Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?

Hello @freakers. First, I would like to welcome you to Connect and thank you for posting about your battle with peripheral neuropathy and other medical issues. I moved your post in to an existing long discussion on dealing with peripheral neuropathy. I did this so you could meet our many members already discussing this topic. If you are replying by email, I recommend clicking on VIEW & REPLY at the bottom of your notification so you will be taken to the full discussion. You can read through some of the messages and get to know other members.

I have been "dealing"' with peripheral neuropathy for several years. Mostly increasing numbness , extending from feet up past knees. So far very little pain. I get Massage to feet and legs weekly and tak a lot of Shaklee food supplements. Also am 95 years old and healthy except for the Neuropathy.

Anyone that has pain with their neuropathy should try something called Ketamine Therapy. It is an IV that they use. It has worked for me so far.
They recommended 4 hour treatments. One day 2 hours and the next day they doubled the dosage for another 2 hours. It is very expensive $700 for 2 hours. But, it has been worth it for me to not have the pain all the time. Look it up.

Earlier this year I had a scanner laser made up for me emitting about 1000mw in the infra red, 810nm, I applied about 1joule per cm2 over my leggs and feet which took about 30min. I repeated this every 2nd day. I found that the burning pain increased in lower leg and feet. This usualy is a positive sign for the first treatment. I reduced the dose to 0.5 joule/cm2 and found similar increase again in burning pain. So I stopped for a week and starrted again with even lower dose. The burning pain increased again. After about 15 treatments I gave up. In contacting several MD`s specialized in lllt (low level laser therapy) I found that there were no neurologists or anaesthiologists who had any experiences or publications other than on damaged peripheral nerve repair but not degenerating as in PN. So I would have to check the internet again and MedPub peer reviewed publications on application of lllt in PN (any kind, including diabethic PN) before setting new parameters to continue trying. Meanwhile I had to go back to opioides but much lower dose in order to keep my quality of life in an acceptable level. I am sticking to the protocoll but cannot get certain products into France of Switzerland or Germany. So I take substitutes with similar contents and see what happens. Warm weather means lower pain level than cold weather, rain and cold winds. So i am moving South when the cold comes and keep my fingers crossed.

I have never known of red light for neuropathy. I am familiar with it being used for brain injury. Try Ketamine therapy.

Hi @materk

You are surely fortunate or blessed not to be suffering pain, and that you are in such great health at 95. That's more than I can say at 67. I have wondered if massage therapy would help me with painful PN, but haven't yet tried it. I'll have to give it some consideration.

Jim

Where is the article that mentions red light for neuropathy. I searched adjoining articles but could not find.

Tis me again. Forget question. I found it way down in some previous notes. I was a questioning where the original article on red light was located to get more info.

Hi Jim my name is John, my first time responding on here, just joined yesterday. Anyway don't know your issues but I had a bad back for years and tried chiropractors for a few years then I decided to try massage therapy even tho insurance wouldn't pay for it and went every 2 weeks for an hour and got more relief with massage , may have to try a few to find aa good one but just check reviews first

Red light could be found under low-level-laser-therapy (lllt) or light therapy as such (LED and other non coherent ight sources) light has a positie effect on peripheral nerves, important is what the actual diagnosis of the desease is and what parameter are being set in the scientific studies published on the therapy.