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Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?
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Hello@ dlydailyhope,
I stopped wearing socks because my skin is very sensitive to fabric, so no worries about that. I was recently diagnosed with a large hiatal hernia they want to do surgery and , I am in such a pain I don’t know if I will be able to stand the after surgery pain. I can not lie down in bed, the pain is worse at night, I bought a therapeutic table and it is made of stretchy leather and with a comforter underneath, I can really sleep 8 hours+ in that hard surface. I was born with scoliosis which is stable, I have a curve of 34 now. I get back pain too. I take Pregabalin for pain and able to walk inside my house. I am going to start a diet without caffeine and eventually I will have to get the surgery because I am bleeding inside from some ulcers and erosions around my esophagus. I got no reflux and my oh is good but I had developed severe anemia due to the bleeding. In order to get well I must walk and exercise some, I have to push myself to walk in the treadmill to gain strength and get ready for the hernia repair so the anemia will not come back. And with more strength , I can recover sooner to continue being active, as before. Thanks for listening.
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@unhealed44
I feel for you. You are managing a lot. I had iron deficiency due to heavy menstrual cycles plus I have esophagitis and gastritis. They needs to do a d&c and put in an IUD to stop the blood loss and I am taking omeprazole for my stomach. I cannot take NSAIDs but Tylenol doesn’t do much for me and my spinal stenosis/DDD and osteoarthritis. I am supposed to get my gallbladder removed because it stopped working and causes pain in my abdomen. I am also supposed to get lumbar spine surgery and may need hamstring surgery to repair significant tears in both legs. The last thing I want to do is have more surgery. I already had 3 surgeries 2022-2023. I agree with you that day to day is hard enough and even if surgery is supposed to help, it is going to make day to day even more difficult to manage while recovering from surgery. I’m a single parent of a 14 year old son with no family so not sure who will be able to help me manage everything (son, dogs, cats, home, transportation, etc.) if I am out of commission for an extended period of time. My other surgeries were not too bad or long recoveries but I am worse now than then so recovery may be more difficult. Best wishes to you getting healthy enough for surgery and easier recovery.