Hi Chris,

I like your point of view and I appreciate your willingness to help me focus in on what the 'stress issues' might be. I will have to get back to you in a day or three because my pain level is too high to sit at the computer and type intelligently. On the other hand, I wish I could compose my thoughts during these periods because I am more acutely aware of how complex the pain experience is for me. It's not a single or simple type of pain but a melody that changes by the minute until I have to find someway to minimize it like laying down. It's also not in a single area of my body but in my toes, feet, legs, fingers, hands, arms and sometimes my chest, face and tongue. And then there's my low back pain which provides a constant backdrop of pain for the neuropathy.

I had a visit with a new primary care physician who is in the Piedmont Group as opposed to Wellstar or Emory. He read to me that my neurologist wrote that I had SFN mediated by stress. Here's the interesting thing about this is that I've never been asked about stressors in my life by any doctor except for a cardiologist when I had a cardiovascular event 4 years ago.

My body is telling me my time is up in front of the computer. I do need to try and put into words all the different impressions I have of my pain but it's hard to do when I'm in pain.
Thanks for your concern.