Hi, I am currently undergoing tests for neuropathy. This was started out with tingling in my feet especially at night. Many times I wake up with my hands...
Wow, I think Neurontin is a pain type med that seems to work on nerves. I don't think it cures anything. I take 900mg a day and am going to increase that dose....
Hi Kathy, My name is Micheal, I am a 51 year old Pedi Nurse who lives in Maine right on the Canadian border ( I can see NB Canada out my windows). I moved...
~~~~~~~~~~ Neurontin is a pain type med that seems to work on nerves. ~~~~~~~ Actually its an antiseizure drug..and many antiseizure meds , like tegeretol seem...
Not knowing how this will progress is the scariest part. It seems to be spreading for me too. It started on the left foot. Has moved up left leg, and from...
I have read about losing muscle tone and not being able to walk as the PN progresses. The pain has been fairly mild for a few days, so I went to the gym and...
Although my Doc insist I take a small daily walk..not much just enough to keep the blood circulating I have trouble after walking more than 75 feet, I can make...
Kathy, I began with left foot going numb in April. Now I have numbness, tingling and pins and needles in going up my left leg and left arm. Both arms...
Michael, I am so sorry to hear how this is effecting you. It is so sad that we work so hard and then if we have health problems we are subjected to poverty....
~~~~~~~ Michael, I am so sorry to hear how this is effecting you. It is so sad that we work so hard and then if we have health problems we are subjected to ...
Michael, You have yourself set well.Lots to be thankful for. as nurses we have seen so much and the best part is the love we get to share in peoples lives....
Karin, My gym experiences have been a disaster. It just makes the pain worse. However I am going through a second round of physical therapy and when I am done...
Hi Jan, I have a script for Demerol..but all narcotics make me extremely sick to my stomach...Demerol is the least of the evils so that's what I take. I try...
Neil, Sorry this post is late. I know the wet shoe feeling. No matter how i told myself" it's only a feeling" i was fooling myself. Ask your doc to increase...
Neil, Sorry this post is late. I know the wet shoe feeling. No matter how i told myself" it's only a feeling" i was fooling myself. Ask your doc to increase...
Michael, I hear you. I know. we were taught to do unto others and that life has it's rewards,and that life is fair. Well,some of it is true but when we get...
Hi Mary, Welcome. Sorry to hear about your symptoms and how bothersome esp not knowing what is wrong.At the very least you know what is not wrong.So its a good...
~~~~~~ I have been suffering severe sore throat for the last 2 years and NONE of the doctors I have been to seem to have a CLUE as to what my problem is. ...
Oh yea... I am on prevacid since starting to see my new Doc..he INSISTED! Before him I was given Demerol I swear just to SHUT ME UP! That same Healthcare...
Interesting- I take Prilosec and have for about 4 yrs for GERD. I still have a painful scratchy throat off and on, and my ear hurts along with it. I thought...
The pain is much worse now, since working out. I just did about 30 minutes total on treadmill and stationary bike. How long have you been doing physical...
I was very lucky as I got my disability within 5 months,but ifyou check the SSDA site,they only give you back pay for 5 months,a new law or something,you might...
~~~~~~~~ I've had more headaches recently, so maybe allergies or neuropathy? ~~~~~~~ Mine is not a headache in the classic sense of the word..more my "hair and...
Have you been checked for Padget's disease? My mother has that and there are times she can't stand to even comb her hair. Her face swells up any she has pain...
Hello I was wandering if there is anyone else here who has been diagnosed with MGUS or monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance? I have constant pain in...
good morning all, imagine my surprise when i came out and checked my email and found a big pow-wow had been going on. so of course i want to through my...
~~~~~~~~~ Have you been checked for Padget's disease? My mother has that and there are times she can't stand to even comb her hair. Her face swells up any she...
Hi Julianne Thank You :) Now as for a exercise I saw a chair advertised on TV for people like us to get whatever amount of exercise you can handle. I am...
Hi Dar, No MGUS here for me but if you have other diseases couldyou possibly have PN from any drugs you have taken? I believe when i was on very high doses of...