On the first walk of the day I could get a maximum of 50 to 100 meters and then have to stop to let the blood flow and feed the leg till the pain and burning would subside. Then I could walk 30 meters and stop again.
That was my life.
The top specialist had fitted a stent to help and it worked for about 2 years and then blocked up. Problem was there and I was back to having no pulse again and in the exact same position I was 2 years earlier -- but with the specialist surgeon saying if it gets worse they would have to cut my leg off. He said there was nothing more they could do and I was totally inoperable. He said I was too young to do the only thing left which was a full bypass and that wasn't a cure; it will just stop them from having to cut my leg off. They wanted to leave this option till my later years and there is nothing they could do and I would have to live my life as best I could with how I was.
I thought I was finished and disabled for life. I am only in my early 50's so I had this condition early in life. I was very lucky by having a chance meeting online with some people I got to know in Canada. I was telling them about myself and my walking problem. I mentioned myself to them and they said there is something that would help me.
When you're told by the top specialists in the hospital that you're incurable -- this seemed an impossible thing to be said by my new online contacts. They said they would send me these magnetic insoles.
Well ...! What would you think in my position? But in my position anything is worth a try -- right! So they sent me them for free to try. Still very not convinced they would help, I accepted them with their kind offer. They said they would work and to use them as much as you can and even in bed with socks on in the beginning.
I did as told to use them and the only thing I felt was a mild electrical feeling running up my legs. For the first couple of months there was not a big improvement; but after time I started to extend my walking bit by bit.
One year later I've got to the point of I walked 8 miles two weeks ago.
Hills can still give a bit of burn if they are steep but that's it; these magnetic insoles have given me back a lot better quality of life and I am so grateful I can't praise them enough.
I can even tense my calf muscles now where before that was impossible and my right legs muscles were far bigger than my left. Now they are the same size.
Thank you so much for this new chance of life.
Bless you.
