I've never posted on this forum before. For the past six years I've been dealing with an illness with no diagnosis. Today my doctor told me that after talking to the last specialist I saw, they feel certain that I'm suffering from progressive neuralgia which was started by a cyst on a muscle. Supposedly, it caused the first actual nerve damage, and through some process with a big meaningless name, the damage has been spreading in a chain-reaction from nerve to nerve. Now it affects close to half of my body.

My question is: Is this what peripheral neuralgia is? And if so, what can I expect from it? The specialist said that the damage was irreversible, but the sypmtoms could be treated. I don't like the long explanation she gave me, and I'm not really sure that she's right. It just didn't seem to really fit, know what I mean?

Anyway, any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. I've studied a lot of diseases over the years, but when it comes to this I'm a newborn babe. Thanks in advance for your help!