Hello again.....thought I should update what I was thinking was too good to be true. I did have a fabulous day yesterday!!!....my feet, palm of my foot and my shins all felt totally normal!...BUT...when I went to bed...I made the mistake of side-sleeping..which is (was) my most comfortable way....BUT...not for PN, apparently! I woke up after two hours with my feet feeling hot and I could 'feel' my shins as well! I tried sleeping on my back with a pillow under my knees for the rest of the night..but couldn't go back to sleep at all! I got out of bed early....legs felt heavy..toes numbed up again....but I did the stretches for PN...took the Benfotiamine 150mg. with breakfast and I'm back to 'me'..without the numbness. You might also try Youtube...for exercises...Bob and Bill(?) chiros..they are a little strange, but wonderful chiros...this one I got from them..
Holding on to something....standing..bring your toes up..lean back...and then go forward and raise up the back of your foot..as far as you can on your toes.....do a lot of these...and walk around as much as you can. Now..it's afternoon and my legs and feet feel fine...I have no feeling of 'feeling them'. I would strongly suggest to you to google Benfotiamine and see what you think. Now that I've been looking more into PN...there are a lot of wacky treatments out there...so beware.
I have a bulging
L-5...and the MRI shows the swelling and a stenosis of the nerve channel...so that's what's causing my PN....and side-sleeping is a major problem for this...I didn't know this. Hopefully, I will not have the same problems tonight..as I'm sleeping on my back with a pillow under my knees...wish me luck!