It’s that time of the year again.
It happens to me once or twice a year: all ten toes itch like a mofo. It comes at random, but usually around fall and spring. It might have something to do with large temperature changes, but no matter what I wear, I still haven’t found out how to prevent it happening.
I’ve tried a massage, hot mud pads, cold gel pads, icy-hot balm, going to the sauna, painkillers (the non-addictive kind), and I’m nearing the bottom of this small bottle of bourbon because it’s driving me insane.
If anybody has any suggestion, I’m all ears.
I have tried all manners of creams, with and without stuff that requires a prescription. Nothing does anything when it strikes. The only thing that seems to do anything is a piping-hot sauna, and if it goes on for too long, drinking myself to sleep just to escape the damn itch.
This time it lasted for almost 3 days. It rarely lasts that long. And then it went away for no more reason than why it started.
Oh well… At least I almost never have phantom pain and it’s very infrequent, so I still count myself lucky.
And yeah you’re right, there is no such thing as a penetrating cream. If a cream really could penetrate enough to reach under the skin, it would require a prescription. So by definition, over-the-counter creams are more often placebos than anything else.