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<blockquote data-quote="gennepher" data-source="post: 2216047" data-attributes="member: 238814"><p>The whole of my feet hurt [USER=190075]@Cumberland[/USER] with exactly the same whole range of pain sensations you mention.</p><p></p><p>It becomes agony when I lie down in bed. I am kicking the bedsheets in the night. I also kick the wall by the bed with my toes to try and make it hurt less. That does work for a few moments in that it changes the pain sensations to different ones... however I don't advise that though. I have probably diverted the original pain sensations into something different for a moment.</p><p></p><p>My toes are the worst affected.</p><p></p><p>My friend's father in law was diabetic, and had his feet amputated. But the pain didn't go. He couldn't understand why he could still feel the pain in his feet. He was told it was phantom pain.</p><p></p><p>It is almost like you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.</p><p></p><p>I can understand the dark thoughts and despair and dark places of hopelessness. I do go to bad places in my mind.</p><p></p><p>I have had this peripheral neuropathy in my toes for many years now. And trying to explain it to medical professionals who don't have one jot of understanding how bad it is, is soul destroying.</p><p></p><p>For me, my daily painting challenge to myself helps guide my mind to a better place. You wouldn't like the see my really dark paintings...I keep these large canvases in the garage.</p><p></p><p>I will offer you hugs from the unlimited basket of hugs I offer on here. I know it is woefully inadequate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gennepher, post: 2216047, member: 238814"] The whole of my feet hurt [USER=190075]@Cumberland[/USER] with exactly the same whole range of pain sensations you mention. It becomes agony when I lie down in bed. I am kicking the bedsheets in the night. I also kick the wall by the bed with my toes to try and make it hurt less. That does work for a few moments in that it changes the pain sensations to different ones... however I don't advise that though. I have probably diverted the original pain sensations into something different for a moment. My toes are the worst affected. My friend's father in law was diabetic, and had his feet amputated. But the pain didn't go. He couldn't understand why he could still feel the pain in his feet. He was told it was phantom pain. It is almost like you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. I can understand the dark thoughts and despair and dark places of hopelessness. I do go to bad places in my mind. I have had this peripheral neuropathy in my toes for many years now. And trying to explain it to medical professionals who don't have one jot of understanding how bad it is, is soul destroying. For me, my daily painting challenge to myself helps guide my mind to a better place. You wouldn't like the see my really dark paintings...I keep these large canvases in the garage. I will offer you hugs from the unlimited basket of hugs I offer on here. I know it is woefully inadequate. [/QUOTE]
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