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Yes to the pillow under the knee! Absolutely YES! Crazy as it sounds (because it is...
what relieves my hip pain and other neuropathy ... and it fixed a ton but it was the lumbar ... Also, in my lumbar surgery they only ... the pillow is mandatory to keep my spine ... I think keeping your spine in tip top
Posted: Nov 20, 2024
Good morning everyone my name is Douglas and I have been diagnosed with and living with...
one large lipoma located in my right lumbar ... Fibromyalgia Multiple lipomas Neuropathy ... Neural foraminal stenosis of lumbar ... spine Degeneration of intervertebral ... disc of lumbar region with discogenic
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 14, 2024
I don't think you can categorically say coffee increases neuropathy pain. I have severe stenosis in...
categorically say coffee increases neuropathy ... I have severe stenosis in my lumbar ... spine and pain in my glutes, hamstrings
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Nov 12, 2024
My ortho ordered lumbar spine MRI and nerve testing in legs and feet EMG. Extremely useful,...
My ortho ordered lumbar spine MRI and ... muscles in the legs and feet, not neuropathy ... Lots of arthritis in the spine and feet ... once the arthritis in the feet (and spine
Discussion: Trouble walking
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 18 8:22am
Keep us posted on your decompression experience. Compressed nerves can, of course, cause peripheral neuropathies but...
nerves can, of course, cause peripheral neuropathies ... more predictable patterns than any neuropathy ... multiple bulging discs from my cervical spine ... down to and including the lumbar spine
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 5, 2024
@angielewis1959 Hi, there. I have spinal stenosis (cervical/lumbar), degenerative disc disease, cervical myelopathy, neurogenic claudication and...
I have spinal stenosis (cervical/lumbar ... claudication and idiopathic small fiber neuropathy ... and believe this is all tied to my spine ... my ongoing symptoms post surgery (spine
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 26, 2024
@daisy22 I had surgery on L3-L5 (decompression/fusion) because spinal injections for pain were not working anymore...
They used hardware to stabilize my spine ... MRI from a spine specialist would be ... down to feet all stemming from my lumbar ... spine. ... I also have small fiber neuropathy (
@jgk177 What types of doctors/specialists have you already seen? What tests have you had beyond bloodwork?...
back and pelvis, you may need MRIs of lumbar ... spine and pelvis/hips if you didn’t ... You may also need small fiber neuropathy ... My neurologist did the small fiber neuropathy
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 4, 2024
@thurlibier I am a 55 year old female. When I was 47, I started to have...
diagnosed with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy ... My lower back/lumbar spine was also ... Many don’t know that a cervical spine ... weakness according to my orthopedic spine ... opinions from neurologists and orthopedic spine
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 1, 2024
@pinkrose I am so glad you can see the spine specialist in a couple months. I...
pinkrose I am so glad you can see the spine ... think is linked to my small fiber neuropathy ... /peripheral neuropathy. ... how I feel after recovering from my lumbar
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 7, 2024
@cyp238ress I am a 55 year old female. I have had ACDF surgery on my cervical...
have had ACDF surgery on my cervical spine ... physical therapy for your cervical spine ... diagnosed with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy ... skin punch biopsy plus peripheral neuropathy ... I am getting lumbar surgery soon (have
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Hi @asalat76, My healthcare provider (PA) is a nutritionist and recently she suggested I take 600mg...
suggested I take this for peripheral neuropathy ... this will help with the pain in my lumbar ... sacral spine along with the lipoic
Discussion: Foot neuropathy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 26, 2024
@asalat76 I also have small fiber neuropathy that started in my feet and has traveled upward....
asalat76 I also have small fiber neuropathy ... addition to this, I have many other spine ... My spine issues include cervical/lumbar
Discussion: Foot neuropathy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 26, 2024
@domiha I am a 54 year old female with cervical and lumbar severe spinal stenosis and...
year old female with cervical and lumbar ... spine and have pain/weakness/numbness ... Capsaicin/neuropathy creams helped, ... spine or small fiber neuropathy. ... spine to see if anything has changed
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 16, 2024
@dudashen and @rashida Where do you have pain in your pelvis? I have spinal stenosis/DDD and...
spinal stenosis/DDD and small fiber neuropathy ... I have had spine and brain MrIs but ... I have had lumbar spinal injections ... which has helped manage some of the spine
Discussion: Pelvic pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 12, 2024
@pb50 I live in New England and could get to doctors in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and...
mononucleosis as a teen, small fiber neuropathy ... canal stenosis in my cervical and lumbar ... spine and degenerative disc disease
I saw the NP at the office of my PCP a few weeks ago after I...
Radiculopathy is often mistaken for neuropathy ... The spine surgeon who did my laminectomy ... nerves exit the spinal column in my lumbar
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 19, 2024
@sb4ca Everything you have written about sounds like an autoimmune problem to me. Do you see...
a neurosurgeon diagnosed my severe lumbar ... A lumbar fusion surgery is recommended ... sure that it is CIDP but peripheral neuropathy ... which led to the lumbar spinal stenosis ... I feel like the peripheral neuropathy
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 16, 2024
Hi, I have a neuromuscular doctor. I had nerve conduction studies. All four extremities were tested...
poly radiculopathy (nerve damage to lumbar ... spine and neck) based on those nerve ... She did not find large fiber neuropathy
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 23, 2024
THIS COULD BE A GAME CHANGER!! Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston announced Tuesday that it had developed...
chronic pain from diabetic peripheral neuropathy ... impairment or injury to a nerve in the lumbar ... spine.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jan 30, 2024