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Desperate: Is there any hope for neuropathy?
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Hello Cindy, my name is Bobby Pazo from Key West, Fl--born and raise here, we're call KWConchs, any way I read with interest on your post--I'm==83--retired mail man here in Key West but I played {guitar}music part time for over --30---years here in Key West and this week I think my music days are over for sure ,I fell and broke my little pinky finger in my left hand but before that happened, over two months ago, my hands were getting numb and tingling and my wife and I talked it over and I decided to completely retire because of the numbness. Last year I had --4--consecutive
Colon surgeries and the last one I had an infection made it's way to my spine, Fistula. I was in the hospital about two months in Miami--bad at that time- when I came home, that is when I started having numbness in my hands once in a while, but two months ago it became every day. So I thought you would note that some on people- {me} -read your note to the Mayo Clinic. We keep thinking---these are supposed to be the Golden Years???
Take care Mrs Cindy and good luck with your illness, Bobby Pazo
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Dear Bobby, I was so touched to read your letter. You have been through so much, I feel I don’t have a right to complain. And to lose your ability to play guitar. I sure wish I could hear you play. At the age of 57, I decided to take up my dream and take guitar lessons. My husband, 62 at the time, joined me in this endeavor. We took lessons for five years until the pandemic hit when we moved up to Northern Michigan at our cottage. I decided to retire (hubby retired several years prior), and the lessons stopped. I played four instruments at various times in my life, but guitar was the only one that gave me such joy. It was also the most challenging and I admire people like yourself who are accomplished at this most difficult instrument. I can just get lost in it. Practice time never seemed like work, it was more like therapy. Three hours could pass and it seemed like no time at all. Unrelated to guitar but since this PN started, my finger tips are starting to feel not numb but tingly and I’m wondering what I should do before this gets any worse. Have your doctors given you any treatment suggestions? Thanks again for this letter - the kindness of people like you, especially during times like this, lifts my spirits more than you can know.