Stuff I don't know

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Here's another one:

I went on a long hike recently, and after the second day, my toes were numb. All day. All night. Even still, a week after the end of the hike, the tips of my great toe and the tips of the next two are numb. I can move them ok, they respond to pressure, but not to light touch. The range of the unsettling effect seems to be shrinking, but very slowly.

I was kind of alarmed when this happened. The hiking was rigorous, and wet. My feet were wet during the day but managed to dry out overnight. There is some family history of diabetes, and I am overweight, but nothing like that was revealed in my July physical.

I'm trying to polish the shine on my shield of denial here... can anyone help?