I will start with the second part first. 5 years idiopathic PN in the feet. Hasn't moved beyond the toes...ebb and flow with pain. I'm scheduled for a pain clinic in around a month. I have put that appointment off for over a year. My wife thinks it will be helpful. I don't. Let's see...will they take me off my oxy, tramadol and Lyrica? Will they tell me that it is pill overdose and I should get into my Zen...maybe do a little chanting. Group hugs? Meditate. A full-body electrical stimulator? Sheeesh!
Anyway, the rotten neck, the one with some arthritis in it, has finally decided to joint my feet with pain. Woke up with tingling in my fingers. It took about 5 hours for that to go away. I do sleep with my arm under my head. My neck aches and, of course, if I tilt it to the left or backwards....I get the classic nerve pain down the arm to the elbow. Honest to God, can I just roter rooter the facet joint crud right out of my body??? Oh....hey, how 'bout a time-machine....go back 10 years and feel GOOD...no GREAT!