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Neuropathy | Last Active: May 24 9:33am | Replies (268)

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Hi Lori @lorirenee1 nice to hear from you! Every day is certainly a challenge for us. My daily goal is to do what I can just to make it through the day. Being able to sit down is a big deal. I am glad that the pain has settled. I am with you regarding your peculiar shin sensations. I hope that also goes away eventually. I have been through shocks a few times myself. I don’t recall any residual effects after like muscle soreness. I did have my bodily sensors intact then. Have you tried a fan blowing on your shins as Hank @jesfactsmon suggested Linda does for her feet? Here in central Florida I always have the ceiling fan on while I sleep. It seems to help.

How do you manage without depth perception? Doesn’t it affect your balance at all? I know it does for me because stepping on a soft surface is difficult for my brain to maintain my balance. Outside surfaces like a lawn or gravel are extremely difficult to walk on without a quad cane. I am able to go grocery shopping by using the shopping cart to hold on to so I can walk. The shopping cart becomes my walker.

I have visited the website for assistance with neuropathy using VR therapy. It offers help in 2 ways. One is the VR goggles and the other is using your phone. Have you tried your phone for the exercises? That should be better for you.

Thanks for asking. I feel better now that I got rid of that awful burning in my stomach and esophagus. It would last all day. Sometimes too much of a supplement may not be good either so I rely on a balanced diet. As a result of stopping the eye exercises my motion sickness has decreased to what it was before. I feel my double vision has improved slightly. I tried the eye exercises as you did the stimulator. We learn what is best by the process of elimination since the health industry provides no answers. I am waiting to try corrective eye surgery next to align my eyes and eliminate the diplopia. My neuro ophthalmologist believes the majority of my motion sickness is due to the misalignment of my eyes. We can have several health issues without our nerves or bodily sensors to send accurate signals to our brain so our brain can fix a problem or allow us to do tasks. Simple things to a normal person can become BIG challenges for us. Hang in there Lori. I wish you the best to relieve your pain. Toni

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@avmcbellar Hi again, Tony, We certainly never know when or why health challenges come our way! You took such good care of yourself, you now take such good care of yourself, and yet, when your brain signals, bodily sensors don't work right, we don't work right. Yes, simple things become a challenge, and life can change in an instant. Would you have ever believed the changes you have gone through? I know I wouldn't have. I am at least glad that your stomach is doing better and your motion sickness is a bit less from not doing your eye exercises. I hope that you can get your eye surgery to help you. I have become so damn fearful of surgery, but sometimes it does help! Maybe after Covid, you can do your surgery? As far as living without depth perception, my eye doctor is amazed that I never saw double, but my brain adjusted itself to my eye problem. My eye doc also says I see things flatter than they really are, but I don't know the difference! I have always lived with these eyes of mine. I do notice however, that I tend to pour things too full or too empty, drive only locally, as I just don't see space all that well. I stay on roads I know and never drive in darkness. I also grew up with an eye specialist, and did regular eye exercises. I don't remember why! I will look at that VR therapy site again, and see if I can do something without the goggles. Anything to distract from pain! As far as sleeping with a fan, yes, I do, and sleep with icepacks on my shins. Seeing the Pain Doc in a few weeks to see why I have all this new pain, but he does say that sometimes the pain stimulator electricity can cause pain. Oh joy. Anyway, thanks so much for reaching out to me. Mayo Connect has had me meet really good people. That is the one joy of being sick. Nothing else. Love to you, Lori