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Hi @eddiestella1, Sorry to hear you are having neuropathy symptoms in both of your feet along with your back problems. Not sure why your doctors said that it's not from your back because it's both feet. From what I've read, spinal nerve compression can cause neuropathy symptoms in both feet. I have idiopathic small fiber peripheral neuropathy along with degenerative disc disease and lower back issues. I'm not sure my back is causing my neuropathy as I've never had any back surgeries but I do have a family history with neuropathy and other arthritis conditions.
"Can back problems cause neuropathy in both feet?
Yes, as spinal discs degrade they can affect nerves that travel into the feet. In some severe cases, degenerative disc disease (DDD) can cause nerve problems in the feet. Degenerative disc disease, specifically of the lumbar spine, can actually cause nerve pain to radiate into the feet from your spine."
--- Can Degenerative Disc Disease Cause Nerve Problems in the Feet?: https://www.healthcentral.com/condition/degenerative-disc/can-degenerative-disc-disease-cause-nerve-problems-feet.
If you haven't taken a look at the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy site, you might want to look through at all of the different complementary and alternative treatments listed for neuropathy - https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/.
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Thank you! And thank you for the information. I don’t understand why they said that either. Unless they can tell from the MRI’s & CT’s that I had. I do have one compression that they can see but said it was too high up to cause neuropathy in my feet. I definitely have degenerative disc disease all the way up my spine. I had my L5 & L5 disc fused. L4 fused last fall and it’s still fusions. I had six right SI joint fusions and last fall they also removed screws and added new screws to my SI. So supposedly my right SI looks like it’s suppose to buy yet I’m in worst pain of my life in my right SI joint. On my left SI it hurts but not as bad as my right side but yet I have loose screws on my left side. They never did a fusion on my left SI but they added hardware for sone reason. Even though I never had pain in my left side until after they added hardware without my knowledge. Then add the neuropathy issue like I’m not dealing with enough. After a few of my SI fusions I was out on Gabapentin because they knew it was going to cause issues in my foot. At that time it was only neuropathy in my right foot but the. Gradually it went to both feet. Both neurologist and three orthopedic docs say it’s not from my back. But I also had two pain docs that say it could be from all the surgeries. They also said I could have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome resulting from all the surgeries.
Thank you again for all the info. I really appreciate it.