folks can call me the Woondog. I am 72, still working as a paralegal,
enjoy languages, piano, opera and musical show as a participant (actor)
I am married for 43 years and our son lives in Ithaca New York
I hail from Brooklyn, lived in the Far East and Europe for ten years
and in the Bay Area, California for the past 34 years.
I developed diabetes from being overweight 30 years ago, and
soon afterwards, peripheral diabetes. For my years, I suffered horribly
with lightening strikes of pain coming about every 20 seconds for
days. Just recently, my doctor prescribed dilaudid and nortryptilene
and that has been the wonder drug for me but for about 10% of the time, I still have it. Last night, I ate 8 cashew nuts (a no no) and got the pain back
which has persisted from 11pm last night to the time of this writing
a day later, 11 am. So, I have to worry not only about carb/sugar
intake but also from foods that trigger the pn regardless of blood sugar.
For me, that's peanuts, cashews and alcohol.

well, welcome woondog,

sounds like you've had an interesting life. would like to hear about your travels sometime.

glad you found us. we're a good group of people. look around the forums. i'm sure you'll find several that you feel comfortable with.

hope to hear more about you. i hope your pain stays under control.

Before you dive in? Read the 'Stickies' at the top of the forum, then some of the posts....
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html
Once you know where we all come from, and are armed w/a LOT of what We've learned? Well, ask questions away! Don't be shy, but honest and folks here WILL help you!
Doesn't mean we can take YOUR pain away? But, know that others have similar pains as well!
's - j

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number of fellow members here to assist as possible. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Welcome to Neuro Talk!! So glad you found your way here. We have lots of great folks around to assist and listen and even give a hug when needed!!