Neuropathy

 

I woke up in the wee hours Sunday morning with my second toe on the right foot in pain.  I moved my foot a little, but the pain was still there.  I thought to myself, “I am finally getting neuropathy.  Most old people suffer painful tingling in their extremities, and my second toe had just started.  I got up and went to the bathroom.  My toe was still hurting.  I went back to bed, and when I laid down, the pain seemed to ease a little.  I was able to go back to sleep.  When I got up about 6 am, Sunday morning, my toe wasn’t hurting at all.  Strange.  I swung my legs out of bed and my toe was still fine.  But when I slid my feet into my slippers, I felt that stabbing pain in that second toe on my right foot.  I put on my glasses and took off my slipper to examine my toe.  The skin on the right side was red and inflamed.  Hey, I didn’t have neuropathy; I had an ingrown toenail!  I carefully clipped my toenails, and my second toe on the right foot felt better.  By Sunday night, I felt no pain at all.  Some folk might call me a hypochondriac, but I don’t care: my neuropathy was healed!  Proverbs 15:13, “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance …”  Have a great, pain-free day!