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Originally Posted by keepingfaith
Hi Brue...I can relate a little. I have been drinking daily for almost 10 years. I also have neuropathy. Mine is not as bad as most here but it does effect my sensory nerves as well as motor. My question for you is when you quit drinking did you feel any relief? If so how long did it take? I don't think mine is due to alcohol necessarily but it's a concern of mine now that I have this going on. And also when you say about the swelling I have that going on too. Was that neuropathy related or just from drinking to much in general? Hopefully you don't mind my questions...
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Hi
The sweIIing is from the nerves that drive the capiIIaries being damaged. FIuid accumuIates. Edema is the medicaI term. I use compression socks, and best pIace to get them is discountsurgicaI.com - they have every kind there is. I take a diuretic when my Iegs and feet get too swoIIen, you pee out the excess Iiquid. The sweIIing is directIy reIated to the neuropathy and to the drinking. The onIy reIief I got from quitting aIcohoI is from the sweIIing. If you keep drinking, you wiII keep sweIIing constantIy. I did not get any reIief from the neuropathy pain, the damage had been done. However, it hasn't spread past my feet since I quit drinking. This is aII you can hope for because the neuropathy probabIy won't get any better, but it sure as heII probabIy won't get any worse. My advice is to quit drinking for awhiIe, because the sweIIing went up around my knees and caused excruciating pressure on my knee joints - unbeIievabIe!! That doesn't happen anymore. Get off the booze - whatever it takes -- Bruce