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Old 02-25-2013, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by hemse View Post
Ok guys, I do hate to be negative and dwell on what I cant change but I feel the need to ask this question. For those of you who have not met me before I was diagnosed with neuropathy nearly a year ago. At the time my doc told me it would get worse over a period of months and years, as it was it got worse in weeks. It levelled out but has recently started getting worse again.

I want to pick you guys brains about what I can expect, I know it might seem maudlin but if you guys are willing to talk about it then I want to know how bad it can get from your experience. I want to know if any of you have had to give up work because it got so bad? I have heard stories of people being housebound it got so bad. Has this happened to any of you?

I know there will be arguments about not worrying myself and to try and be more optimistic. Thanks to you guys I have never felt more confident about my condition as you have been a wealth of knowledge in things to do to help it. I just want to get the full spectrum of the condition so I can get a balanced view.

Another reason I am asking you is that as I mentioned earlier I have read horror stories on other websites. Left unchecked these stories will make me worry more than true accounts from people who suffer with it daily. Thanks , Hemase.

I was housebound and almost had to quit my job because of this. I thought I had autonomic neuropathy but what I had was neuropathy, undiagnosed thyroid problems,anxiety due to all this and chronic pain. I realized that not everything I was suffering was related to my PN and PN was not a catch all phrase for everything that was wrong with my body. We can develop overlapping medical problems. So my advice to you is if you worry about this too much it will take over and cause conditions such as depression, anxiety and so forth. Not even healthy people know what's around the corner for them or what the future holds in terms of health.don't expect to get worse, expect to get better.

Wishing you the best of health.
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