Peripheral Neuropathy Online Support Group

wolf - you are lucky! wish my leg hair would quit growing! lol.. i do take lyrica sometimes. i hate the way it makes me feel and i forget a lot to take it..i forget to take my meds a lot. plus i feel sick to my stomach and don't want to take them sometimes. i wonder if having too may of those pain injections might cause the toe nails to do that. ive had 7-8 in 10 months...yeah - a lot...im sure they have done something to me. mispati - i hate goosebumps too! they hurt to touch and make my legs itch.

7-10 injections are normal for this amount of time for a pain clinic. But do ask Iken what it done to his former spouse he is not a fan of injections. They do cause long term side effects and diabetes is one of the many.

i was told that you should not have more than 3 injections in the same site in a years time. even my pain clinic refused to the the last injection a doctor ordered and almost didn't do the 2nd one. yeah, i wonder what they've done to me. of course they didn't do anything for my pain longer than 8 hours. the tens machine frickin hurts my back so i have it for nothing..doesn't hurt anywhere except those si joints where i need it. i used to have very low blood sugar that was hard for me to keep normal even after eating...i wonder if i need to get my little strips again and start monitoring it again just to make sure that hasn't become an issue.

I would check your blood sugar often cause these injections will cause diabetes. I have no diabetes in my family and I got it when I was at 160 lbs and Im 5'10 I had a six pack of abs also. At that time not anymore. My blood pressure went out of wach as well.

good gracious!!! i will definately start monitoring it! yes, my bp has been higher but they say its bc the pain.

The pain level will make it go up some are you taking any blood pressure meds ? I am on a high dose of it myself.

no bc i tend to run low usually. even when i was being medicated for tachycardia i was unable to use they beta blockers bc no matter how low the affective dosage my BP would bottom out and I would go down to the floor. i normally have lower bp..but when i have to move and get out of the house for doctor apts then the pain flares up and and the bp goes up. as long as i keep moving to a minimal my bp stays normal for me.

well...i just had the test and everything was normal. i honestly can't believe it. my shins are numb...always! he said that i didn't have peripheral neuros but my issues more than likely are still coming from my back since its has never quit hurting. i don't know what to do...

Hi Heather. I'm new here and am trying to make a comment about your shins. I have PN, without an official dx as to type, but have had shin PAIN and from time to time numbness. I can relate to what you say about it feeling like they aren't your legs. Anyway, the pain part of my syndrome feels like shin splints. Of course I worried - did I have bone cancer or something equally horrible? My GP blamed it on arthritis (why do they do that?), my shoe salesman said I was tying my orthopedic type sport shoes too tight, and my chiropractor said I probably had anterior tibulitis (sp) (referring to the muscle that goes up the front of the shin). All wrong...I started neuro testing in Jan. 2012. Had full spinal MRIs. Then I fell and fractured my sacrum and wound up with 2 more MRIs of that area of my back. Breaking a portion of my back put me on a fast track from neuro to ortho to pain clinic. I had severe inflamation of the S-1 and L-5 nerves only made worse with the fractures. I know you were pleading for help about numbness, but I had to throw this info your way. I had 3 epidurals and the pain and numbness was GONE, at least for awhile. Can't have any more for a few more months. The shin pain is starting to come back, but not the 9 out of 10 on the 1-10 pain scale. I don't sit down with neuro to talk about the whole PN picture till after the rest of my tests. I don't know if the shin numbness and severe pain (usually the pain) is part of the PN, but at least I have an answer. Again, I did not take time to read the thread, so I may not be offering anything new....Wishing you well. Bev

thanks befie73! i appreciate your response. i have had pain injections as well as epidural due to chronic sacroiliac and back pain. i don't get any relief from pain or numbness. i wish they would help me though.