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Gm I wear these things every day for better circulation and for my (moderate) hereditary edema!

Patchy GM!

I notice that my legs do feel better after bouts of sitting at my desk. I just wish I had these in more of a cotton blend - the nylon or whatever it is feels ick on my feet. (I'm very particular about socks!)

In addition to the compression stockings, I use wool insoles in all my shoes (and hard sole moccasins I wear indoors). They keep my feet warm in winter, and keep moisture away from my feet if they get too warm in summer. https://a.co/d/0UNbjdr

Oh! Thanks for that link! I have some soft slippers I bought recently, and while they're lovely, they have no support. These are going on my wish list! I do also have some Haflingers I picked up from ebay some time ago. I have worn those in past winters, but they only keep the part of my foot that's IN the shoe warm. They're super sturdy and I love them, so if I could just have a hybrid of both, that'd be awesome.

Nice. Looks like Haflingers have gone out of business (I went to look them up) I see you can still buy them elsewhere, but their website is no longer. I have been buying hard sole mocs from various companies about 15 years now, starting with Bearpaw--but they began making all their crap in China, so I was doing L.L. Bean, and after awhile, they did the same... Minnetonka Moccasins are doing it too, sadly. But I still buy their shoes for indoors. Being diabetic and I have neuropathy, I have to keep my feet covered at all times to avoid infection.

I think if you're looking for a soft slipper that is like the Haflingers but also covers the heel, Uggs has some...and there are copycat Uggs as well, but I also know L.L. Bean makes something similar. A stiff sole with a soft insole and outsole.

They have? Oh man, that's sad. They're quality shoes. My old coworker got me turned on to them years ago - she wore them constantly, but I could only afford a wool pair at the time to wear around the house. Do everything you can! My mom (also diabetic) wouldn't wash her legs much (severely obese and probably had some serious arthritis as well), so she would get dry, bark-like skin on her lower legs and ended up in the hospital with cellulitis more times than I can count. Multiple bouts of sepsis from waiting too long, because she knew any hospital trip would be at least a week. Prevention is very much the ticket!

I do love some L.L. Bean! Sometimes when I have extra cash I try to snag an item or two off of Thredup.com for cheap. Will have to check out their slippers. I think Duluth Trading Co does something similar as well, but it could just be that they carry other brands.

FYI - those wool insoles I linked to are firm, so if you are looking for a memory foam type of feel, you won't get that with these. The benefits of them for me are: Providing arch support in shoes that don't offer it, and the moisture-wicking/dry warmth of the wool top layer. Watch the price on Amazon, they sometimes come down to about $35. Right now they're too much, IMO.

Your mom and mine had a similar condition on the legs. I clean and moisturize mine regularly and also take good care of my feet, inspecting them every day and night before bed and when I wake up, to look and feel for anything unusual. I never walk around barefoot, but my breathe with the wool insoles. People who don't have neuropathy and diabetes won't understand this, so I don't tell everyone because they think it's gross, or else they think bared is the most healthy. But when you're at risk of infection due to neuropathic numbness and can't feel your feet, one has to be diligent about foot and leg care and going barefoot with these conditions is asking for trouble. My feet are always clean, dry, and even soft.

barefoot* not bared

My feet are never ever soft, but that's a lack of going for a pedicure and nothing else! My dad has developed neuropathy in his feet due to nerve compression in his spine (he has had multiple back surgeries in the past few years), but he's also in the early stages of Lewy Body Syndrome (a type of dementia that affects motor control), so it's hard to gauge what is neuropathy and what is just body movement issues.