lined_in_silver,
You came here for help, so I am trying to help. Do you eat any vegetables, you didn't mention any. I think these are the most important foods for healing and staying healthy. IMHO, you are in denial about the smoking. Think about what you are saying. My body is used to processing the hundreds of toxic chemical in the smoke, including formaldehyde, benzene, polonium 210 (radioactive), vinyl chloride, chromium, arsenic, lead, cadmium, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, butane, and toluene, so it's ok. I don't know if any of these things are causing you health problems, but you can't say they are not either.
Ron

Ron is correct here and defiantly you are in denial and that's normal since your trying to cling and stay connected to your old life in some way by not giving up smoking, god knows you have given up enough already.

You are young, probably the youngest Ive seen but the upside is you would have the best chance of slowing down the progression of PN if you take it seriously but you continue to smoke so your killing your chances some what.

Hmmm... while nobody would argue that smoking is healthy or a good idea, I very much doubt it plays a big role in PN - apart from hindering B12 methylation (which can be mostly corrected with supplements) in the short term.

I think when you are just coming to terms with a pretty horrible illness, the last thing you need is people telling you you are in denial. No offense, but I don't think that's very helpful right now.

Yes, the mid to longer term plan should be to quit. Obvious. But. One of the side effects of quitting is anxiety attacks (been there...), which can be unhealthier in the short term. So one might want to take their time to take stock and see what can be changed when it comes to lifestyle.

I'm still dragging (pun not intended) my feet about quitting, not so much because it affects my PN - it doesn't - but because it's horrible and expensive.

So yes, do plan to give up, but perhaps wait until you are in a better head space. Your GP may be right for now - they sometimes are.

"I very much doubt it plays a big role in PN - apart from hindering B12 methylation (which can be mostly corrected with supplements) in the short term"

Mate Im only replying to the quote above. Im not sure if your aware of the long term damage but you can google smoking and extremities or smoking and Pn and there are hundreds of threads dedicated to the ill effects but best summarised below.

"Stop Smoking: quitting smoking is particularly important because smoking constricts the blood vessels that supply nutrients to the peripheral nerves and can worsen neuropathic symptoms."

and of course lung cancer will cure your PN ;-) I speak from experiance

My mother suffered from fibromyalgia and PN terribly and was a very heavy smoker. Towards the end of her lung cancer she was sedated of course by morphine but she was very very happy her leg pain was finally gone!

The OP is under an extreme amount of stress right now. It is impossible to live in the 21st century and not know that smoking is bad for you. No one is arguing that point.
In this case support and not pressure to add something as difficult as quitting smoking might be more helpful, since mental state has a direct effect on health.
Also, smoking affects circulation which can certainly relate to PN, but it doesn't sound like a causal factor in this case.

this thread is veering off from helpful to harassment at this point. lined in silver has a full plate already and is obviously not comfortable with quitting smoking at this time. when and if she is ready she will do it. some of the posts in this thread are more about the agenda and beliefs of the posters than about what is possible for lined in silver right now.

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