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This treatment is not just supplements. It involves a sort of tens unit that produces electrical currents underwater while soaking feet. It also includes wearing an anodyne sort of shoe, doing both of these twice a day. It also includes some chiropractic treatment for a lower back. (I have had several laminectomies in lumbar and cervical area.) And if you go on the website for this particular chiropractor, or others that use the same combination of treatments, there are lots of very positive testimonials. I am not sure if I will try it or not.

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Thanks. Hope you continue on a good path.

I followed it to the letter with zero results. I lost 30 pounds, but I didn't spend 10K on a weight-loss program. Yes, there are the boots that you strap into & the foot soaking for 30 minutes each, twice per day, the very strict diet, and the chiropractic appointments that are literally just regular chiropractic adjustments (there was one doc that would focus on my feet during the adjustment but I only saw her when my regular doc wasn't available) with the addition of a vibration plate therapy, involving standing on a vibration plate for 10 minutes at the end of each appointment. The doc recommended that I get a vibration plate from amazon for my home and add that to my therapies once a day & I did that too. Not a huge deal but it was an additional cost of about $150.
In addition to the upfront cost of 10K, you get to buy more of those containers as you run out. Between the foot gel at $40-50/bottle & the other supplements that I had to replenish, I think it averaged another $150/month. I think that only the first 3-6 months of chiropractic appointments were included as well so I had to pay for the adjustments after that because he didn't take insurance.
He was convincing though. Played on my fears, for sure. Even had a lady come give us a testimonial about her husband that had only been on the program for 4 weeks and she had noticed that he is walking better already. The doctor even took a picture of my feet with a special camera in the first appointment and showed me that my symptoms were fairly severe. Then, he did check-ins where he would re-do the baseline testing about every 4 weeks. After several months, it was time to re-take the special camera photo of my feet, which, to be honest, was what I was looking forward to as I began to wonder if maybe there was improvement but it was too slight for me to notice & I would be encouraged by the new photo to stay the course. I wanted to believe in the program but was still skeptical because the therapies are a bit unusual. That photo, however, was a measure that I could actually see. I wanted to see that it was different from or the same as the first photo taken. Wouldn't you know the doctor took the photo, looked at it (never showed it to me) & proceeded to try to gaslight me to believe that my lack of progress was my fault. He told me that most of his neuropathy patients are retired seniors with nothing better to do than these therapies twice a day & watch their diet strictly. He said that I must not have followed it exactly and that is why I was not having success. I was raging on the inside, but calmly informed him that I got up at 4:30am every morning without fail to do these therapies and that I'm 30 pounds lighter as evidence that I'm doing the program. He could check that I was in his office for every scheduled appointment. I didn't just throw away 10K. I actually left his office & never returned after that.
I mentioned that the therapies are unusual. In addition to the quirky water/electrical stimulation therapy & the boot/red light therapy, the book that I followed instructed me, at one point, to stand barefoot outside in nature.
It was, overall, a bit too hokey for me but feel free to give it a try if you believe that the source of your neuropathy is your gut. I have just learned (yesterday, in fact) that the cause of my PN is long-term use of PPIs for acid reflux. There may be some correlation but I don't see it myself. Just thought I'd provide the info I had so you can make an informed decision.