Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Lori Michaelson]

That is the way I have felt Larry... ever since the year 2000. In the
winter I just wear socks in my sandals and it works. Now that I am back in
the desert [warm but not humid] it does not get as cold but there are many
times in the winter whereby it does get cold so I just wear socks or the
compression stockings I get from Wal-Mart and the variety of sandals that I
have.

Thank you for providing your insight. I'm glad I am not alone in feeling
that way for having the same problem.

~Lori

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have given up on shoes. Everything, even sandals, creates a sore. Now I
> wear socks and foam heel protectors and that's it. My feet swell terribly,
> especially the left one. I refuse to worry about it anymore.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *Resent-From:* quad-list@eskimo.com
> *From:* RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net>
> *Date:* April 18, 2016 at 2:33:40 AM EDT
> *To:* Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com>
> *Subject:* *Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles*
> *Reply-To:* RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net>
>
> I wish I could show you the exact style to get. Mine have stretched out
> and formed to my swollen feet and they are fairly easy to get on. My feet
> look good at the end of the day in them, no sores or problems and I trust
> them. I bought three pairs one white, yellow and red. The tongue of the
> shoe is factory sewn so you down have to pull the tongue out . the ones I
> have even have little pull tabs that a finger can go through to pull them
> on. They are made for triathletes, so they have a lot of breathing holes,
> which helps. I could send you a pic of my feet in them or send you a link
> to the exact style that works the best.
>
> Ron
>
>
> On Sunday, April 17, 2016 7:04 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, I found the nike kukini's but I was wondering what your feet are like
> at the end of the day after being in them all day?
>
> ~Lori
>
> 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 sandalsbetter 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
> hear

Fwd: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Larry Willis]

I have given up on shoes. Everything, even sandals, creates a sore. Now I wear 
socks and foam heel protectors and that's it. My feet swell terribly, 
especially the left one. I refuse to worry about it anymore.

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

> Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
> From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net>
> Date: April 18, 2016 at 2:33:40 AM EDT
> To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com>
> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles
> Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net>
> 
> I wish I could show you the exact style to get. Mine have stretched out and 
> formed to my swollen feet and they are fairly easy to get on. My feet look 
> good at the end of the day in them, no sores or problems and I trust them. I 
> bought three pairs one white, yellow and red. The tongue of the shoe is 
> factory sewn so you down have to pull the tongue out . the ones I have even 
> have little pull tabs that a finger can go through to pull them on. They are 
> made for triathletes, so they have a lot of breathing holes, which helps. I 
> could send you a pic of my feet in them or send you a link to the exact style 
> that works the best.
> 
> Ron 
> 
> 
> On Sunday, April 17, 2016 7:04 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ok, I found the nike kukini's but I was wondering what your feet are like at 
> the end of the day after being in them all day?
> 
> ~Lori 
> 
> 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 sandalsbetter 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 th

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[RONALD L PRACHT]

I wish I could show you the exact style to get. Mine have stretched out and 
formed to my swollen feet and they are fairly easy to get on. My feet look good 
at the end of the day in them, no sores or problems and I trust them. I bought 
three pairs one white, yellow and red. The tongue of the shoe is factory sewn 
so you down have to pull the tongue out . the ones I have even have little pull 
tabs that a finger can go through to pull them on. They are made for 
triathletes, so they have a lot of breathing holes, which helps. I could send 
you a pic of my feet in them or send you a link to the exact style that works 
the best.
Ron  

On Sunday, April 17, 2016 7:04 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> 
wrote:
 

 Ok, I found the nike kukini's but I was wondering what your feet are like at 
the end of the day after being in them all day?
~Lori 
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 sandalsbetter 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,
~LoriC4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years postTucson 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


  

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Lori Michaelson]

Ok, I found the nike kukini's but I was wondering what your feet are like
at the end of the day after being in them all day?

~Lori

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 sandalsbetter 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Lori Michaelson]

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 sandalsbetter 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 t

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[RONALD L PRACHT]

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 sandalsbetter 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,
~LoriC4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years postTucson 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


  

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Lori Michaelson]

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 sandalsbetter 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[diannal767]

always, more so in the summer. I found some foot jewelry online that gives the 
appearance of sandalsbetter 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Danny Hearn]

LoriMy feet swelled way to big to get tennis shoes are any kind other than 
House shoe like slippers onThis lasted over a year, then all of a sudden 
about  6 months ago they went back to normal and I have went back to Tennis 
shoes every since, We don't know for sure if something just changed in my body 
or if god simply healed me of it, because we do pray a lot...Either way it is 
so nice to see normal size feet again, hope it continues and hope you get 
better also !  Dan H*** 

On Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:08 PM, Lori Michaelson  
wrote:
 

 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,
~LoriC4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years postTucson 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


  

[QUAD-L] Lower extremity edema in feet and ankles

[Lori Michaelson]

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