Markneil...I will attempt to get an answer to our question about the night burning. Interestingly, at my last visit with my internist, she asked if my discomfort/burning occurred mostly at night...I could tell that she expected me to say "yes"...apparently, many of her patients have had this experience. It's just recently that I've been awakened with the burning...really quite painful...so, will see if the will urge me to take the Gabapentin. I am so bad about taking medications that I haven't even taken the Tramadol that she suggested I try if reluctant to take the Gabapentin. I will say, though, that I was very tempted to take the Tramadol when this burning occurred. I do not have a lot off burning during the day, thankfully...although, I'm not quite sure what my choice might be if I had one...burning during the day or at night. I'll see what she says abaout all this and will get back to you after I see her. I'll add this to my list of questions for discussion.

Have I mentioned, here, that I find sitting on ice seems to help with the pain and discomfort? However, today...one of the ice bags that I had been using leaked...never happened before. It just might be that I sat on it too long. It's a rather large one that seems filled with whatever it is they use in the bags. I probably should use a frozen bag of peas or something of that nature...believe it or not, I have done that when I didn't have an ice bag handy!!!

Take care...V