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Title: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on April 16, 2008, 09:39:22 pm: I'm starting to worry about how horny I'm getting.

It's really quite hard in spots
. . . especially where I directly touch the floor.

And really sensitive to cold too -- I went walking outside this morning when it was still only about 40 out and it it was so painful I ran back inside for shoes.

I don't think I've changed shoes or the amount of time I spend barefoot or anything but there's about an extra 5 layers of skin on the bottom of my heel and almost that much on the ball of the foot. Anyone else have this? Is this a PN or HIV thing or just (sigh) more aging?

Thanks all

A
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: dgr20002 on April 16, 2008, 11:24:48 pm: You've lost me here. Horny and feet?
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: thunter34 on April 16, 2008, 11:30:31 pm: I know. Wut? You had me at horny, of course. But then it sounded more like you were talking about "boney"...like your feet experiencing pain striking the ground. But the part about extra layers of skin is throwing me. Calloused skin? You need to explain this a little more. Not following.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: mjmel on April 17, 2008, 04:52:24 am: Good call, Tim. Boney; not boner.

I have read several posts on this forum regarding folks complaining about the lack of fat on the bottom of their feet. It is something I have experienced however I thought (until now) it was due to aging or just bad shoe design. I quit walking barefoot outside years ago. Every little thing I stepped on hurt.
The only thing I can suggest is start shopping for shoes with extra padding or buy shoes a half size bigger and place gel or foam insoles in shoes. It's what I do, anyway. Makes a big difference with the gel insoles.
I am a little older than you, Assurbanipal
Mike
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Ann on April 17, 2008, 05:05:41 am: horny

Inflected Form(s): horn·i·er; horn·i·est
Date: 14th century
1 a: of or made of horn b: hard, callous <horny-handed> c: compact and homogeneous with a dull luster —used of a mineral
2: having horns
3[horn erect penis + 1-y] a: desiring sexual gratification b: excited sexually
— horn·i·ness noun

There's more than one definition of the word "horny".

Assurbanipal, I think it's probably more an age thing, coupled with going barefoot. Get yourself a good pumice stone and start using it every time you shower. Make sure you keep your feet well moisturized as well, because thick callouses, when allowed to dry out, can crack and become very painful.

Ann
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: mjmel on April 17, 2008, 05:42:00 am: Assurbanipal, you did that intentionally, didn't ya! :D
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: thunter34 on April 17, 2008, 06:14:16 am: Hmmm....he knows how to get traffic in his thread around here.

Good gracious, it's gonna be a great day. 6 AM, and I have already learned something. My coffee isn't even finished brewing yet.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on April 17, 2008, 06:58:56 am: Quote from: mjmel on April 17, 2008, 05:42:00 am
Assurbanipal, you did that intentionally, didn't ya! :D

Just a horny footed son of toil here.

Thanks for the advice to all
A
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: BT65 on April 17, 2008, 07:24:09 am: I constantly have problems with foot pain. But I was diagnosed with pn years ago. I also have problems with callouses. I buy an exfoliator to use along with the pumice stone and try to use it faithfully. I also buy an extra-thick lotion, such as Eucerin, to use exclusively on my feet.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on September 13, 2010, 07:47:15 pm: Abracadabra Thread ALIVE

...and all that ...

_______________

So... an update, the horny feet / callouses do seem to be a seasonal thing, controllable with a little lotion.

But the foot pain gets worse every year. At this point, if I wear any shoes that aren't tennis shoes the ball of my foot is pretty painful. I really noticed it the other day when I put on what used to be my favorite pair of shoes for a job interview -- those shoes used to make me feel like dancing, but now I just want to limp after about 10 minutes.

It feels like a big bruise on the ball of my foot (worse on the left foot). Its worst in the morning -- I have to put on tennis shoes to walk around in the AM now. It seems to get better as the day goes on -- and with the right tennis shoes I can still run.

