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Nurse Reveals What Worked To Manage Her Painful, Neuropathic Legs And Feet

2023 | By Alice Jackson

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | By Alice Jackson

I just finished work for today. My swollen legs are killing me.

It's been about 10 hours of walking, helping patients and being on my feet pretty much all day.

As a nurse, I don't have much time to break or to sit down.

This makes my legs swell up and look like “little balloons”.

At first, they just get a little puffy.

But as the day goes on the pain and swelling intensifies. My legs become rock hard and too painful to stand on.

…Until it becomes an absolute torture.

It gets to a point where I cannot fit them into my work shoes.

And this repeats all day, every day.

For 5 Years, My Neuropathic Swollen Legs Made My Life a Nightmare

My daily life was filled with so much shame and humiliation… (not even mentioning the excruciating pain).

At work my friends started to laugh every time I take my shoes off because of how swollen my feet and ankles are.

So… I laugh too… but deep inside I feel embarrassed.

I was dreading walking up and down stairs - let alone having to help another patient.

I would put on a happy face for my patients and pretend everything was okay.

But it quickly became evident to everyone around me that it wasn’t.

One patient even told me that I should be the one laying in a hospital bed.

I felt like an 80-year-old woman, even though I was still in my 40s.

So, if you’re like me - suffering from stiff and swollen feet, I really FEEL you.

And I want you to know it’s not your fault.

No one chooses to have swollen legs. But some people choose not to do anything about them.

One of the podiatrists from the nearby hospital recommended I try this new foot massager.

They call it the NMES Nooro EMS Foot Massager.