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Peripheral Neuropathy and benign fasciculation syndrome.

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@joekurtz

My neurologist dx'd me with PN. I have numbness in both feet and ankles. In my hands up to my wrists I have a feeling of sand esp. in my fingers. My feet and hands are always cold. This began @ i year ago. The dx. is a bit confusing because I also have cervical and lumbar stenosis. Lumbar laminotomy and cervical fusion did help the low back pain and upper extremity paresthesia.
I find gabapentin helped a little but I was overly sedated by it. I have mild balance and do not want to fall.
I feel better with Pickle Ball and yoga as my exercises.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Dec 7, 2019

Hi @joekurtz, Welcome to Connect. Thank you for sharing your diagnosis and what helps. There is another discussion on balance that you might find helpful here:

> Groups > Healthy Living > Having trouble keeping your balance?
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/having-trouble-keeping-your-balance/

I have small fiber PN that affects mostly my feet and lower legs. I don't have any pain with my PN but do have the numbness symptom. Do you have pain along with your numbness?

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