Well Ron, I MUST tease you by saying that what you are telling me is also true besides gravity. I just forgot to include that in my original post simply because it is a no-brainer. 😉
I thank you for giving me the name of the stretchable shoe you have found that might work for me. My biggest fear is red marks on the side of my pinky toe or on my heel where I have had pressure marks before. I have to be careful with my sandals because some of them have a good-sized lip around the edge and I got a pressure marks from that back in 2011/2012 and then 6 years prior to that. I also want to thank you for jumping in to offer something as far as advice. I have had beyond my share of "conditions" over the years and I would still be working he had it not been for me acquiring syringomyelia causing extreme pain and extreme Lori endurance had it not come to that. The surgery I had for it helped some but since I retired I didn't need to go back to work and found so many other hobbies to do in my life... not to mention my ex common-law husband and me separating and he was my driver with us living out in the sticks and me having to travel 30 minutes every day to get to the city whereby my job was as an Education Advocate. Not long after that I was blessed to have found the love of my life and who would still be the love of my life a completely unexpected cardiac arrest of which he did not survive. Again, one day I had everything with him (and I mean everything) and the next thing I only had my clothes and our huge PC and keeping some of my personal things but most importantly our adopted daughter [Golden Retriever]. Now my life is in limbo and don't know where life leads me to next but I hope to never ever have to go without a dog in my life since I love them so very much. ~Lori C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:33 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Well Lori, the reason is lack of movement. When I swam just twice a week > my feet were in decent shape. Four years later and Im barely able to cram a > shoe on. Im told the only way to fight it is with passive movement, like in > some sort of lower exercise for like 20 mins at a time. I found a > stretchable shoe called nike kukini that's very forgiving. Its upsetting to > see yourself swell . > > Ron > > > On Sunday, April 17, 2016 4:23 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Yes Dianna, > > I know exactly what you are talking about. Many people who are in the > hospital for a longer period of time often wear them. Just one more hassle > for me and then when I get up in my chair, because of gravity, it all > starts over again. I would not want to wear them while in my chair since > they need to be plugged in [if I remember right]. So why they are doing > this [or have been doing this for such a long long long time] I have no > idea. > > Thank you anyway! > ~Lori > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:53 PM, <diannal...@aol.com> wrote: > > always, more so in the summer. I found some foot jewelry online that gives > the appearance of sandals....better than bare feet. now for the medical > advice. my wound doctor had me approved for special compression pumps. I > will have to research the name of these but an hour in the morning and > night you zip them on your legs. from ankle to above the knee. it reduces > by pumping air in and out. i'll get back with you. > dianna > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> > To: quad-list <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Sun, Apr 17, 2016 2:08 pm > Subject: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles > > I was wondering if any of you have had to deal with lower extremity edema > whereby you can't even wear tennis shoes/sneakers or anything but sandals > that stay open and there is only a Velcro strap that allows the top of the > sandals to close or buckled straps to allow for the stretching/lower > extremity edema in my feet? > > This began with me probably 3-4 years after I began to work and was in the > chair by 8 AM and did not lay down until 8 PM or 9 PM on weekdays. > > But it has gotten much worse since then and then in 1998 I had to stop > wearing shoes or tennis shoes/sneakers and resort to what I spoke about > above. > > The only thing that helps it is me laying flat with my feet straight up > and down against a pillow whereby my lower extremities are equal to my > heart. In other words, they go down overnight but not always. > > Yes, I will wear compression stockings and did so before moving to Arizona > in the summer of 2001. I wore Jobst stockings for the first couple of years > after moving away from the humidity of the Northeast but I eventually did > not need them. When I moved back to the Northeast to be with family after > losing my husband my lower extremities became worse so I thought when I > moved back here they would get better but nope! > > Yes, I tilt back my chair several times a day because that is all I have > time for and I am not up in my chair all that long anyway. > > Now, I do not have any heart problems or anything. It is all because of > gravity. > > I very much wish I could go back to wearing sneakers but even with my > compression stockings... my feet and ankles swell and I can't risk any skin > breakdown. > > Best, > > ~Lori > C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post > Tucson Arizona > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz > > > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz > > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
