my mother had so many nasty med. problems very painful,from her 50ths
to her early 80ths when she died.. pn ,damaged nerves ,polyneuropathy.
she started going to a neuro.he did every test i could think of,from
feet on up legs. found a hernated disk,you could really see it,very big..
she asked when she should come back,never he said,i'm sending you to
ortho dr. she was 79 or 80,that dr. he claimed was unual but the ortha dr.
would stop the feet and leg pain,i thought vascular but ortho? but saw it
big hernated disk..my brother and i took her to mayo clinic..they said same
thing she had no trouble,they were going to put her in nursing home to rest
for two weeks,no pain,they sent her home,nurse was me,she felt fine,i
started hurting,noticed i was having trouble with my feet..

i arranged to have mri on back,he told my mom she could go home soon,
he sent her out told me my back well spine was awful,he couldn't do anything for me..he sent me to a neuro and said he as sorry,if he knew
i have pn,he wouldn't have had me take care of mom. she got lucky steve.
well no more pain in legs or feet . she had a rare form of breast cancer,
died 3 years later,no mophine or pain till 2 days befor she died..

i'm 61 had pn for a long time,my children ask the drs. at mayo if i was going
to die, i was in terrible pain,burning,tingling,spams..they didn't answer,they
answered quetions but not that..my husband passed away 8 yrs. ago they
were scared..my neuro here is very good,she let them see everything on
the computer. it's not going to affect her longevity,but her life will not
be easy,she will have to live for the good days..steve sometimes it's hard
and sometimes it's good..nurses know to much some times...i will tell you
this is a tough buger,we don't have enough money for research there's
over 200 problems,and some drs.. don't know anymore then we did..

it isn't fair,but so many things aren't i hope you get that popcorn feelings
and even better,i mean alan got frisky after surgery or mel attacked him.
who cares 2 61 yr olds had fun.. i'm 61 i'm having frisky times,bob
my buddy is 78 and havn't tons of good times. hugs to all sue