Even though I am so much better these days, I can relate to the stress you are experiencing. Every time I feel a bit less good than the previous day, my initial reaction is "oh ****, it's back, and now it's going to get worse". It takes a while to settle down and realize that stress about things to come will solve nothing and will probably make the symptoms worse. (I still secretly panic though )

Now, I don't want to hi-jack your thread, but:

I had missed that information before (probably because I assumed that fybro has nothing to do with PN ) and now I wonder too. Cytokines (like IL-6 en TNF) are produced, according to Sears, as byproducts of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids, not only in the blood stream, but also in fat cells. In fact, they are the only way for eicosanoids to start an inflammatory reaction, as eicosanoids can not enter the bloodstream, where cytokines can.

I now wonder if my ridiculously positive reaction to quitting sugar and starting to eat healthy (+ fish oil) reduced the pain by limiting the number of cytokines.

It's a long shot, and I know the article talks about cytokines released from white blood cells instead of fat cells, but I'm just wondering if our "damaged nerves" are highly sensitive to cytokines?