I know some people have talked about losing the fat pad on their feet -- but how do you know? It's always felt like muscle over bone, now it feels like a bruise over bone. And in theory that would be a sign of fat redistribution -- I have noticed that the veins in my temples are visible now, but the doc assures me it doesn't look like temporal wasting. And I haven't been on any drugs that are associated with wasting. While I did do a little wasting when I was in the hospital, that was before all this and anwaay I regained all that.

At any rate I thought I'd look into the gel inserts Mike mentioned. Any recommendations? (Where do you buy gel inserts??)

(And come on folks, isn't it nice to think thunter and mjmel are back, even if just for a moment?)
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Rev. Moon on September 13, 2010, 07:54:11 pm: Tsk, tsk... Mr. Assur. Horny feet? You know this thread (even if it is a zombie one) is gonna go the wrong --or maybe right-- way in no time.

Good luck with them foots though; hope you can find some relief.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Inchlingblue on September 13, 2010, 09:14:05 pm: from one of the finest Amercian poets, for you MLA types:

The Emperor of Ice-Cream

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

—Wallace Stevens
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: BT65 on September 14, 2010, 04:12:28 am: A, you should be able to find the gel inserts wherever you go shopping, like a drug store, in their, well, foot section.

I lost the fat padding on my feet years ago, and never, ever go barefoot, even indoors. I learned that years ago. And I get horrible callouses, to where I have to use a callous shaver to get them off.

There's no magic answer to help the feet. Let me know how those gel inserts work, if you get them.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on September 15, 2010, 11:45:10 am: Thanks BT -- drugstore, sounds so obvious once someone says it :-[ guess I just never spend much time inside them recently what with mail order and the drive-through prescrption window (and I'm definitely a guy type / caveman shopper -- target, make the kill and leave with the meat ;D )

So I went to Walgreens and picked up a par -- see what Mike meant about getting a larger size shoe, ball of my foot is much more comfortable and I can walk without holding on to rails or needing a cane but rather a squeeze.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Inchlingblue on September 15, 2010, 01:17:22 pm: Dr. Scholl's has installed Custom Fit Orthotics Foot Mapping machines in many stores.

LINKS:

http://www.footmapping.com/footmapping/home/index.jspa

http://hubpages.com/hub/Dr-Scholls-Custom-Fit-Orthotics-Footmapping-Macine-In-Local-Stores
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on July 02, 2011, 08:39:42 pm: Well, thought I'd post the resolution to this drawn out story. Feels a bit like one of those mystery diagnosis stories from the NYTimes Magazine.

I tried the helpful suggestions BT and Inchling gave me up above and a few others too, but over time the foot pain kept getting worse. So I got a referral to a foot doctor/clinic.

They looked at my medical history and immediately took foot xrays from various angles -- but there were no bone spurs or stress factures. In fact the osteoporosis didn't even show up in my foot xrays. (Strong ankles and weak wrists I suppose :))

Instead it was Morton's neuroma, probably from overdoing the walking and the stepper when I was getting my lungs back in shape.

I had to stay off the feet as much as possible for a couple of weeks and get some injections above the toes. There were some blue gel pads that stick to your feet, and a rather odd menthol foot spray. Finally orthotics.

6 weeks later, everything is pretty good -- there is a little pain when walking, but it doesn't linger when I stop. I am allowed to run again too and today I went out running. Everything hurts -- but in a good way.

Cheerfully, and with thanks for all the help
A
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: randym431 on July 03, 2011, 05:03:04 am: Quote from: Ann on April 17, 2008, 05:05:41 am
horny

Inflected Form(s): horn·i·er; horn·i·est
Date: 14th century
1 a: of or made of horn b: hard, callous <horny-handed> c: compact and homogeneous with a dull luster —used of a mineral
2: having horns
3[horn erect penis + 1-y] a: desiring sexual gratification b: excited sexually
— horn·i·ness noun

There's more than one definition of the word "horny".

