am an 85 yr old female who was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy in all four extremeities in the early 1990s, caused by pernicious anemia. I received B12 shots and then B12 pills for about fourteen years and the numbness was greatly reduced when in 2014 I was diagnosed with Small fiber neuropathy. At that time I only had pain, heat, itchiness and swelling in two toes. I declined a prescription because the pain was infrequent.

In Dec 2022 my PCP ordered a head c-t scan because I reported balance and falling issues. She then referred me to a neurologist and my appointment is in September. I have never talked with a neurologist about any of my concerns. I have never talked with my PCP, really, about bowel and bladder incontinence so I don’t know if they are related to the neuropathy or perhaps the diuretics I take for congestive heart failure. I have no sense of having a full bladder but when I stand up I have a flood. I can rarely walk to the bathroom without urinating before I get there and I rarely feel anything when I pass fecal matter. I set an alarm to remind me to go to the bathroom, I was interested to see that someone else was raising these issues. Is it neuropathy?