Neuropathy
Hi I’m Judy Eccles,
I’m grateful to find this forum. I am 66 and 3 years ago moved from California as a healthy and active woman. We move to Murrells Inlet, SC and I was struck horribly with neuropathy, experiencing a stabbing pains in my feet, holding them and crying out to God to make it stop. I went to the ER at MUSC and I had a CAT SCAN and they found a fractured disc at my L2, then did a vascular work up on me and that was fine. They said just bed rest for the fractured L2. I have been pushed back and forth from neurologists to Rheumatologist with different diagnosis, poly neuropathy , PMR TO IDIOPATHIC NEUROPATHY. They did a biopsy on my nerves and it showed my short nerves were affected along with my long nerves that the EMG showed. They put me on gabapentin and now on 2700 mgs. I feel it doesn’t do much good. They tried me on Cymbalta and I couldn’t take it, I scratched myself severely, I still have the scars. Now they say it’s RA and wanted me to take shots in my stomach and I refused. I was also on Naltraxon that gave me severe headaches. I just need help. I was also on steroids and weaned off. I JUST NEED HELP!!! I can walk a bit, but mostly in a wheelchair if I need to walk a distance. I would appreciate any comments.
Thank you,
Judy Sweeney
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Hello @countrygirl1944, Welcome to Connect. You might want to check out the following discussion to learn what others have shared.
-- Scrambler Therapy for neuropathy: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/scrambler-therapy-for-neuropathy/
There is also another older discussion on laser therapy that might be helpful:
-- Laser Therapy for Neuropathy: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-1/
Have you looked at any specific brand of personal use devices?