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Originally Posted by Steph70 View Post
My problem getting a doctor is that I have NO pain from the neuropathy...
Hi Steph, Welcome.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but count your blessings that you don't have pain with this bugger. I didn't have any pain with initial onset either, but eventually... So I do understand and support your desire to nip this in the bud before any pain sets in, and I agree that its outrageous that doctors seem to want to wait until things progress to that point (pain) rather than helping avoid that possibility.

With or without pain, the medical community has cut loose/washed its hands of many PNers because so little is known about it and how to help us. Therefore, we've had to become our own advocates and detectives in finding ways of helping ourselves. This site has much information contributed by peer PN sufferers that can either help you or point you in directions that may.

I don't know offhand (currently pressed for time) if this search will help or not, but IMO it should be a good starting point.

finding a doctor peripheral neuropathy (Also note some of the related searches at the bottom of the first page. )

Best wishes,

Doc
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