Thank you for the words of encouragement to just keep pushing on, Newstown. I guess that's all we can do, is to take it a day at a time. It truly is inspirational being on this thread of the forum, the encouragement does not go unseen.
I've just surpassed the 500 day mark two days ago. I'm floored at my own dedication to stay sober and while hitting that goal of 500 days is a vast importance, I realize it's just the beginning of a long battle against alcohol induce neuropathy.
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Originally Posted by newstown
I've not used it kidwonder, but I believe you posted earlier that a year ago you couldn't pick up a quarter. All I got for ya is hang in there. i get frustrated also, but the few studies I have seen available suggest you might need 2 or more years to bounce back.
"Abstract
Ten male alcoholics aged 38-72 years with clear clinical and electroneurographical signs of peripheral neuropathy were re-examined three to five years later. Conduction velocities, latencies and nerve action potential amplitudes were measured from median, peroneal and sural nerves on both occasions and the results were compared with age-matched reference values from 80 healthy men. Seven of the alcoholics showed normal or nearly normal scores in electroneurographical and clinical examination and they had all managed to stop drinking alcohol. The results suggest that the prognosis of alcoholic peripheral neuropathy is good and independent of age provided that intake of alcohol is discontinued and other causes of neuropathy (malignancy, diabetes, nerve trauma) are carefully excluded."
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