I started wearing compression socks in 2015. I would wear them for a few days, then not, and then when my ankle swelled, I would put them on again. But then in 2016, I tore my hamstring while working out at Barwis because MS is a very mean disease! It was here when it became obvious that I needed to wear them all of the time!!!
My second knee surgeon is the Doctor Who prescribed my current compression socks. They are 30 pound compression. That is a lot of compression and is very difficult to put on, my Mom makes it look easy but it hurts her hands!
In the past few years, the past few doctors in different areas questioned me about why I sleep with them on. I never have an answer for them when they ask but last night, I was clearly reminded that this IS why I do not take my socks off at all! Here’s what happened:
For the past four days I think, I have been sleeping without my compression socks on and then I am ripped out of my sleep with the pain of my legs throbbing because of my lack of blood flow. This is why I don’t take them off!!! But, I HAVE TO now because I have blisters on the outside of both of my feet. (The one on my right foot is bloody by the way – it IS my poop side!
My Mom will take my socks off when I’m laying in my bed and tend to the blisters. Well, last night probably about an hour or two after she did that and I had just drifted off to sleep, my right leg was in excruciating pain and my left leg was following suit!
So the answer to why I don’t take my socks off was made pretty clear to me last night because my body can’t handle difficult things, you know, like circulating blood throughout my entire legs.
So, this change in strategy is getting to bed earlier to allow time for my Mom to tend to my feet and then a couple hours later, put my socks back on because I finally felt like I slept better! We will see how this all work out… I don’t know…