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Neuropathy after serious Staph infection in right foot and surgery .

Posted by alg56 @alg56, Jan 29, 2024

Had serious Staph infection in right foot that required surgery and 2 week hospital stay for PICC line injections of antibiotics. After release from hospital I now have neuropathy in legs, feet and small fingers in both hands.
I am seeing some improvement in the neuropathy by taking liquid vitamin B12 with Folic Acid. I have been doing that for approximately 4 weeks.
I also just started taking CoQ10 to see if that also help.

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alg56 | @alg56 | Jan 30, 2024
In reply to @brotherchuckles80 "Not nine months; a month and a half. I have no ideea why I wrote that...." + (show)
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Not nine months; a month and a half. I have no ideea why I wrote that. brotherchuckles

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Yes, when I was in the hospital for 2 weeks with my staph foot surgery it felt like 2 months!! I have some neuropathy in my feet and some in my hands. It does seem to get a little better with the liquid vitamin B12 and folic acid. I started using that about 4 weeks ago. I buy the liquid B12 and folic acid from the vitaminshoppee.com. they have a bogo buy one/get one free right now. Maybe around $18. Worth a try.

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snagydude | @snagydude | Jan 31, 2024
In reply to @brotherchuckles80 "I had MRSA develop after a major back surgery. I was in the hospital for nine..." + (show)
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I had MRSA develop after a major back surgery. I was in the hospital for nine months. When I was released I had to learn to walk again. About two years later I developed neuropathy which then progressed to the point that I cannot walk without my walker. Balance is in the toilet. And now I have drop foot in my right foot in addition to the neuropathy. I feel for you alg56. God bless you. brotherchuckles

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Just some suggestions. I think that your back surgery resulted in something pushing on your spine. Get another MRI and talk to a back specialist to see what they think may be the problem. It could be assisted by a surgeon who specializes in microsurgery. He might be able to carve away the bone or scares that may be pushing on the spine. Good Luck- the disease really sucks. You may only stop some progression. My microsurgeon stopped my drop foot but not the neuropathy that still progresses in my feet.

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brotherchuckles80 | @brotherchuckles80 | Jan 31, 2024
In reply to @snagydude "Just some suggestions. I think that your back surgery resulted in something pushing on your spine...." + (show)
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Just some suggestions. I think that your back surgery resulted in something pushing on your spine. Get another MRI and talk to a back specialist to see what they think may be the problem. It could be assisted by a surgeon who specializes in microsurgery. He might be able to carve away the bone or scares that may be pushing on the spine. Good Luck- the disease really sucks. You may only stop some progression. My microsurgeon stopped my drop foot but not the neuropathy that still progresses in my feet.

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Thank you snagydude. How did the doc stop your drop foot?

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snagydude | @snagydude | Feb 5, 2024
In reply to @snagydude "Just some suggestions. I think that your back surgery resulted in something pushing on your spine...." + (show)
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Just some suggestions. I think that your back surgery resulted in something pushing on your spine. Get another MRI and talk to a back specialist to see what they think may be the problem. It could be assisted by a surgeon who specializes in microsurgery. He might be able to carve away the bone or scares that may be pushing on the spine. Good Luck- the disease really sucks. You may only stop some progression. My microsurgeon stopped my drop foot but not the neuropathy that still progresses in my feet.

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My drop foot was just starting to cause a significant limp and pulling of the foot. It went away about 3 days after the surgery. I wish you good luck.

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