Living with Neuropathy - Welcome to the group

I'm an 82 year old woman in relatively good health with a mostly positive attitude except when I feel sorry for my self. Darn!..I have neuropathy in my feet and mostly lower legs. They used to just burn horrible. Lyrica, pregabilin, has helped the burning. Now it feels like I'm walking on gravel and have the pins and needles and sharp pains in my feet and legs off and on. I wear compression hose that gives some relief. Walking seems to help, but it is horrible to just be standing still. Very hard to cook with standing still. It seems to have gotten worse with the cold weather in MI. My left side is the worse as I have an arthritic knee and bursitis in hip. I had a neurology test and some of the pain comes just from damaged, old, nerves and some comes from my spine.
I just want to continue living the best I can with the least amount of pain. My little terrier cheers me up. Any suggestions on how to do. this would be appreciated. I was a teacher and was upright during most of my assignments. LOL. Loved it!

Cut out sugar in all forms ( including bread,) use almond flour. No diet drinks. I did a strict diet plus red light therapy. One can get a good light at sgrow they are on Amazon. I use a lot of natural supplements. Try Mega Benfototiamine & Optimized Carnatine the first is a form of B-1 but can penetrate.bllod/ brain barrier the latter is a amino acid. If you are interested private msg me I will be glad to tell.you where I get mine from and why

Pls message re: the Mega benfototiamine and Optimized Carnatine, where do I get it? Thanks.

I'm an 82 year old woman in relatively good health with a mostly positive attitude except when I feel sorry for my self. Darn!..I have neuropathy in my feet and mostly lower legs. They used to just burn horrible. Lyrica, pregabilin, has helped the burning. Now it feels like I'm walking on gravel and have the pins and needles and sharp pains in my feet and legs off and on. I wear compression hose that gives some relief. Walking seems to help, but it is horrible to just be standing still. Very hard to cook with standing still. It seems to have gotten worse with the cold weather in MI. My left side is the worse as I have an arthritic knee and bursitis in hip. I had a neurology test and some of the pain comes just from damaged, old, nerves and some comes from my spine.
I just want to continue living the best I can with the least amount of pain. My little terrier cheers me up. Any suggestions on how to do. this would be appreciated. I was a teacher and was upright during most of my assignments. LOL. Loved it!

Vitamin c for dissolving any blockages in bloodstream while avoiding sugar and drinking chicken broth instead for instant energy.. realize if you've had a car accident or impact injury, you will have calcium crystals jammed into cells and would have had bruising..feet are usually show a $4 pet laser over feet about 12 seconds. Deep enough penetrating to melt fats and let blockages loose if you walk right after that..usual cause of diabetic circulation problem that has nothing to do with it.. also realize you can't drink electrolytes where too much..causes cramping, spinal feedback when dehydrated..the cause of epileptic fits. .and easily fixed with proper electrolytes usage only every 3rd or 4th day a bottle. Have home water checked too.. and heavy metal check like lead solder in plumbing meetings? emt experience, 28 years married to medical transcriptionist Specializing in physics, that gives the answers, fixed own health and took care of daughter, 28 years anemia.. can be fixed in a week by diet, blood disorders/no longer a need for chemo.. same with all cancers and proven.. and just need doctor verification but already people proven..

Theodore is my name, with long-standing peripheral neuropathy affecting mostly my legs, and looking for helpful information.

Vitamin c for dissolving any blockages in bloodstream while avoiding sugar and drinking chicken broth instead for instant energy.. realize if you've had a car accident or impact injury, you will have calcium crystals jammed into cells and would have had bruising..feet are usually show a $4 pet laser over feet about 12 seconds. Deep enough penetrating to melt fats and let blockages loose if you walk right after that..usual cause of diabetic circulation problem that has nothing to do with it.. also realize you can't drink electrolytes where too much..causes cramping, spinal feedback when dehydrated..the cause of epileptic fits. .and easily fixed with proper electrolytes usage only every 3rd or 4th day a bottle. Have home water checked too.. and heavy metal check like lead solder in plumbing meetings? emt experience, 28 years married to medical transcriptionist Specializing in physics, that gives the answers, fixed own health and took care of daughter, 28 years anemia.. can be fixed in a week by diet, blood disorders/no longer a need for chemo.. same with all cancers and proven.. and just need doctor verification but already people proven..

Welcome Theodore @theodore1238, I've had small fiber peripheral neuropathy for 20+ years or more but only started worrying about it and was diagnosed in 2016. I shared my story in another discussion here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/310341/

The two best sites I've found for learning more about neuropathy have helped me considerably.
-- Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy: https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/
-- Neuropathy Commons: https://neuropathycommons.org/neuropathy/neuropathy-overview

One thing that helps me a lot with the feet are really comfortable shoes. Mostly I wear the memory foam Sketchers. I also make sure that I keep my legs moisturized with a good skin lotion.

Have you been diagnosed or started any treatments for your neuropathy?