Peripheral neuropathy of the feet

Posted by vid1953 @vid1953, Jun 30 12:34pm

I was wondering, of what the future holds with this disease. I have crohns disease and back issues where the S1 is sending no signal to the feet. My A1C is 6.0.
My feet feel fine if I wear shoes or socks. With socks my feet feel normal. If I take them off my feet start to burn and feel funny when I walk. I take the socks off when I sleep so I am not wearing socks 24/7.
I get some tingling up the calves. Is the end result different for each individual? I take 800x3 a day of Gabapentin.
Thank You for any and all replies
Vid1953

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Hello @vid1953, Welcome to Connect. I think you nailed the question most of us had when first diagnosed with neuropathy - what does the future hold for us? I wished I had the answer but I think it's different for each of us since we all are different. One thing I think helps no matter what the circumstances are is to learn as much as you can about your condition and what treatments are available that might provide some relief for the symptoms. It sounds like you have found a few ways to provide some relief along with the prescribed medication treatment.

The Neuropathy Support Group on Connect has many discussions. You might want to scan through the discussions in the group to see what others have shared. Here's a link to the list of discussions - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/neuropathy/. You can also type in keywords in the search box to find information specific to what you are trying to locate.

Here are few resources for learning more about neuropathy:
-- Living Well with PN: https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/
-- Neuropathy Commons: https://neuropathycommons.org/neuropathy/neuropathy-overview
-- Complementary and Alternative Treatments: https://www.foundationforpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Complementary-and-Alternative-Treatments-Revised-2020-final.-1.pdf

Have you looked into any complementary or alternative treatments for neuropathy?

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