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Duchess
11-17-2006, 07:11 PM
hi i'm new here.
i'm wondering if i can ask a few questions.
feb 2005 i had bilateral carpal tunnel surgery. after the surger i got RSD in both hands. this i'm sure, spread to other parts of my body.
last october i started with extreme pain in both feet. i could barely walk never mind stand. it went on till about april this year which seemed to settle. then in august the pain started up again leaving me to get crutches. with the pain i also have this like tingling/pins and needles, this is also in my hands. i hate it.
anyway my neurologist then put me in hospital to run some tests and he said he thinks it's peripheral neuropathy.
from what i've read, the cause of this is diabetes or alcohol. i don't have diabetes and i don't drink at all.
sooooooooo................

Silverlady
11-17-2006, 09:10 PM
Duchess,
Peripheral Neuropathy can be caused from many more things besides alcohol or diabetes. Please be sure you understand this. Go back and read the sticky posts at the top of this forum. Also get yourself a neuro specializing in peripheral neuropathy. There is also a list of tests for PN at www.lizajane.org.

Don't let anyone tell you that you only can get PN from diabetes or alcohol.

Billye