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Neuropathy of the feet: Any advice on how to eliminate the numbness?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Jan 31 10:46am | Replies (162)Comment receiving replies
Welcome @led1958, Thanks for sharing what has helped you. Neuropathy does seem to be a never ending search for treatments to find out what will help your specific symptoms. The biggest downer is that a lot of what helps one person may or may not help someone else with the same or similar neuropathy diagnosis. I'm fortunate to not have pain with my neuropathy that I've had for going on 30 years but the numbness and balance issues is a problem for me still. I did at one time try most every essential oil tonics known to help neuropathy with little or no effect on my neuropathy. If you haven't already seen the comprehensive list of treatments on the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy's website it's worth a look - https://www.foundationforpn.org/treatments/.
Is your polyneuropathy diagnosis idiopathic or were they able to find a cause?
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My neuropathy is caused by compression due to cysts and stenosis at L4-5. Anthem Healthy Indiana Plan offers least medical intervention for "lower back pain" which included a Physical Therapist instructing Yoga without benefit of Radiology evidence. Backwards spinal flexion under direction of Community Hospital Physical Therapy in June 2023 triggered neuropathy. Prior to this visit, HealthNet served by IU Health at the Barrington Clinic, Indianapolis consulte me that my Medical Records were "Medical treatment for an alias piece of trash". Many years earlier a relationship with a cardiologist from IU Health suggested suicide if he was ever caught. I did not return for more Physical Therapy and suffered a fall with elbow fracture due to unsteady gait occurred afterwards. Treatment was denied. As of 2023, IU Health has updated bone loss and neuropathy records with CT, MRI, and x-rays and appointments instructing me to buy glucosamine chondrointin and calcium carbonate (????) for severe osteoporosis. IU Health Spine Center now describes the surgical outlook as "doing construction on sand". IU Health maintains bottomless refills of Gabapentin, Duloxetine, Lidocaine patches at CVS Pharmacy which are unused. Symptoms including tightness in calves with difficulty standing when arising in the morning. Numbness up to knees was notable following the 2023 crippling backwards flexion session with a Community Hospital Physical Therapist many miles from my home. Frankinscence and Myrrh were shocking for effective remediation of burning, stabbing, pins and needles on feet and ankles. Alpha Lipoic Acid has only added to relief. Thankfully, I am now in a financial situation where moving from Indiana is possible. A lawyer did review a 2012 HIPAA violation connected with a Franciscan Health unauthorized consultation and was shocked by the non-medical commentary. Unfortunately, the Indiana medical profession has historically shielded itself from malpractice cases. The attorney suggested further legal exposure of medical records slander.