I have had neuropathy in my both of my feet for a while now. I have almost gotten used to the tingling and burning pains that come now and then.

Almost.

The tingling is not nearly as bad as the feeling as if a lighted match is being held under your foot and it can be on the heel, at the arch or near my toes. Anywhere is free game and at any time. I hate it.

Lately I have noticed something different. My feet are cold, ice cold. I check for color to make sure blood is present and my pulse is there which is seems to be good but this temperature change freaks me out.

As I was going to bed I started to grunt in pain. My wife asked what was wrong and I told her how just the blankets rubbing on my feet hurt. And how no matter what I did, my feet felt like they were cold.

I lifted my right foot and pushed it up against my left shin to feel the cold and felt nothing.

“Weird, maybe I just think they are cold but they don’t feel cold.”

My wife got up, lifted up the covers and grabbed my feet.

“They are ice cold.” She looked at me with a concern that I did not want to see.

She started to massage my feet to try and stimulate a little circulation. She moved up my calf and when she got to my knee she said, “You knees are warm but as soon as I get below them, your legs and feet are freezing.”

She kept rubbing my legs and feet and I started to feel sharp pins and needles in my feet. It felt like they were waking up. As my feet were waking I was falling asleep.

“Honey, just forget about it. Let’s go to bed”

She tucked the blankets under my feet and got into bed.

I don’t think she forgot about it.

I thank God she doesn’t.