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Living with Neuropathy - Welcome to the group
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Hello Alice @alicealna. Welcome to Connect, an online community where patients and caregivers share their experiences, find support and exchange information with others. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy has some good information on lifestyle type changes and alternative treatments that you might find helpful - https://www.foundationforpn.org/
Do you think your neuropathy might be related to severe arthritis in your neck and lower spine?
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Hello, John, and thanks so much for your kind, prompt reply.
Quick answer: Yes, it is connected to arthritis and pressure fractures in lumbar spine, and in cervical spine, where I had a four/level fusion done almost 50 years ago. I consider myself very lucky to have made it this far… but the constant neuropathy (which I’ve had before, but not for such a consistent and protracted period.