time on earth: 58 yrs
# of kids: 5- 4 on earth and 1 in heaven
marital status: m
ethnicity: cauc
sex: (what's that) m
as I mentioned 30+ yrs of having idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. can't even begin to count the number of doctors I've seen, I do have a list of who I've seen and what they did but it reads like a whole volume of encyclopedias.
I grew up on an apple orchard in michigan, originally my grandpa's then my dad's, started out picking apples, peaches, pears etc and finally graduated to driving the tractor as my dad sprayed the trees. because of blood testing that I have had done, have found extremely hi levels of organophosates which we used b4 the dnr and epa were even in existence. my third second opinion at the u of m hosp (teaching) believe that it is possible that it (pn) could be caused or at least contributed to because of this. regardless of how or why I got this disease, I have it now. so we don't choose the hands we are dealt just how we play the hand. and the 2 rules I live by "don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff" drugs that I am currently taking are lyrica 300mg/day (pain)
ultram 300mg/day (pain)
ibuprofen 2400mg/day (pain but mostly for inflamation)
norvasc 5mg/day (I also have raynauds)
pletal 100mg/day (I also have PAD)
cymbalta 75mg/day (pain and depression)
percocet 10/325 as needed (pain)
stadol nasal spray as needed (pain)
and last but not least
metanx 2/day (this is a relatively new prescription but is simply hi doses of b-2, b-6 and b-12 which are all essential for healthy nerves and has a added bonus of making the insides of our veins and arteries slippery so that nothing adheres to them)
if anyone out there has found anything that works for them pleeze pleeze let me know as I am always looking for that magic bullet and have tried just about everything that has crossed my path in 30+ yrs to relieve, alleviate, dispell, rid, cast out, etc this disease
just one more short piece of history (much more to follow)
after trying many drs, drugs, appliances etc I came to the conclusion that we all have to deal with a certain level of pain and I just needed to bite the bullet and deal with it... then about 12 yrs ago the pain level took a giant leap upward to where I couldn't even tolerate a sheet to touch my feet at night (even though I am numb to about mid-calf I still have much pain) so I started seeing drs again and testing again and more drugs again and after about 7 yrs of trying everything they and I could find I am just biting the bullet again....taking drugs, destroying my liver and kidneys, shortening my life but without the drugs I have no quality of life, and trying not to bite the head off from everyone around me .... life is good and there's a lot to be grateful for and a lot of beauty that surrounds me but still.....