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Living with Neuropathy - Welcome to the group
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I've only recently found this site and joined today. Thank you all in advance for the information I'm sure I will be gathering in the coming days and months. A bit about me - I'm 73 yo, a Vietnam era Marine Corps Vet, Type 2 Diabetic. I have peripheral neuropathy in my lower legs and feet that varies by the day. On top of that I have osteoarthritis in the great toe of my right foot that causes many painful days and sleepless nights. I am currently taking 900 mg of Gabapentin daily which does seem to help with the neuropathic symptoms. My diabetes is fairly well controlled with my A1C consistently between 5.9 and 6.3.
Again, thanks for this site and I look forward to getting to know some of you as time passes.
As an aside, if any of you are interested what my name on the site means, just do a quick search for 1967 AC Cobra. It's a crazy dream for me.
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Welcome @accobra, It's fun to have a crazy dream. Even more fun when you have a song to go along with it - https://youtu.be/oc6FmZCT0Zc. It's good to hear your diabetes is fairly well controlled. I'm also a Vietnam vet but did all of my duty on a tin can off the coast supporting the ground troops. I have idiopathic small fiber PN but I don't have any pain, just some numbness and tingling in the feet and legs mostly. I posted my story in another discussion here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/310341/.
It sounds like your neuropathy symptoms are pretty much controlled by the Gabapentin. Have you made any lifestyle changes to see if they help with the diabetes and the neuropathy?