Nurse Reveals the Truth: This is The Secret Of How I Fixed My Painful, Swollen Feet

By: Michaela Harris 

Published 12 hours ago

Medically fact-checked

I just finished work for today.

My swollen feet are killing me.

It's been about 10 hours of walking, helping patients and being on my feet pretty much all day.

As a nurse, I don't have much time to break or to sit down.

This makes my feet swell up and look like “little balloons”.

At first, they just get a little puffy.

But as the day goes on the pain and swelling intensifies.

My feet become rock hard and too painful to stand on. …

Until it becomes an absolute torture.

It gets to a point where I cannot fit them into my work shoes.

And this repeats all day, every day.

For 5 Years, My Swollen Feet Made My Life a Nightmare

My daily life was filled with so much shame and humiliation… (not even mentioning the excruciating pain).

At work my friends started to laugh everytime I take my shoes off because of how swollen my feet and ankles are.

So… I laugh too… but deep inside I feel embarrassed.

I was dreading walking up and down stairs - let alone having to help another patient.

I would put on a happy face for my patients and pretend everything was okay.

But it quickly became evident to everyone around me that it wasn’t. One patient even told me that I should be the one laying in a hospital bed.

I felt like an 80-year-old woman, even though I was still in my 40s.

So, if you’re like me - suffering from stiff and swollen feet, I really FEEL you.

And I want you to know it’s not your fault. 

No one chooses to have swollen legs. But some people choose not to do anything about them.

The Most Frustrating Part Was, I Was Doing Everything I Could to Get Better

My daily life was filled with so much shame and humiliation… (not even mentioning the excruciating pain).

At work my friends started to laugh everytime I take my shoes off because of how swollen my feet and ankles are.

So… I laugh too… but deep inside I feel embarrassed.

I was dreading walking up and down stairs - let alone having to help another patient.

I would put on a happy face for my patients and pretend everything was okay.

But it quickly became evident to everyone around me that it wasn’t. One patient even told me that I should be the one laying in a hospital bed.

I felt like an 80-year-old woman, even though I was still in my 40s.

So, if you’re like me - suffering from stiff and swollen feet, I really FEEL you.

And I want you to know it’s not your fault. 

No one chooses to have swollen legs. But some people choose not to do anything about them.