About two years ago I started having tingling and other sensations in my right foot, so I went to a podiatrist. He said I had radiculopathy, referred pain from my back to my feet. It affected the metatarsals which felt spongy or full. I have never had an official diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy to date. Yet my situation has escalated to mirror the symptoms I read about so much here at this group. I've had numerous xrays all over my lower extremities and I honestly can't remember all the findings. I know I have spotty areas of arthritis but you wouldn't know it to look at me. So when members of the group mention the type of neuropathy they have, I'm lost. I mean pain is pain, right? And everything I read about neuropathy points out that it just gets worse. And doctors can't figure it out. For once I'm at a lost for words because I really don't know what I'm talking about other than I have received a diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy. So I guess the nerves in my damaged spine are the culprit. That's where it began. So what would you call that?