Been diagnosed with Peripheral sensory polyneuropathy today.

He did a nerve test with sticky things on my feet and up my leg.
Everything was pretty much normal, except a small change in my left foot which doesn't respond as well to the electrical signals. Around my feet around. He measure up further my leg but said everything was fine.

He wrote all the numbers down and showed me, and said it isn't much to worry about. Husband asked what is the worse case scenario, he said when l am old in a nursing home l may get unsteady on my feet and lose a bit of balance and have to work with a cane or some walking aid. Also said l may have burning hot feet here and there and sometimes stabbing pains. He said he hasn't seen that many people with PN with stabbing pains, mainly burning, tingling and restless let syndrome. All of which l have already had. He said there is medication, but he wouldn't recommend them as they have loads of side effects. He did give me a supplement to take, Cayenne. Said all the other supplements are a waste of time.
He said he doubts drinking has anything to do with it. I would have to be a heavy enough drinker to have the shakes when l stop drinking. He also said, l won't die from it, and l won't end up in a wheel chair and he has seen younger people than have this. As young as 12 years old.

I left his room, still with so many questions. One of them being, if l have this now, does this mean l will be unsteady at an early age? This worries me as l want to enjoy my life. Also, how does he know it isn't Auto NP? Are there any tests to rule this out? Also, is it normal for the PN symptoms to come and go? Since he has seen many patients l thought his experience would be useful in answering my questions. I mean after all he is the expert and deals with these kinds of things each day. I just felt rushed as usual.

Do you think its wise to get a copy of the nerve results? Are there any other tests he could have done?

I also bought my kneck X-Ray in he said to not have x-rays anymore as they are really bad for our health. This has scared me, as l have already had about 3-4 in my life over my body. He said MRI and Ultra sound is fine.
He said my x-ray look fine and my PN has nothing to do with it.

I now have to get my head around all this, l just want to live happy and healthy without pain.


He said if l wanted to in a few years l could have another test to see if its progressing. Is this to see at what rate its progressing?

Sue