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Originally Posted by mrsD
Having that specific diagnostic terminology in your previous report, could lend you a chance to try Lidoderm patches.
You could try 1/2 patch behind the knee, just below the bend and see if it helps with your pain issues. The lidocaine in the patch will hit those nerves as they are not too far below the skin there.
I often use them there myself. It takes the patches a few days to get going, but you might find they work for you some or alot (like they do for me).
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My PN doesn't cause much pain, because most of the nerves don't work. I do get a sharp pain in my left heel, like a shard of glass is in it, but that is sporadic, tho' it goes on for several days at a time. And some tingling. But I take Cymbalta and Aleve…and I have a pretty high pain Threshold Mrs.D.
I tried the patch for my DDD in my cervical spine. I wasn't motivated to keep it up.
I do use a collar with beans of some sort in it that I microwave and put on my neck to get to sleep at night.
Right now I'm tired because I get tired easily and with two MRI's, an EEG, and now an EMG today, I feel all 'tested out'.
Thanks for your attention. I need to learn a great deal more about my neuropathy, just to be able to talk more sensibly to my Neurologist.
Elaine