michelleanne
06-25-2008, 02:11 PM
Hello everyone,
Thanks for the advice, I could say you don't know how much I appreciate it, but I think you all completely do. My biggest problem is the level of pain. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a pain Dr. My neuropathy started around 8 years ago, and my Dr. didn't do anything about it because everytime I went into him he sent me for millions of tests. He is always thinking it is something else, luekemia, cancer, you name it, had none of it. Thank God. But it wasn't until a year and a half ago when my right foot swelled to over twice it's size that he sent me to an orthopedist and he took one look at my foot and said Charcot's foot. Never heard that one before. I had several broken bones in my foot and didn't know it. Neuropathy is wonderful that way, you can rip a toenail right off my toe, I won't feel a thing. But the stinging, burning, horrible pain of the neuropathy itself is horiffic. To make a long story a little shorter, I had to give up driving, I wear a prostetic brace, the neuropathy is up to my knees and in both hands(try typing with what feels like sausages, you know your fingers are there you just can't feel them besides the pain). But back to pain DR. My dr. has me on 2700 mg of gabapentin and 112 mg. of venlafaxine a day. I know nothing about pain meds. you guys seem to know a heck of a lot more, have been reading your entries. so any help with the pain meds and finding relief is sooooooo welcome. Thanks for letting me ramble. Michelle
Thanks for the advice, I could say you don't know how much I appreciate it, but I think you all completely do. My biggest problem is the level of pain. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a pain Dr. My neuropathy started around 8 years ago, and my Dr. didn't do anything about it because everytime I went into him he sent me for millions of tests. He is always thinking it is something else, luekemia, cancer, you name it, had none of it. Thank God. But it wasn't until a year and a half ago when my right foot swelled to over twice it's size that he sent me to an orthopedist and he took one look at my foot and said Charcot's foot. Never heard that one before. I had several broken bones in my foot and didn't know it. Neuropathy is wonderful that way, you can rip a toenail right off my toe, I won't feel a thing. But the stinging, burning, horrible pain of the neuropathy itself is horiffic. To make a long story a little shorter, I had to give up driving, I wear a prostetic brace, the neuropathy is up to my knees and in both hands(try typing with what feels like sausages, you know your fingers are there you just can't feel them besides the pain). But back to pain DR. My dr. has me on 2700 mg of gabapentin and 112 mg. of venlafaxine a day. I know nothing about pain meds. you guys seem to know a heck of a lot more, have been reading your entries. so any help with the pain meds and finding relief is sooooooo welcome. Thanks for letting me ramble. Michelle