I'm so amazed at how kind this community is. I really appreciate it.

I don't think I've had a 4-5 hour test of any kind, although Cleveland Clinic did the most thorough workup they knew of, and they have me marked as negative for Diabetes. Would the 4-5 hour mean me spending 4-5 hours having it taken? Because if so, I definitely haven't had it.

I also don't know anything about my glucose level, the doctors always just said that neuropathies accompany developed diabetes.

I don't know about advanced antibody testing, unless it's something that Cleveland Clinic did. Below are my tests listed:


UA CHEMSTRIP ONLY
12/1/2011 CBC + PLT R
12/1/2011 COMP METABOLIC PANEL
12/1/2011 SED RATE
12/1/2011 C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP)
12/1/2011 ANA PANEL BLOOD SCRN
12/1/2011 ANTI ENA ID
12/1/2011 DNA AB DS + CONF BLD
12/1/2011 HEP REMOTE PANEL BL
12/1/2011 CCP ANTIBODY IGG


Of the below tests, only the ANA test was positive, and the doctors told me that that doesn't indicate anything in and of itself without other positives in Autoimmune tests, and that a fairly significant portion of the population has it positive.

I'm 22. I've always loved sweets and roughhousing, and lots of exercise. I've been a student until this semester, and I'm currently teaching abroad, though I'll have to leave soon because the winter pain is terrible on my neuropathy.

No smoking or drinking. I'm currently taking lots of fish oil, I've been taking D3 for some time, I use melatonin with 500% dv B6 to go to sleep at night, and I've always gotten too much protein. Zinc and magnesium have never been something I've thought about until I just found this website. Some anti inflammatory shots into my terrible shoulders helped the pain a while back in December, but I'm honestly not sure what was up. Normal anti inflammatory pills don't help.

I'm taking neurtriptyline (pamelor) for the sfn, and it helps my hands and wrists a lot. The feet/ankles and now also shoulders and knees continue to hurt. Like I said, I've had dramatic variations in diet for sustained periods of time trying to get to the bottom of this.

I really appreciate the help. Bless you.