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Hairy Toes

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rossi_mac

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Morning peeps

Had my yearly chiropodist/podiatry appointment this moaning.

As ever nice chat she's a good girl! My sensitivity and all that jazz seem fine to her.

An interesting thing she said was "I can see you've got no real probs as you have hairy toes" I guess it doesn't mean you have to have furry feet but if you do a signal if you start to loose the fur is Neuropathy. Well I didn't know that! She said really bad cases hair is lost up to the shins!

Hope all well, and as hairy as ever!

Rossi 😉
 
Interesting, i am as bald as baby's bum there, well, blond and tiny.......
 
There was a note in another thread recently that suggested hair loss is related to high blood sugars so hairy toes may indicate that a) your BGs are fine and b) you're a hobbit. Do you like mushrooms?
 
AlisonM said:
There was a note in another thread recently that suggested hair loss is related to high blood sugars so hairy toes may indicate that a) your BGs are fine and b) you're a hobbit. Do you like mushrooms?
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mushrooms, magic, I mean yes great not magic roundabout magic just tasty magic!!
 
Good news Rossi 🙂 My podiatrist said basically the same thing - as I had hair on my lower legs it indicated a good blood supply and circulation. 🙂
 
:D GP nurse said same to me a couple of days ago whilst checking. I'd forgotten.🙂

Hairy from top to bottom. 🙄

Rob
 
Is it good for ladies to have hairy toes then ........:D 😱
 
AlisonM said:
There was a note in another thread recently that suggested hair loss is related to high blood sugars so hairy toes may indicate that a) your BGs are fine and b) you're a hobbit. Do you like mushrooms?
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Rotter! You nicked my "Rossi is a Hobbit Shock!!" 'headline'!! :D
 
Hairy

Yes I was told it was a good sign to have hairy toes nurse noticed a long one and that was after they were waxed😱 I will see what she says tomorrow at my first review (will I wax them or not?:D)



Lanz
 
Peripheral Vascular Disease causes the loss of hair from your legs as well, just one of the symptoms.

cramps
cold feet
cyanosis
gait changes
weak limb pulse
extremity hair loss
leg and/or foot numbness
thigh, calf or foot muscle pain
leg pain (claudication) ~ relieved by rest


Maybe the producers of The Hobbit should get auditions from the diabetic community for Hobbits to play themselves... lol
 
rossi_mac said:
Morning peeps

An interesting thing she said was "I can see you've got no real probs as you have hairy toes" Rossi 😉
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Hold on to those hairy toes ...report in today's Times about an American diabetic with no feeling in his feet, fell asleep and dog ate three of his toes ...

"...Westboro Baptist Church. (AFP) Dog eats owner's toes Roseburg...diabetic man with no feeling in his feet woke up to find his dog had eaten part of his right foot, including three toes. The...woke up to find bits of his foot missing. (AP)"
 
mcdonagh47 said:
Hold on to those hairy toes ...report in today's Times about an American diabetic with no feeling in his feet, fell asleep and dog ate three of his toes ...

"...Westboro Baptist Church. (AFP) Dog eats owner's toes Roseburg...diabetic man with no feeling in his feet woke up to find his dog had eaten part of his right foot, including three toes. The...woke up to find bits of his foot missing. (AP)"
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I'm sure I heard that story ages ago! Eeeew!! 😱
 
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