I have been recently diagnosed with Small Fiber Nueropathy at the
Cleveland clinic. For 21 years I have suffered pain starting at my
feet, has gotten worse and also has effected my back, buttocks and
neck. All my symtoms are similar to piriformas syndrome you have
mentioned. To my dismay there is no know cure for SFN. It is mainly
caused from exsposure to toxins or heavy alchol usage. It was
detected after having a skin biopsy perform.

Thanks --- In piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com, "Writingmom"
<writingmom85283@...> wrote:
>
> Oh - a couple corrections (sorry).
>
> I used PT instead of PS in some places. Hopefully you can tell
when I'm
> talking about the syndrome and not physical therapy.
>
> Also - forgot to mention a symptom - I guess because this is
fairly (last 3
> months) new. I sometimes have the pins and needles feeling that
travels
> from my hip/buttocks area to my pelvic and anal area. It stops on
the left
> side which is fairly weird - I have all this sensation on the left
and none
> on the right. Sometimes I have aching pain in that same area when
my
> buttocks & leg is aching but it is pretty much just part of the
pain and not
> a separate kind of feeling unless I focus to figure out exactly
where I
> hurt. The pins and needles happens often when I have no pain at
all or very
> little symptoms in the other areas. I have no idea what it means
but the
> pins and needles feeling isn't BAD (actually feels a lot like I
have one of
> those nerve stimulators on but in a different area than I ever put
it on!).
>
> I looked this up and this seems to be a feeling that a lot of
people with a
> lot of different nerve issues get - male and female. I don't know
if this
> is normal for PS or not. I have not mentioned it to my doctor
since I
> haven't seen him since it began. I am concerned that it might
mean my
> condition is getting worse, though.
>
>
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