@klj01 this might not have been neuropathy to begin with, this could very well have started with a compressed nerve in your neck. That can and very often does effect the feet and legs. Either way, I am so sorry you are dealing with this. Especially when your symptoms get shoved into a doctor's large [there is no cure for that] box, just because their [yes, I know how to fix that] box is tiny. They don't even try to figure things out, let alone really listen to the patient. There is 99.9 times a cures if they would bother to look into the root cause.

@klj01
I am sorry you are experiencing this as well. I started having numbness in my fingertips in 2008. A ctscan showed cervical compression of spinal cord - 1st surgery. 10 years later, similar symptoms returned - 2nd cervical surgery. Now after a series of falls due to a complicated knee replacement, severe neuropathy in ring and pinkie fingers of right hand now starting in left. Also PN in feet and lateral calf muscles. Ctscan shows a subluxation of cervical discs below my other neck hardware. Getting ready for surgery #3. These issues began after years of work in the exercise and fitness world and honestly probably life in general - the lifting and moving of things, body genetics (I don’t think I have the gift of a perfect skeletal structure!). So the peripheral neuropathy is not causing your neck issues, it is just the opposite. I encourage you to see an orthopedic surgeon or neurologist or neurosurgeon to see what your options are at your beautiful age of 82. I wish you many blessings!