Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Monday, I spent a few minutes with the podiatrist to find out more about my toe that had the nail removed, and finding out it was broken also. The problem I ran into while taking off my socks was that the elastic tops took 3 small slivers of skin off with them, only on my right leg! By the time the exam was over, one of them had spread out to the size of a quarter. When removing a bandaid, skin will come off, too. That's one of the reasons to try quitting Prednisone. I can easily tear the skin below the knee, on my shin, only on the right leg. That area mostly stays red and hot most of the time. It's also the leg that swells most. I asked the doctor what I could do about that and he merely slid the top of my sock down to my ankle. That will fix it but my leg will get cold in this weather. Another option I heard about is a Diabetic sock. Are there any rational explanations for this problem? Why doesn't it heal as it should? And I'm assuming Prednisone isn't involved even though that's the most important reason to try and quit. Surely someone knows something about it, but what? Dennis in eastexas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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