotics. He's only been on them since last thursday, Since two of my friends have had cellulitis, they told me "it gets really red, and really hot. and swollen.,
Well, last thursday, it was really red, (don't remember if it was really hot), but now it's just swollen.

We'll find out more on thursday,

Jeez, I hope he's not developing a blood clot in his ankle or something. He has absolutely no pain, no fever, no tenderness, nothing in this area. Just the swollen ankle. He's got it up on the recliner and he's not going to the gym. He went the other day and I could have killed him. He waited a whole 3 days until he went back to the gym. Now I told him "No more gym until you go back to Dr. BAird. Anything else he can do?

thanks,
Melody

I see she has already come to the rescue already I don't know what we could do without you Mrs D