@robtlhughes

I started out with the tingling in my feet and legs, and after a couple of years numbness in my feet, and then the pain started. It gradually has been getting worse and become a burning pain and has spread to include the tops of my feet and most recently has moved to my ankles. It hurts and my ankles feel like I have a band around them, being stretched harder and harder.

Morphine sulfate contin and imipramine are keeping the pain manageable. Three years ago I had a spinal cord stimulator implant that gave me a lot of relief from the pain until a few weeks ago. It's been slowly losing its effectiveness over the past year. I turned the stimulator off a month ago and I haven't felt any change in my pain. So now I'm waiting to get to see the neurosurgeon. So frustrating to have my health care put on hold.

For the burning pain, I put numbing cream on my feet. I have prescription lidocaine cream, but Medicare won't cover it anymore, so I found on Amazon a product called Uber Numb, and instead of the $125 copay for the prescription it's $16 on Amazon. It helps relieve the burning for a couple of hours so I can go to sleep.

Jim