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Neuropathy with back pain exercise
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@steveinmontana silly boy, do it! You will hate that you did it for the first bit but then you'll be happy for the rest of your life. However, if you don't have much pain than skip it I guess.... but the problem becomes that you will get weaker and more miserable with time. At a certain point the doctors will not want to risk the surgery anymore because you won't wanto make the effort to recover. I've used TENS UNITS forever (25 years?) they don't do anything bad. Check your arthritis pain that it may be gout related and not OA. If you have been to 3 surgeons than you are obviously miserable... or you would be on the golf course! 😉
The day I got home from the hospital and turned over in bed I was THRILLED. The 500 pound gorilla on my back was MIA! Moving was easy and it was nice not to have the incessant never ending pain for 15 years I suffered with. I do believe a certain amount of your neuropathy is related to your lumbar. It will get worse. You will never be as strong as you are today!
You can try supplements under your doctors supervision: B12 and iron worked for me! Good luck.
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@loriesco Well Lori, my arthritis was gout related and isn't an issue any longer.
I got 2nd and 3rd opinions to see if I could have the minimally invasive types of surgery that are available now, instead of the rods and screws my first surgeon recommended. They said no.
I've been going to a pain management clinic and have had a radio frequency ablation that failed, and just a few days ago had an epidural, which isn't doing much good either!
I'm not miserable. I deal, with the help of indomethican. I just can't do a lot without having to sit down for 15 minutes. And I most certainly would do all possible to recover. My problem is, paying for all of it. I have a pretty good Medicare Advantage plan, but after surgery and PT, I'll be paying that off for the next 5 years! I also don't have anyone to help me through the first week or so of recovery. If I could just find a surgeon that would do one of the minimally invasive procedures, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Yes, I'm going to get on some B12 and I'm looking into LDN. (Low dose Naltrexone as a way to get off of NSAIDS. That reminds me. Gotta call my doc. Thanks again for all your great feedback!