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Old 09-22-2012, 07:08 PM #1
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Welcome to our website, you will get lots of advice here.
What medication are you talking for the pain, it is important to get the right meds for you but it will take trial and error as no two people take the same.
Supplements will also help.
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Welcome to NeuroTalk:

We have to have some background on you, to see if some supplements may help you. Some PNs are environmental, meaning you were exposed to something that affected your nerves. So going back to when this started...is important.

I bet you are taking statins for that heart problem! Did this start after you began taking cholesterol lowering drugs? Most stent patients are given statins, and these are known to cause PN.

Have you had an HbA1C test regularly to see if you are becoming insulin resistant, or prediabetic? A glucose tolerance test longer than 2 hours? Have you had thyroid testing? Some PNs are metabolic and secondary to pre-diabetes and diabetes, and low thyroid functions.

Have you been tested for B12 levels and Vit D? Get your numbers and don't accept "normal" as lab ranges in US report lows below 400 (the new suggested lower normal) as normal, when in fact they are low.
Some PNs are due to low B12 and Vit D and other factors, so some supplements may help. Knowing your dietary habits will be a clue here.
Some drugs like metformin and acid blocking drugs lower B12 as side effects.

There are toxins, solvents, and other drugs that can cause PN.

There is a hereditary type of PN also that has no treatment as of yet. It is called Charcot Marie Tooth.

Do your hands bother you too? Or is it only the feet? Are your feet cold, do they change color frequently? Do they hurt when you lie down more or less? Do you have times when they don't hurt? Some PN may be from irritated or compressed nerves in the spine. Some PN can come from poor blood flow and poor circulation to the feet.
If you have blocked arteries in the heart you may have blocked blood flow in the arteries in the legs. Do you smoke?

Have you had tests for inflammation (C-reactive protein and SED rate)? ANA tests? Tests for immune globulin elevations (protein in the blood).
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Welcome to our website, you will get lots of advice here.
What medication are you talking for the pain, it is important to get the right meds for you but it will take trial and error as no two people take the same.
Supplements will also help.
My doctor prescribed Gabapentin and it works well. I can walk and go shopping. Sometimes after walking around I have to find a place to sit for few and then go again. Only thing is I take it, one three times a day and I can not forget to take one. If I do, I ain't walking verry far and there's withdraw till I take it.
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JagerJoe -- You've had multiple health challenges in 3 years? Two open-chest surgeries to put in stents, then arthritis and nerve pain! That's a lot of woe!

A couple of things about the arthritic back: One of my co-workers has spinal stenosis, narrowing of the channel through which the lower spinal nerves run. He had pretty much constant pain in his back and legs. His neurosurgeon performed an operation to "clean out" the channel, but one of the nerves -- L5 -- was found to be kinked, and after the operation he lost all feeling and control in his left leg below the knee.

The point is, surgery which involves nerves sometimes has unpredictable effects. It's not the fault of a bad doctor or a botched operation, it's just that no one can be certain what the near-microscopic nerves are like inside the body and exactly what will happen when they're disturbed.

Is his disability better than the constant pain? I dunno. He isn't sure either! There are no perfect solutions in this imperfect world...

Your situation is heartbreaking. What kind of work do you do?
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My doctor prescribed Gabapentin and it works well. I can walk and go shopping. Sometimes after walking around I have to find a place to sit for few and then go again. Only thing is I take it, one three times a day and I can not forget to take one. If I do, I ain't walking verry far and there's withdraw till I take it.
Gabapentin is all I am taking for my neuropathy. I've been dealing with this for several years now and sometimes I get scared I will loose the use of my feet and legs. That I won't be able to control them. What will be the end results? I admit I am scared.
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