Yep, you have had more than a realistic share in your life of late!

I guess, you are doing the smartest thing in focusing on the good stuff and not letting so much of the bad eat at you....Somehow, all of us here, no matter what our situations seem to muddle by as best we can... Counting the blessings we HAVE often is far better the counting the problems for sure.

Hang in there and here's a to help you along the way! - j

It sounds like the past 6 years have been very very difficult for you and I can see how you would think that the stress could cause your PN.

My symptoms began shortly after my husband left me. We bought a restaurant that we managed together and thought this was a good investment for our future. Instead, I worked hard and my husband started to cheat on me with a regular customer and got her pregnant. Then he left me.

This was a very humiliating and traumatic experience for me. I wasn't eating and I was drinking a lot. Shortly after this is when my weakness started in my arms. I would have tremors when I carried anything. This slowly progressed for 2/3 years in my arms and neck until I started limping on my right foot. The weakness then spread to both legs. Currently my IVIG therapy seems to have stopped the progression.

I talked to my neurologist about stress being the cause of my neuropathy and he said that was not possible. It drives me crazy all the time. I would love to know what the cause is. I have read that neuropathy can be caused by toxins, rheumatism, alcoholism and even botulism. I don't know if these are really proven causes.

I really sympathise with your situation. It's very frustrating to deal with a neuropathy. Stay positive and keep strong!

I've now got two HEALTHY and BEAUTIFUL daughters!
One Healthy and Handsome son and his wife who is pregnant with another grandchild!
A beautiful Granddaughter who was born three weeks after I lost my mother!
I have a job that I love and a great boss.
I am also going to buy a new car this week! Very first time in my entire life I've EVER bought a brand new car! Woo hoo! I'm so excited!
Oh! Oh! Oh! I also have a new BOYFRIEND!!!

Another one of my blessings I count is that I have all of you to come to and share my life with. You all make this "crap" more bearable! No one else really understands the good/ bad/ and the ugly of all this. It's nice to have all of you there to go to and vent to! To brag to when I have a good day, to anyone else, it's a "normal" day, but to me it is an incredible day because I have done something other people take for granted!

I have good days, not so good days, bad days, REALLY bad days, and then I have days that I just can't get out of bed.

Today is a good day.

Her name is Destiny.... Next one I attach will have her eyes open... but this is too cute!

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PrettyGirl.JPGDestiny with her eyes open.... (Destiny is four years old now)



Jason and Monica.jpgMy Son Jason and his wife Monica (Monica is four months pregnant now)

The daughter on the left is the mommy of the baby. She will be 21 years old in October. The one on the right will be 23 in October. She is the one who is clean and sober now! I'm such a lucky mom! Oh, my son, he is 31!

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Wow, good looking people!!!!!!

And you have a new boyfriend???

Way cool!!!!

Melody

I would give my right arm to have hair like that... She is a cutie...


Cathie

I will start another thread about the EMG's/NC studies...

Cathie