Oh... THAT'S what my grandmother was talking about, and why she was using that term in her emails to me...
I really thought she had an unnatural thing going on for me (in a incest kind of way).
WHEW!!!!!
"Mrs Robinson, granny Robinson... are you trying to seduce me?" :o ;D
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Ann on July 03, 2011, 10:23:40 am: Quote from: Assurbanipal on September 13, 2010, 07:47:15 pm
Abracadabra Thread ALIVE

It's perfectly acceptable to resurrect a thread you yourself started when it is an update of your original subject matter. It's quite another matter to resurrect an old thread when, for example, the OP hasn't even logged on in freaking ages.

You can buy the gel inserts in most drug stores - they're usually marketed for women who wear high-heels. Over here, they're usually found in the girly sections, such as the areas where they sell "feminine" products or hair thingies and they're often found in little packets attached to strips hanging on the end of shelving units. Sometimes you can also find them in those end-of-aisle Scholl foot-care displays.

They're designed to fit into the toe section of the shoe and cover the area where the ball of your foot lies. They do help. Now if I could just get a set of training wheels, with them and the gel inserts I might actually be able to wear heels myself. ;D

Quote from: Assurbanipal on July 02, 2011, 08:39:42 pm
(Strong ankles and weak wrists I suppose :))

:D

I'm glad you got this sorted out - I clicked on quote the first time before I continued with the rest of the thread and didn't realise at first the other one was from last fall.

You may still consider using the gel inserts particularly if you're going to be on your feet for a long time. You know what they say... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on July 03, 2011, 11:41:54 am: Quote from: Ann on July 03, 2011, 10:23:40 am
You may still consider using the gel inserts particularly if you're going to be on your feet for a long time. You know what they say... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Thanks Ann

Actually I wound up with a pair of these sorta cool gel pads that stick to your feet that I had to wear for 6 weeks, and I still wear them when I would otherwise be barefoot.

My foot doc gave (sold) them to me -- they go on the arch just in back of the ball of the foot, and through some wonder of modern material science whenever they lose their stickiness you wash them in cold water and it comes back.

It seems rather odd to put something on your skin and then put socks over it -- but it helped a lot.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Ann on July 03, 2011, 11:49:04 am: I used to have a pair of inserts just like yours that stuck to your skin and they were really cushy - and more expensive than the regular kind. Unfortunately, my daughter nicked them and I haven't seen them for sale anywhere else again since then. I gave up trying to wear heels anyway - I got tired of toppling over even when I hadn't even had a drink to soften the fall. ;)
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on July 03, 2011, 12:20:42 pm: I threw away the box but I'm pretty sure it was these
http://www.drjillsfootpads.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4&zenid=scul3a60usk0a2hmbq7eceg6m6

$12 sounds about what they cost too
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Ann on July 03, 2011, 01:46:23 pm: That looks about right, only they were for the ball of your foot, not the arch.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Miss Philicia on July 03, 2011, 01:54:33 pm: meh, let me know whey you plebes require actual foot surgery like I'm going to have soon
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Ann on July 03, 2011, 02:14:18 pm: Quote from: Miss Philicia on July 03, 2011, 01:54:33 pm
meh, let me know whey you plebes require actual foot surgery like I'm going to have soon

I'm just surprised you don't also require knee surgery. Or have you been using knee-pads all these years?

(http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0810/knee-pads-pads-demotivational-poster-1225489735.jpg)
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Assurbanipal on July 03, 2011, 04:52:59 pm: Quote from: Miss Philicia on July 03, 2011, 01:54:33 pm
meh, let me know whey you plebes require actual foot surgery like I'm going to have soon

I was very glad to find out it wasn't going to require surgery -- up to the foot xrays the (non-foot) doctors who felt around were thinking probably bone spurs brought on by the osteoporosis drugs.

No doubt it was preemptive guilt feelings on their part :)

I hope your surgery goes well Miss P.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Basquo on July 03, 2011, 08:07:11 pm: Foot surgery is no picnic, but at least they give you good drugs. Miss P, ask them to give you extra lidocaine injections after the surgery and then you won't even really start feeling any pain until the day after surgery.

I'm 2.5 years post left foot surgery and the right one needs to be done this fall...probably November.

