[Mugwumpet]

Hi,
First of all thank you all for sharing this informative info about Neuropathy.
My husband was a type II diabetic for about 20 years. Two years ago he lost his excess weight and dropped his A1C to normal. To lose the weight, he went to a natural doctor and the doctor told him (He was also an MD) that if he wanted to lose the weight, eat all of the avocados he could every day. He said he didn't know why it worked, but that it did and he now recommends it to everyone. Well the weight fell off...I was sweeping it up off the floor HA! Of course he cut way down on all of the starches, sweets, etc. Ate sensibly, but ate 3 or 4 avocados a day. He lost 50 pounds and has kept it off! YES!!
Also he uses Therapain topical spray for his neuropathy and it does help. We do have a doctor problem though. He goes to the VA hospital and now that there is a war on pain drugs they don't want to give him anything stronger than tramadol. It does work but he is on a pretty high dose and will have to change to something. He tried neurotin, but it made him extremely nervous. We called some local doctors, thinking that he needed something closer to home and more willing to work with the pain issue. They screen all new patients and 2 doctors said if he is on pain meds, they would not see him. Now this is downright unethical. He is not nor has never been a drug abuser. He is 60 years old. The doctors are scared to death to give out scripts now. God help us all! Has anyone experienced this kind of discrimination? I know that there is some non-drug way to help the pain, and I will keep looking until I find it, as all of you are. Thank you again!