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All he prescribed was medication. One at a time. Tried four different ones & I couldn’t tolerate the side effects, so he referred me to the Pain Clinic. So I don’t per say even have a dr other than my regular family physician. I’ve considered getting a spine implant to block the pain signal from going to my brain & hoping I could go off of the Gabapentin. My memory is getting really bad, & I’ve been told it’s the Gabapentin brain! What I’m going to do first though, as a spinal plant will be my last resort, is to get a clear diagnosis that I have SFN by getting a Skin Punch Biopsy where they study the cells to determine. I want to know for SURE this is what I have & then deal w/ it best I can, accept it & move forward.
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BTW, when symptoms started I was referred to Spine Clinic. They performed peripheral neuropathy tests & I was fine. So they referred me to a Podiatrist & he said it was my back… sensory nerves. So he referred me to Pain Clinic. They gave me an epidural, which did nothing for my feet, but helped my back. Have L-4/L-5 impingements & a bulged disk. Also a pinched nerve in my pelvic region. We then discussed the Spine Implant. I was getting a pre-authorization from insurance & reading testimonials on the implants. At that time, there were a lot of negative comments & people wanted them out. Since then I talked to a couple who both have them & they are now smaller & MRI friendly where before you wouldn’t be able to ever get an MRI if needed. The thing is neuropathy is not curable, ok. But small fiber neuropathy is not only curable, but it’s fatal. This is why I want an absolute diagnosis. The burning will go from head to toe! Just need to know truth, and deal w/ it.