I was misdiagnosed with gout around 25 years when I had a swollen red painful big toe on my left foot. This continued, even though I never had high uric acid. Eventually the pain was so bad, about 3 years ago, my doctor reluctantly sent me to a rheumatologist who at first agreed but after tests said I never had or did have gout and said to see a neurologist immediately. After checking my reflexes (which doctors don't do any more) and my hands, he said I had peripheral neuropathy and immediately put me on Jarrow ALA as he conducted tests to verify. After 3 weeks I had a lot of relief but switched to Pure Encapsulations which was much more expensive but provided much more relief. I eventually was taking 2400 mg to get rid of all the pain. After though losing 50 pounds, I'm now taking 1200 mg a day. There's no pain, a little redness, and a little crunchiness.

I recently was diagnosed with breast cancer and am taking Letrozole. I'm now feeling numbness in my legs which I didn't have before. I've also seen on Sloan Kettering Site that during radiation, one shouldn't take antioxidants such as A,C,E and ALA. I was not told this by my hospital. Unfortunately my neurologist has retired and I couldn't get an immediate appointment with the practice at my hospital. Is there any advice or experience anyone can provide?

Thanks