I went full throttle to vegan. I have a hard time attributing any improvement to my changes, rather I am certain they have made my progression more managable.

Walking as much as I can a day, stretching and self massage are a few of my daily activities I feel most when I miss a day or two.

I recognize some of the things, especially the walking, are not a possibility to the moderate to severe PN sufferers, but if yoy can bear the start and stick with it I bet you will see subtle differences. I am as limber as I have been in twenty years.

I hope everyone finds tools for their bag of tricks. I rotate Salonpas, Morton's epsom cream, lidocaine patches as they lose their mild effect with overuse for me.

Jon

I'm knocking on the door of full vegan. I guess what I'm really trying to get close to now is a raw food diet. Regardless, the proper diet does help a great deal.

By far the most helpful thing for me is acupuncture. Many people here have found no relief from it, but it has been a godsend for me. I do need to have it once a month or by the fifth week, I'm in bad shape. It took about four session or so for me to start noticing any relief.

Also for me it was changing to a nearly all plant based diet. I almost never eat beef or chicken, but slide sometimes when my family orders pizza, then I eat some cheese. I also have the intention of avoiding processed food as much as possible but it is so tempting that I slide on this as well. Also I have a problem with shrimp.

Some good sites:

http://fatfreevegan.com/--vegan (no animal products) recipes with nodded fat.
http://www.drfuhrman.com/--Dr. Joel Fuhrman
http://ornishspectrum.com/--Dr. Dean Ornish
http://nutritionfacts.org/--Dr. Michael Greger
http://www.dresselstyn.com/--Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
http://www.youtube.com/user/johnbchiro--Dr. John Bergman

http://www.extremehealthradio.com/--Great podcasts on good health and healing. Also, everyone, please listen to Episode 328 with John Bergman. The title involves arthritis but this is only a small part of the material. Dr. John Bergman is amazing. He discussed all sorts of health topics. He is all about the body healing itself given the right conditions, and knows more about the human body than anyone I have ever been exposed to.

Ron

I was remiss in my previous message. I would have to say that gabapentin and tramadol has been the most helpful in relieving my pain. But not the ideal long-term strategy. Amitriptyline was also a good pain reliever but I switched to tramadol because of side effects.
Ron

I wanted to correct my links:

http://fatfreevegan.com -- vegan (no animal products) recipes with no added fat.
http://www.drfuhrman.com -- Dr. Joel Fuhrman
http://ornishspectrum.com -- Dr. Dean Ornish
http://nutritionfacts.org -- Dr. Michael Greger
http://www.dresselstyn.com -- Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
http://www.youtube.com/user/johnbchiro -- Dr. John Bergman

http://www.extremehealthradio.com -- Great podcasts on good health and healing. Also, everyone, please listen to Episode 328 with John Bergman. The title involves arthritis but this is only a small part of the material. Dr. John Bergman is amazing. He discussed all sorts of health topics. He is all about the body healing itself given the right conditions, and knows more about the human body than anyone I have ever been exposed to.

Ron

Ron,

Any other suggestions on episodes related to PN? I have a few drives in my day plus time for audio. Thanks.

Jon

I listen to podcasts, mostly on health, all the time I'm in my car alone. I really enjoy this and recommend it for anyone. The podcasts at http://beatingneuropathy.com are all about neuropathy and are very informative. Otherwise, I have just searched the net for "neuropathy podcast", and found a few more, but these are mainly short and just talk about the basics that you have probably heard before--"Neuropathy has many causes, typically starts in the feet, there may be tingling, etc." These will mainly be from neurologists, which don't help much.
Ron

I'm glad that helps. In my numbness/tingling but no pain condition I really can't speak to what helps folks with the latter, and I really feel for you all. You have it much worse than I.

Along with cannabis I'm going to suggest kratom, which the original poster H1NIGuy mentioned in a different post with that name. It's another natural herbal pain reliever and based on my initial testing could be good for pain. He put some good links in that thread.

If you have tried the herb, where did you get it, and how was it to take? I guess the 64K question is do you think it helped your pain? Thanks Ken in Texas