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@cyn17

Hi poodlemom6 & thanks for the post. I'm newly diagnosed with SFN, and after a whole lotta blood work-ups they've offered absolutely a whole Lotta nothin' as to why I developed this disease. I began experiencing burning about 7 months after an intense foot surgery to repair a torn posterior tibial tendon. Today, my foot is not healing, it's likely I'll need another surgery and I'm not sure what to do about the SFN. GABAPENTIN did nothing for me. I'm on Lyrica (pregabalin) and that's no better. I also take baclafen and oxycodone for pain during the day, and mirtazapine and ropinirole at night. Those 4 help with pain and chronic insomnia. My pain doc has referred me to participate in a one-week study by Abbott for a device that uses neurotransmitters to block pain. I'll try it, but from what I've read the jury's still out. Plus most have to continue taking some type of pain med.

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Hello @cyn17, Welcome to Connect. I'm sorry to hear that they haven't been able to help the foot pain very much and you are thinking you may need another surgery on the foot. Did they actually do any tests to determine you have SFN? Is the foot pain only on the foot you had the surgery on?

How much Gabba we're you taking? John