Hi Guys!

My problem has been resolved but I sure haven't forgotten the people who helped me! My sugar is in the normal range, (not diabetic), but when I was was 48 1/2 this horrible PN happened to me.

Would like to mention Mrs. D. again, of course, who helped me with my Vitamin D Deficiency and allowed me to use my right leg again more than three hours a day.... took away that chronic pain in the calf, the "ball and chain leg pain" as I used to call it - first person to give me my life back. Mrs. D.

Shout out again to StaceyD who told me about Benfotiamine (was taking 500mg to 1000 a day, Life Extension brand) who relieved that awful all over pricking and itching I was dealing with and the occasional electronic shock in the left cheek and left foot. Woot Woot to you, second person who gave me my life back here.

Also the hordes of you who told me about Alpha Lipoic Acid 600mg per day. When I added that, even more of the lighter annoying nerve pain went away (I just used Spring Valley from Walmart).

But now I have found something else and it's CHEAP so I'm sharing, why the heck not. I started trying it for my knee arthritis which was precluding me from riding my bike... I started just walking but then my heel spurs threatened to return so then I was stuck, weight going up again, etc. A friend of mine from long ago at my first job after college told me about it.

Diatomaceous Earth - Food Grade (fossil flour). It just kind of looks like flour (will provide you with links) and you take a heaping tablespoon per day - or most people do. I paid 10 bucks for a giant 5 lb. bag. Because I have neuropathy, I started with only 1/3 a teaspoon per day.... My knees felt better immediately. I was able to start riding my bike again right off the bat. The fossil flour did seem to kick up the neuropathy a bit more when I started - most things do, but after about four days, the neuropathy symptom increase started backing off.

When I try something new, if it makes my neuropathy symptoms worse and worse as the days go by, then I just figure I can't use it. In this case, the neuropathy symptoms kicked up a bit, but gradually diminished in just a few days.

Now I am up to about a level tablespoon of fossil flour a day, some in the morning, some in the early afternoon. I don't take it past 4PM because it gives me an energy boost and I stop so I can sleep. Here I am about 4 weeks into it and for the fifth day in a row, I woke up with ZERO neuropathy pains - no light pains in the legs, thighs, no zipping pins in the feet (these had become manageable, but never went completely away).

I have not run to take my Benfotiamine (which is kind of pricey to take) and Alpha Lipoic Acid first thing in the morning anymore....I haven't taken either in days and days now - this is unheard of for me. I've completely forgotten to take my morning 10mg of Nortriptylene that my neurologist gave me that is an antidepressant with benefits for neuropathy... Why? Because there is zero nerves going off in my legs, not even little tiny ones. NOTHING. ZILCH.

Other benefits: My face looks really beautiful and much younger, family and co workers have noticed. I can ride my bike everyday now. I am literally riding my bike with a smile plastered to my face ear to ear because I cannot believe that I am climbing the trails (mountain bike in woods) that I used to climb at the pace that I cam climbing them with no pain in my knees. I can walk up and down steps with zero knee pain. I can sit and hop up from potty without a zinging pain in my knee caps. I can stand up and bend down and wipe up goop spilled on the floor without zinging pain in my knee caps. I have lost the weight, fast. Family and co workers have immediately noticed that. I no longer crave chocolate and sugar - people who know me know what a life long slave I have been to chocolate. It is so easy to walk past chocolate and other 'like items' in stores now, without picking them up. I am so much less depressed. I get so much more done in a day now. I wake up and get out of bed much more easily, no more dragging myself out of bed.

Here is the best website on it I have found. What it is, why it works, frequently asked questions, testimonials (not many on neuropathy though)
http://www.earthworkshealth.com/human-use.php

Here is one article that I found related to neuropathy. I am no doc. I have no idea if what they say is true. Diatomaceous Earth is one of those things that people try and if it works for them they keep doing it. There is not a lot of info on the web. Diatomaceous Earth is mined from the ground - it can't be patented or prescribed, therefore, not a lot of interest in 'studies' as you can imagine why - financially. But here you go, someone might find this interesting.
http://www.westonaprice.org/environm...ad-as-a-hatter

I feel I have a duty to come here and tell you guys because of how much help I was given here, how I was able to have a life again because of this site. I have no other motivation. I hope it helps just one other person, then that will make me happy, thanks for listening, Karen