No, I do not think it means "legs" as opposed to feet. And slow partial recovery is good to read. It's my experience, and that of many others, who have taken the "healing program" to heart, and exercised, reduced stress, taken supplements, even when we didn't feel like it. Especially the exercise.

It's amazing how much of the "loss" is due to disuse. Use it or lose it, and if you stop feeling it, you tend to stop using it. Also, bodywork which improves circulation to nerves, and enables them to get a good food and energy supply, is important. Keep reading, and you'll hear more about working to be well, with this diagnosis.

But first, yes, there is fear and lots of tests and lots of panic. This is once we settle in. The main complication is complications from becoming sedentary and gaining weight. The cause of death from idiopathic pn is related to type II diabetes, heart problems, etc. Not from the nerves.