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Charlotte @charlie807
I two have ph neuropathy in both feet. Everything you say electric shocks through both feet, hot one minute, cold the next nothing really helps me. On Gabapentin and Cymbalta for years 2014. Now on Lyrica and Cymbalta still no real help I lose a lot of sleep. I know what caused mine. My surgeon in 2010 left the screws on my nerves after L5-S1 fusion. I never know why I was always in pain still. Changed doctors after PT or injections didn't help. First day he told me about the screws. Well the damage done and I have a great neurologist, but he doesn't believe in pain pills. I do go to a pain clinic for that just to help take the edge off . Like you say it's great to find people in the same place. I'm losing my balance alot I fall if I'm not truly paying attention. I'm 72 and have lost my joy of walking daily. Everything I do I pay for in pain. Back isn't great had revision to fix the screws with fusion from L-3 to S1. I wear flip- flops year round in Virginia only shoes I can wear. Cannot wear socks or closed shoes my feet hurt to much. I'm a mess but everyday is a new day and I just keep moving forward. This website helps I'm not alone or crazy. Thanks to everyone out there. Love to all
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My wife swears about the Mayo Clinic 3 week program for pain management. She has 13 screws from back surgery multiple times and is fused from the neck to most of back. Obviously, constant pain without remedy is difficult for anyone, but Mayo's Pain program did help her tremendously.
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I just saw another doc for a third opinion about all the pain I’m having in my SI joint. He thinks it’s from all the surgical hardware that was put in me from the doc that did all the fusions. I’m getting an injection to see if that is the case. If it is they have to remove some of it.
Thank you for responding. I wonder if that’s what caused neuropathy in both of my feet as well like it caused yours sitting on nerves. I have a lot of hardware. That would be the answer I am looking for, for causing the neuropathy. I am so sorry to hear you have been through so much too. I hope you get some relief. You definitely are not alone. I am 52 and have been dealing with neuropathy in both feet for a couple of years now. I have also been dealing with severe chronic pain in my SI for well over a decade. It is on a level of torture pain. It’s awful.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you start to feel better.