Experiences with

Naturopathy

around 5 months ago I had an Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) fitted for heart failure and af for around 2 weeks, I have been having numbness and pain in my thighs, feet, hands with a feeling of buzzing under the skin, Ive now been told I may have Femoral Neuropathy The device is comprised of a catheter

Has anyone with lupus got/had eustachian tube dysfunction? I have had major problems and prolonged steroids and wondered (whilst I await diagnosis and first rheum appointment) if this is due to the lupus? I also have some sjogrens symptoms so may be overlapping with that?

[i]'Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most disabling and demoralizing problems that arise for cancer survivors. When investigating symptoms of numbness, tingling, or pain in the extremities, it is critical to determine whether the problem is neuropathic, somatic, or mixed

Hi everyone I am no stranger to Pain as an arthritis suffer however I am at the moment trying to decrease my Gabapentine i not only get pains in my finger tips in the morning but these last few nights it's everywhere on my body, jabbing, stabbing pulsating awful can anyone relate ? I'm determined though

I have recently had my mandatory reconsideration refused and I've had to appeal.I'm new to all this and have just seen all the negative remarks and found out the truth about atos and the medicals.I have a number of medical issues the main one being a problem with my right lung which leaves me constantly

How many of RLS sufferers have tingling and heaviness in their legs (or one more than the other ) during the day? I'm very restless at night and my legs drive me nuts,one more than the other but I don't have the urge to walk around the room. If I don't have Gabapentin at night I can fall asleep but

Hi, 4 weeks after my last chemo and my left ankle is really painful, my foot is a little red and slightly swollen. Both feel have a little neuropathy but nothing too bad. Has anyone any ideas? Lisa x

Hello, I've been taking 2 grains for a while now, due a review in January and think my dose probably needs to be increased a little. I have been taking 2x 1grain tablets each day (nature throid). I usually took them both together, in the evening as I always foget to separate the doses in the day and

So I remembered today that I did a handful of B12 shots back in May Prob. only 8 at the most & each were only .40 mcg. I the stopped them as I thought they increased my anxiety & I did not know anything abt them. Then this October I resumed them maybe doing about 5-6 vials of .50mcg. Then I started the

I have been prescribed these patches by a pain consultant for my severe neuropathy - has anyone else used them? Any advice appreciated. I am prepared to try anything - also prescribed Clonazepam......

hi out there i have p/n which is aggravated if i ingest anything containing garlic or white spirit vinegar which means a lot of sauces and such like are a definite no no, if i rashly do eat anything containing the aforementioned , i am wakened early morning by the familiar burning (electric eels?) in

If the nerve damage can't be fixed after 6 months, has anyone who had this happen to them seen any degree of relief? Did the pain decrease at all or once the damage is done to the nerves, it's done? Thank you all again and again

I am having severe panic that as my immune system gets better that my neuropathy will actually get worse rather than better. I realized that I do not feel it all the way up my legs now bc my immune system was depressed. I do not want to wake it up if I will have 24 hour neuropathy pain! But, please

Hi, I am having trouble doing searches so I apologize if this has been asked and answered a million times. Do most people just start to feel better upon getting the shots or do most feel worse before better? Increased neuropathy, ringing in ears, headaches, etc. Thank you so much!

Hello everyone, I hope your all feeling ok today. I just came back from the clinic myself. I got a referral to see an ortho doctor, getting blood work to test for lupus, and I also had a doctor order some lyrica for me to try. I almost feel like it's been long over due that I should be on this.

Hello all. I am brand new to this forum and would love to find some help and hope from my fellow cancer sufferers. I finished chemo at the end of July, 2016. When initially discussing my chemo drug, Cisplatin, the pharmacist told us to look out for difficulty with buttons and picking up coins, and tingling

Hi, I am asking a lot of questions. i hope that is ok. I am trying to figure things out. Last January, I started getting severe pins and needle and frozen pains. In my toes at first and on my face, bladder, and then fingers to elbows and toes to knees. I thought it was my small fiber neuropathy healing

Is there any hope of recovery? Symptoms started as cold feeling very painful pins and needles in feet. They felt numb, but, I did and continue to have feeling in them. Progressed rapidly to stocking/glove pain and tingling. That got better over time. But the tingling in my hands is intermittent and my

Hi, I hope someone can help! For the last month, I have been getting pains in my calf's (like spasming pain just before you get cramp). The pain has been getting worse and more regular, it effects me walking and is worse through the day. I was in so much pain, I went to see my doctor who stated they

Hi everyone I've had chronic back pain for a number of years now and i also have pain injections .Every 6 month's my vertebrae have all fused together now I'm on morphine pregabalin 300 in a morning and 300 in the evening, I'm also on sleeping tablets 10 mg in a morning and 10 mg in evening I'm also