Sorry for the delayed response, @ken82

I'm learning how to get around in the new format.

I've been taking Prednisone for around 6 months, at 10mg. The neurologist hopes that it will slow down the progression of the neuropathy. He was alarmed by how much worse my numbers were when he did a nerve conduction test and punch biopsy and compared them with tests a year prior. I'm having a nerve conduction test in July, to track the progress. In the past month, I've begun feeling the pain of constriction in my calves. Until then it was only my feet and ankles.

I don't know how my bones are. I've fractured a few in fairly significant falls ribs in '96, lower back in '08, but those were because of how or where I landed. Most were on house painting jobs - retired now from that.

I eat and drink quite a bit of dairy products, and take a variety of vitamins, and eat a very well balanced diet - my wife enjoys cooking.

So, perhaps I should add the questions you raise to my list of things to discuss with the doctor. Thanks for mentioning them.

Jim