As regular readers will know, I have a thing about idioms. I might say, casually, to an acquaintance, "I had planned to row across the Atlantic this summer, but now I have cold feet." However, recently, as happens these days, I was looking at a health website. Surprisingly, to me at least, there was an article about people getting hot feet at night and informing us about 15 ways that sufferers can get relief from this affliction.
One proposed solution was to wear socks in bed. I had previously thought that wearing socks at night was a solution to having cold feet. However, wearing socks can now cool down your feet. Not any socks, of course, but cold therapy socks. Apparently, they are ideal for keeping your feet cool while you sleep. They are socks in which you insert gel packs that you have kept in your freezer. When you are ready to use them, you put the cold packs into the sock inserts. There is one insert at the bottom of the foot and the other on top. So, slip in your gel pack, put on your socks and a night of cold feet awaits you.
There were a number of online reviews, many that praised the socks. One said that she was unable to sleep at night due to hot feet and described them as a lifesaver. She went on to say that all her life - she was 68 years old - she had suffered from sleep deprivation due to hot feet, and finally, she had found a cure.
Losing confidence about doing something special or different is a problem that most people experience. Due to Covid 19, I have cold feet about leaving the front door. However, the more I read, the more I am beginning to think that there is nothing worse than having hot feet.
