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Is loss of balance your primary complaint with neuropathy ?
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rollo8, thanks for all the shoe information. I think stimulation for the fee can increase circulation.
Ankle rolls when lying down toe rises when sitting and and standing. It occurs to me that your b12 supplement may be a little high. Excess B12 can cause peripheral numbness. We absorb about half of a 500mcg dose. The rda for women is 2.4mcg to 2.8mcg. There is no upper limit, but you might have a serum level tested in case you have intrinsic factor deficiency.
I might try compression leggings to increase circulation.
Then there are the circulation foods: beets, ginger, garlic.
Let us know about the zero sunrise shoes, when you get around to opening them.
It might be good to have a biopsy to determine if it is small vessel disease.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9998520/
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Thank you for your response. Neuro told me I don’t fit the profile for a biopsy, because I really have no complaint of pain. I’ve also read that I don’t fit the profile of SFN.
Yes, my B12 is high, but told by both primary and neuro that it is water soluble and the body will use what it needs. Lordy! I have read that it can cause neuropathy too.
No one with can definitively state what my problem is. Is it even neuropathy?
What you seek to know, can be found on the internet, depending on how you ask the question. By that, I mean, there is ‘evidence’ for everything that ‘may help’.
I am doing my toe exercises. I watched videos for stretching and flexing the toes, and feel they have helped with the curled toe feeling. I wore the Zero slippers all day, no socks. Didn’t have any weird sensations with them on. Used a small step stool, standing on the bottom rung, and put a new smoke alarm near the ceiling in the kitchen. Hard to tell if my feet were on that lower step or on the floor. I had to look.
Slow and easy. Will continue with what seems to help. And, read here, what others have found helpful.