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Replies to "Hi @njc and welcome. My wife has peripheral neuropathy (PN) and I do my best to..."
Thanks for your reply, Hank. I am currently on low dose CellCept for Lupus. It is an immune suppressant. With autoimmune type patients, it is my understanding that immune building or strengthening products are counterproductive because it strengthens autoantibodies as well. I am hypersensitive to medications. Therefore, seeing my negative side effect medication list, my neurologist indicated the best thing would be to increase the CellCept if the SFN exacerbated. She supposes that the autoimmune and diabetes issues are behind the SFN. The only pain medication I can take is Tylenol and I do that rarely. I have found a topical OTC homeopathic cream that helps with burning, stinging, tingling and itching, but nothing helps the numbness. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia as well. Perhaps the most demanding issue at this point in my life is managing my T1 diabetes. It is constant. Yes, I am being challenged on how to use this site. But, hopefully I’ll catch on soon. 🙂
I'd like to clarify the previous post. I meant to say "my wife does her best to keep ME from doing anything particularly dumb". Gotta be careful, she could read this at some point ya know.