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[antiquelover]

Is your husband a veteran of VietNam? My brother suffers from neuropathy as a result of serving in Nam. This has become a common issue for many of these vets.

[emmysmom]

On 4/27/2014 antiquelover said:

Is your husband a veteran of VietNam? My brother suffers from neuropathy as a result of serving in Nam. This has become a common issue for many of these vets.

Its a terrible side effect of diabetes 2, which I have..I am so sorry about your brother. I bet it was from Agent Orange. I didn't know the VN vets had this problem.

Look what I found~http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/watch-agent-orange-exposure-symptoms

[CaliKat]

Tissyanne,

I'm so sorry your husband has this awful condition. I have had peripheral neuropathy for many years. The doctors never did determine why I got it. I do not have diabetes, and I have not had any replacement type surgeries. I am on the highest dose of gabapentin. Without the gabapentin my feet would have burning pain all the time. And the numbness would probably prevent me from walking.

Below is a link to an article about the different treatments for peripheral neuropathy. It might give you some information you could discuss with your husbands doctor.

http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/may_jun_06/painful_neuropathy.html

[Mama Mia]

On 4/26/2014 betteb said:

On 4/26/2014 Tissyanne said: Thank all of you for taking the time to reply. He does not take any prescription medications, and has had knee surgery (one knee), but suffers from this in both feet. He has been taking Vitamin B12 for a while. He took Gabapentin with no results. He returns to the neurologist in early May.

Is he taking B12 is the liquid sublingual form? B12 does not survive the intestinal tract very well.

Better yet, take B12 sublingual in what is called methylcobalimin 5000mcg. It absorbs better and faster for neuopathy. Sorry, I cannot cut and paste, so if interested, please look it up. I also take Gabaptnein, 2400 mg a day. Got my neuropathy from chemo, but at least I'm still here. Have the lovely chemo brain too.

mm

[Mama Mia]

On 4/25/2014 1208 said:

Hi Tessieanne, My husband also has this condition in his foot, he had it in both feet but had to have his foot removed because of the neoropothy. He doctored at Mayo Clinic and the doctors told us that it is hereditary (sp). They told us that all his children and grandchildren and so on down the line will get at some point in their lives. It can go to any part of their body, not only their feet. They told him he just has to live with it because there is no cure or medication for it. My mother also had it in her feet. I never heard of it before my mother got it but now I am hearing about it all the time. Good Luck to your hubby, hope he is not in too much pain.

OMG! His foot removed, I am so sorry to hear this. How is he doing, and what led to it all. ?If you don't mind saying. I respect the Mayo clinic.

My son has it terribly bad and has operated big, heavy equipment for 28 years. His feet are mostly numb and he is a big man. He has talked about it sometimes, the amputation, and God forbid, I hope he never has to do that.

It was nice of you to share his story with us.

mm

[polar]

Yes. There was an article this morning in the Sunday Times in People's Pharmacy section that said statins can cause this. It states it will start to go away after going off the medication for a couple of weeks and then will gradually get better the longer you are off of them.

[willdob3]

B12 and magnesium deficiencies can cause neuropathy. Also, some medications can cause it.

[zgirl]

My dad suffers from this too. He is not a diabetic either. He sees a pain management specialist and has tried many different meds. Nothing has really helped. The pain meds take the edge off some of the time, but he is never completely pain free. I hope your husband finds some relief.

[151949]

OP - it is not uncommon for a patient to get neuropathy symptoms before any other symptom of diabetes shows up, including elevated blood sugars. This should be discussed with the doctor and FBS monitored closely.

[sfnative]

My neuropathy arrived the day I returned home from a fusion at L5-S1. It was intense pain between my knees and ankles ONLY if I stood still, but was just horrible. Called my surgeon who indicated it was indeed neuropathy and he prescribed gabapentin. This worked like a charm. I decreased the dosage after perhaps 3-4 months and was blessed that it had departed.

I'm having a total knee next month on the left side, so am curious as to whether this will return. I certainly hope not!

Best healing wishes to your DH, as well as God's Blessings - Rebecca