No, my hands have never become as bad as my feet. My hands became affected to a noticable degree in 2004, but are not nearly as numb or painful as my feet.

When my feet were bad so were my hands.

At one point I could not lift a pot off the stove, or sign my name. I had a steroid shot in my right hand during pregnancy when I was at my worst.

When my thyroid was treated, both improved tremendously.
(but not 100%)
My hands only bother me now if I overdo some task.

The tips of two toes on each foot remain numb.
Doctors won't increase my medication for that...they go by
blood tests. Too much thyroid causes osteoporosis...so they are conservative about that.

My PN is not progressive that I can tell. I get flares and quiet times. I don't have autoimmune markers either.

Thanks. That's encouraging.

I can't quite imagine an existance where my hands are as bad as what I'm experiencing with my feet.

But then, it seems like living with PN has been a gradual, incremental and increasing tolerance of accepting something that was previously unacceptable. When it starts at A and moves to B, I think "'A' would be OK to live with if I could just get rid of 'B'". Then C develops and I think "'B' would actually be OK, if I could just get rid of 'C'". And so on...

Others?