Good on the OP for finally getting some relief!
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: anniebc on July 03, 2011, 11:00:46 pm: Quote from: Ann on July 03, 2011, 02:14:18 pm
I'm just surprised you don't also require knee surgery. Or have you been using knee-pads all these years?

(http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0810/knee-pads-pads-demotivational-poster-1225489735.jpg)

Ann...I'm pretty sure Miss P has designer knee pads delivered to his door on a regular basis... ;)

Miss P, when are you scheduled for surgery?

Aroha
Jan :-*
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Miss Philicia on July 03, 2011, 11:08:42 pm: Quote from: anniebc on July 03, 2011, 11:00:46 pm

Miss P, when are you scheduled for surgery?

They won't schedule me until I get an EMG test because the podiatrist thinks there's neuropathy mixed in, and the hospital is very backed up right now. I'll have this in 2 1/2 weeks, then back to the podiatrist at the end of the month so I guess they'll schedule the surgery then. Alas, they're backed up with slots for surgery so it would be September at the earliest.

btw, x-rays showed an abnormally high arch that's putting downward pressure on my metatarsal bones. Whatever it is it's progressed to the point that I audibly yelp several times a day. Also keep in mind that I don't possess a car and live in a fourth floor walk-up. Life isn't very enjoyable right now.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: anniebc on July 03, 2011, 11:34:03 pm: Quote from: Miss Philicia on July 03, 2011, 11:08:42 pm
They won't schedule me until I get an EMG test because the podiatrist thinks there's neuropathy mixed in, and the hospital is very backed up right now. I'll have this in 2 1/2 weeks, then back to the podiatrist at the end of the month so I guess they'll schedule the surgery then. Alas, they're backed up with slots for surgery so it would be September at the earliest.

btw, x-rays showed an abnormally high arch that's putting downward pressure on my metatarsal bones. Whatever it is it's progressed to the point that I audibly yelp several times a day. Also keep in mind that I don't possess a car and live in a fourth floor walk-up. Life isn't very enjoyable right now.

That really sucks, sorry you are having so much trouble, but hope it will be fixed sooner rather than later.

Aroha
Jan :-*
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Inchlingblue on July 04, 2011, 08:18:15 pm: Here's a little kultchah, from one of the best poets in the English language:

The Emperor Of Ice-Cream

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Take from the dresser of deal.
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream

Wallace Stevens
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Rev. Moon on July 04, 2011, 08:24:33 pm: Quote from: Inchlingblue on July 04, 2011, 08:18:15 pm
Here's a little kultchah, from one of the best poets in the English language:

The Emperor Of Ice-Cream

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Take from the dresser of deal.
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream

Wallace Stevens

You had posted this poem a while ago, my dear senile man.

Quote from: Inchlingblue on September 13, 2010, 09:14:05 pm
from one of the finest Amercian poets, for you MLA types:

The Emperor of Ice-Cream

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

—Wallace Stevens
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Inchlingblue on July 04, 2011, 08:31:13 pm: Quote from: Rev. Moon on July 04, 2011, 08:24:33 pm

You had posted this poem a while ago, my dear senile man.

OMG

I'm getting dementia.

Oh, well, Mr. Stevens deserves a double-plug and not in the same way Miss P does.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Miss Philicia on July 04, 2011, 08:37:04 pm: wut
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Hellraiser on July 05, 2011, 01:24:58 pm: Quote from: Miss Philicia on July 04, 2011, 08:37:04 pm
wut

He means you made sexy time with two guys at once.

I'm glad I could help!
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Inchlingblue on July 05, 2011, 05:11:14 pm: .

[I said something but it was kinda sexual so I decided to retract.]
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: mecch on July 05, 2011, 06:23:01 pm: yeah I'm horny too. Must be summer. Oh... wait.
Title: Re: Getting rather horny
Post by: Ann on July 06, 2011, 09:42:30 am: Quote from: Inchlingblue on July 05, 2011, 05:11:14 pm
.

[I said something but it was kinda sexual so I decided to retract.]

Not like you to go all shy on us - are you ok?