This damn neuropathy.....
 

...really sucks. Every day it is a new location. It's as if all body parts are taking turns. Toe number 2 one day, finger number 3 the next, right thigh, left foot.right ear, etc. etc. Burning, stabbing (that one is a dandy), pins and needles ,and the non existent insects crawling on my arms and legs. Being a Florida resident I have enough trouble dealing with bugs , I dont need the nero bugs too! The doc says " dont get discouraged ,there is a good chance it will go to remission" .Well....I'm waiting.........!! Just as I suspected..its still here ( I can tell by the invisible bug climbing up my leg.) Well doc ,today my right hand middle finger is working exceptionally well..and with it I salute the terrorist of all of us...neuropathy. jwtv ( Just Wanted To Vent )

Oh yes, the stabbing pains. Those are good ones, no? There are times when they just won't quit and all I can do is drop where I am and sob.

Michelle

I
 

like yes like when i get a spasm in my leg and ther's a neuro Dr standing
there. :D Blame it on the neuropathy and a dance called love. Yeah,
Yeah the Neuropathy. :D Sue (i truly need help,but i don'tt care)

I Like Your Salute!!!
 

Well doc ,today my right hand middle finger is working exceptionally well..and with it I salute the terrorist of all of us...neuropathy.

I salute your salute! :cool:

IF I were in your situation....
 

and since the neuropathy is spreading, I would seek a second opinion with a neurologist. Many GP's are quite capable of treating slow, diabetic neuropathies, but, BUT, IF you are keeping your #'s under control...worth a check out to see if something else is going on...A co-pay and subsequent tests are far cheaper than a full-blown sub-acute onset such as I had resulting in a nightmarish two day stay in the hospital with only pain-killers that really did NOTHING.

Ask your GP for recommendations, or ask other docs you know/use. It was my other docs' recommendations that steered me to the right neuro after the one 'on call' turned out to be a dud.

Be clearly aware tho, that unless your GP [it's tricky here tho-egowise] recommends a specialist and gives him a call to 'take a look' -the norm is about a one-month wait for new patients. If your GP gets huffy, things can get sticky...but if you put it out that you just are worried about the spreading and because of that scariness [and, it IS DEFINITELY SCARY!] you'd just like a 'second opinion'. That way, you get the best of all worlds - I TRULY HOPE!...

Tomorrow morning, promise that you will call? - j

Oh, the feeling as if you are both frost-bitten and sun-burned at the same time, not to mention french-fried? Know them well.

My favorite is the pliers squeezing and twisting the toe joints feeling

Joe - too true!
 

The tourniquet done too tightly?

Not to mention the 'fingernails' suddenly becoming two sizes too small? - j

Hey Joe and dahlek
 

Ha Ha sorry but that was funny,the fingernails,now that's funny.:D Sue
Ok hurts but funny.

But Is
 

very REAL!!!!

Sorry guys, when it doesn't HURT it's an above average annoyance? Duh? - j

This was great! How funny it sounds, but how true it all is! At least it hasn't taken your sense of humor. I refuse to let myself be robbed of that!