Originally Posted by
SwathHiker
I had a several week stretch where I also forgot to notice that I had lost feeling in my feet. You forget to notice things like that when you are focused on miles and finding water. They just stopped responding well scrambling over boulders and eventually I noticed. Switched shoes and it was very unpleasant when the feeling came back! Like having your asleep feet wake up after a month-long nap times 20, and for 3 weeks. But a lot of people had to leave the trail for foot and skin rash problems that they assumed would go away. If it isn't improving, take the week off and see a doctor or your entire hike may be blown, or you may lose part of a foot, or worse.