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Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 19 8:46pm | Replies (2901)

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@billchitwood

A few minutes ago Bill had stabbing back pain on the left side high on the rib area. Different than the chronic pain he has felt in his back across the whole back in the lower rib area. He hadn't been doing anything when it hit. Bad enough that he gave in and took a pain pill. Waiting for that to kick in. Not sure if kidney related.

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Hi @billchitwood, I think only a doctor would know if your husbands symptoms are kidney related. In an earlier post @colleenyoung mentioned that Bill is might be having symptoms related to his health conditions and this might be something that a palliative care doctor or symptom management nurse can help you with. You responded that you wouldn't know how to find a palliative care doctor or symptom management nurse and Medicare doesn't cover it unless it's end of life. I'm wondering if you might want to look into palliative care just to see if you can get some assistance. Here are some sites that explain it a little better and may help.

-- Medicare and palliative care: What to know: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/does-medicare-cover-palliative-care
-- What is Palliative Care (and how to get it): https://getpalliativecare.org/whatis/