"Hopeful" is a great place to be!
We are all here should things look down a bit at any time!
Have a great day!
~DejaVu

I am really curious how Lance Armstong avoided neuropathy....or how he copes with it. He was nailed with major chemo and he seems to be better for it! (Not really, but, his recovery is astounding.) I wonder if the chemo ever causes autonomic neuropathy. I have seen AN in chest radiation patients, usually those who got radiation for lymphoma.....I actually diagnosed a case in one of my clients when I had the medical fitness center....I had read outs and given his medical history and his response to exercise....I figured out that was what he had and I sent him to the doc, and yep, that was it....then....I got the idea that it was also what was going on with me.....and yep....it was.

Lance is pretty amazing, but I'm also sure he had the best Doctors and nutritionists in his corner. There are things I learned since via the net that had I understood about PN might have helped

Competitive athletes typically use tons of supplements.

Also some chemo drugs are "worse" than others as far as neuropathy inducers.

Well my organic beets scared the heck out of me this week.

I remembered this year, that beets turn your pee red.....I forgot it turns your poo red....and everything else in the toilet bowl red....cripes! Sorry to get so graphic.....

My Diltiazem had me so constipated this last week that I almost croaked from the cramps(You are correct Mrsd).......

I looked before the flussssshhhh. Don't ask me why, but it took so much effort I thought it best to perhaps take one short glance at what I so painfully extruded.... Just to make sure it didn't have a gender.....

OMG....quick.....get me to the ER....holy cow.....then my hubby says....,'Hey, didn't you eat beets yesterday?" Duh....

Maybe beets will 'eliminate' my neuropathy?? They have managed to disapate my dignity. I think I will sell the rest of them....

That would've scared the hell out of me, because thats what happened and led to the discovery of the tumor , only the color was darker.

I hate beets so I wouldn't have known. I haven't had one since the night my mother and I went to war over them at age 3. I won


Made it 52 hours the 1st day w/o gabapentin on the supplements, last 2 days have been a struggle at around the 20 hour mark. May need a vicodin tonite.

Realize it's gonna take some time, but it's a great start. I'm thinking there may be a withdrawal or rebound effect to cutting the gaba.

Will search here in a few, but am wondering at the moment about medical pot for PN pain. I have the card to get it, but I quit smoking cigarettes 10 years ago and don't want to reestablish that habit, so I'm willing to try it, but need to find the candies. Plus I'm not really into pot though it's probably better than vicodin

I've been recommending this site. Really glad I found it. Thank you guys for all the help

It is really best to taper off gabapentin. Ask your doctor for an RX for 100mg to help you do this.

I am glad you are feeling hopeful. This is a good sign.