[monika]

Hello,
I really appreciate having a group like this to learn about this condition and to share knowledge, and encouragement.

My husband has asked me to find out as much as I can about his condition. He had this condition since November of 2009, and he is in considerable pain. But in October of 2008 he started having some other symptoms and I am not sure if they are related. He has asked me to find out as much as I can about this, because it has dramatically changed our lives.
My husband is 43, and has never had any problems medically at all in his life. It all started in October 2008 when he started having a weird itching, it was not really bad just annoying. He went to the doctor and they thought he might be allergic to the laundry soap or have allergies. They said he had high blood pressure and he started taking lisinopril. When all the tests came back negative, his itching got horrible bad in July of 2009. He was sent to a dermatologist who said he had a staph infection in his skin. He was on massive amounts of antibiotics and skin creams. Although the staph infection went away, he still has the same annoying intermittant itching like he started having in October of 2008.
Then in November of 2009 he started having numbness and tingling of his feet. By December it got alarmingly painful. They did a series of tests, and found he had peripheral neuropathy. He is on gapapentin, and oxycodone and xanax. It is like I am living with a invalid because he is so out of it. But I dare not say anything because I know he is just trying not to feel the pain. I did find this supplement on the internet and he started taking it a week ago:
*** it is the one for the neuropathy

We have an appointment with the senior neurologist on Thursday and hope to get some answers. Someone told us that the lisinopril may be the cause so my husband stopped taking it 5 days ago.
Any suggestions anyone would have would be greatly appreciated. I did see on the internet this type of socks that have transmitters to help with the nerves of the feet. I wonder if anyone has tried those and if they work. Thanks so much sorry this was a long post. Thanks Monika