Before I lost both feet, shoes were a concern, now I just
have to be sure they fit the prosthesis. I didn't think style
mean anything. I guess I now need a cheap pair of adidas,
if there is such a thing. .......LOL
Roger
R Bennett wrote:
> Thanks for the advice. Your Victoria's Secret comment was really funny. I have one to add. Since I can't feel my feet, the neurologist told me not
> to wear high heel shoes (so I don't trip and fall . . . as if this doesn't happen to people without TM). So I had an excuse to go out and buy new
> shoes - best part about it is that none of the new shoes hurt my feet - I'm sure those people without TM wish they had this problem.
>
> Rowton7244(AT)aol.com wrote:
>
> > Dear Renee,
> >
> > Your symtoms and the reactionary process via the medical staff surrounding my
> > initial hospital admittance were very similar. As a matter of fact I am
> > experiancing the inching senstion in several areas, one near the area of T-10
> > and desending areas of such. This sensation is almost always followed by
> > some form of renewed tone or feeling in various areas. I actually almost
> > feel as if I could jump off of the highest bridge because there is no way for
> > me to stop this strange new sensation. Yet my doctor tells me that as with
> > every process of healling there is a stage of iching (just like when you get
> > a nasty scrape near the end of the recovery of this scrape it begans to
> > heal.)
> > I have also found that we have about "14" line in true controled medical
> > information re: TM to inform both us and the medical community. Yes there
> > are neurologist makeing advances more quickly, but we are somewhat guinea
> > pigs for the new frontier of spinal cord disorders and rare diseases.
> > If I put my TENS unit on the given area it is helpful, I set the unit on
> > cycle pulse or burst, this seems to cause the "jumping off of the bridge less
> > likely" if I can maintain some form of routine in my life for those " the bad
> > good and the ugly" days. I am actually writing this because I had to get up
> > and change the lovely uncontrolable bowel functions, so don't feel alone in
> > you feelings or syntoms.
> > Funny story , I actually had someone ask me what was the most difficult
> > asspect of TM I actually told them it was my campaign to get Victorias
> > Sectret to carry pretty disposable under garment in the adult diaper form. I
> > could not believe I had let this phase come out of my mouth, much less even
> > be a thought I would have remotely had 2 years ago. Never be afraid to ask
> > this group about the symtoms you are having, because if you want the real
> > story as opposed the the medical jargon, there is always some one who can
> > relate.
> > Kindest regards,
> > Beth