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Neuropathy: Numbness only, no pain
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Hi all--I'm also a NOPON (NO Pain, Only Numbness) and I just received the results of recent MRIs and various neurological zap tests. (I've forgotten the medical terminology but you know what I mean.) Thankfully, the images and the testing showed nothing dramatically different than the same tests three years ago. However, I'm having more difficulty walking distances, even with an AFO. My gait seems more lopsided. At my first session with a trainer last year, she watched me walk and practically shrieked, 'Oh my god, you're bowlegged!' She was right and I'd never been conscious of it. My question: Is bowleggedness a symptom of neuropathy, a cause of neuropathy, or unrelated to neuropathy? Whatever the answer, I'd like to mitigate it somehow. It affects my ability to walk. At 78, I'm too old to take up cowboying or start a career as a jockey.
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@chawk
I may be another NOPON; I'm not sure. I'm definitely a NOPOL (No Pain, Only Lightheadedness)––and my lightheadedness is only now and then, yesterday being one of the "now and thens." My primary has cautioned me: Be careful it's not low blood sugar. So yesterday, when the lightheadedness came on witha vengeance, I ate some chocolate, and about 30 minutes later: no more lightheadness. So, maybe my primary was right. Maybe I shouldn't be too quick to blame everything on my PN.
Merry Monday, fellow PNers!
Ray (@ray666)
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@chawk Well, I like your sense of humor and the NOPON is something we will surely see going forward. I have small and large fiber PN and wear AFO's due to drop foot, they also help with balance. I am not bowlegged, but who knows, with over 100 causes of PN, perhaps someday, that will be added to the long list. So, perhaps you're on to something.