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Yep, similar symptoms. I do take tylenol and advil, seems to keep pain level at a 2. Doesn't do a thing for the PN. My docs ordered MRI about every 2-3 years - worse, worse. OK, so the docs say that lower back issues have zero to do with cause of my PN. In 2018, I did follow my primary doc suggestion to see a chiropractor. Not good results, could hardly work for 2 days. Back pain a 7. Don't get me wrong, they have their place and help many folks but not for me. Because I can touch my lower back (lightly) and get those odd feelings in ankles and feet, docs just shrug their shoulders with a blank look on their face and are basically afraid to do anything. "Never seen that" common expression. Again...do not harm. Meanwhile, we need to continue to do our best and by that I mean keep moving, walking, yet live within our abilities and not step over that ever changing line to cause harm to ourselves. Simply, stay safe. I guess at some point we stop looking for the cause and accept idiopathic. Not easy.
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I agree whole heartedly - yesterday I was forced to walk more than usual and was so exhausted… then later realized I hadn’t been bothered at all by pain, numbness, or tingling while doing it or for awhile afterward! I think my waning desire to know about the cause of neuropathy is to see what I can do to stop its progression. If it’s a medicine, a food, an activity, drinking tap water, vitamin or mineral excess or deficiency, maybe there’s something I can change to stop this from getting worse. If it’s something mechanical, structural, or electrical with my body, maybe a simple repair (or maybe not) I know I’m preaching to the choir, but we’re looking for a new home as we’re in transitional apartment while looking, since ours sold quickly. Though I’m ~58 and disabled, my husband 76 and physically ok but of course numbers aren’t in best favor, I asked 2 doctors if we should be going straight to assisted living NOW vs waiting until we’re unable to move ourselves… and of course they have no answers. We don’t really have family to help us physically, so I just wish I had a prognosis to help plan smartly. Oh well, I know you understand my frustration, and I know ti keep the exercises and therapies I’m learning on here to do what I myself can contribute to the outcome