My damage is irreversible regardless if I go barefoot 100% of the time...and there really is no rehabilitation for my situation, the nerves being relocated into the arch muscles of my feet. I can't even get a foot massage because the nerves lay so close to the bottoms of my feet. I am afraid that I am basically screwed for the rest of my life, and it will no doubt be even more difficult for me as I grow old.
Sorry, don't mean to be a downer. It's just something I have to live with...and cope with...daily, the realization.
I have hope for you, Sid, as I know you are really attentative to your situation, so I can live vicariously through you anyway.