OT NEUROPATHY SUFFERERS - FOUND ANY TREATMENT THAT HELPS?

[eKretz]

Rich, try some All Bran Buds cereal. I mix it in with my oatmeal, works wonders!

 

[challenger]

I have Neuropathy and I am sure others here must have it too. My feet and toes are numb and now my pinky fingers is getting numb too. I bought some boots that have "red lights" in them that were advertised on Amazon and I got took....I see on the net they are advertising a pad you stand on and it shocks your nerves...also sounds like a scam like the red lights. Has anyone tried anything that works? Thanks....

I also broke my shoulder and am learning to re use my muscles that tightened up for the month my arm was in a sling. I cant make a fist...sucks getting old!

Nope. Have had for years. It seems to only get gradually worse and it sucks. I attribute it to cholesterol medication FWIW. Good luck.

 

[ttrager]

The US health care system runs on Sugar. The hospital food programs push it with every meal. It's good for business. Keeps people coming back.

The biggest joke in my 4 day stay in ICU (while I got my 5 stents) was the food they brought me because I was on the "heart healthy" diet. One morning, hash browns, mashed potatoes, and an English muffin with assorted little packets of candied jellies. Oh,and canned peaches swimming in liquid sugar sauce. I kept refusing to eat most of what they brought. At one point a group of nurses came in, concerned I wasn't eating the food (GF was bringing in real food). They asked "what can we bring you" and I said "A couple hard boiled eggs for some protein" to which there was a resounding round of laughter.....followed by "You CAN'T have them on your diet"! Completely clueless? Maybe not...

Just as a sideline, dkmc: I only get Pasture Raised eggs now. Been doing some reading and watching some videos by doctors, and I'm seeing enough corroboration between a variety of sources I got a dozen PASURE RAISED eggs. Not "Cage Free", not "Free Range", but Pasture Raised.

Cracked two Pasture Raised into a bowl followed by my last two regular eggs. The color difference is night and day. Both Pasture raised had nice, rich, orangy yolks and the normal eggs were a pale butter yellow.

Every reference I've seen says the rich orange / darker yolks are like that because they've got the nutrients and such in them they are supposed to have.

As I understand it, the industrial food industry plays games with "Cage Free" and "Free Range" terminology, nothing more than letting chickens out of their cages but still inside a building, still rubbing shoulders and still eating lousy manufactured feed.

So, it costs a little more, but at the moment I'm sold on "Pasture Raised" eggs where chickens are getting sunlight and have access to worms, bugs, and other stuff they'd naturally eat if Man hadn't come along and "improved" things.

 

[Richard King]

OT a bit.. My son who teaches my classes now is a Professional Bee Keeper and Works inside The Bee Building at the MN State fair...going on now.

 

[ttrager]

OT a bit.. My son who teaches my classes now is a Professional Bee Keeper and Works inside The Bee Building at the MN State fair...going on now.

Hmmmm. Does he sell honey?

 

[Richard King]

Yes.....he keeps his Bee's at a Pumpkin Farm and Pumpkin honey is amazing compared to Clover. .

 

[Ray Behner]

I'm not diabetic, but the tingling and nerve pain got pretty tough to take. I take alpha lipoic acid. It has all but disappeared. Cheap too! Urine will be REALLY yellow and have an odd odor. Don't care. It works!

 

[JoeE.]

I had chemo for Lymphoma. After a few sessions, the oncologist would always ask me about neuropathy.
Well, I felt just fine...nothing was bothering me, my biggest worry was if I was going to suffer from nausea...that's what I was afraid of.
He would ask me about neuropathy on each visit, and since I didn't know (or bother to ask) what it was , I would respond that I didn't have any.
Well, completely oblivious, I was being affected but it just didn't occur to me that anything was actually wrong.
My one and only symptom was the loss of sensation and feeling in my right thumb, but I didn't realize it was happening.
Over the course of a month or so, on the occasion when I would drop something small on the floor~ a pencil, a coin... anything I'd have to grasp with thumb and pointer finger to pick up... it seemed like that I'd always have to try two or three times to pick it up... I'd always seem to "miss" it.
It finally got my attention and I thought "w.t.f. is going on here?"
The last thing was a nickel that fell out of my hand as I got it out of my pocket... fell on the floor of the office. I bent over to grab it... made a conscious effort to look at it while I was grabbing it... and when I lifted my hand up... the nickel stayed right there on the floor. I tried it again, and notice then that my thumb just could not hold pressure against my forefinger to keep ahold of the nickel!!!!!
A light came on in my thick skull... something was wrong in there. My mind was telling the thumb to "grasp", but it was like there was a leak in the hydraulic system and no pressure would build up!!!!
Next time I went to visit oncologist... when he asked the question... I told him that story and he pepped right up and exclaimed "yes, that's neuropathy"... and made a note in my file.
That was the only problem I had, and it went away after chemo was completed.
I look back on that time period and marvel at how that affliction snuck up on me and it took me so long to notice it. But, not having a clue as to what the doctor was asking me about had some bearing on that.

 

[DrHook]

I have an autoimmune disease that has countless exciting side effects.

The best treatment I have found is diet.

Remove all sugar, all alcohol, all caffeine, all dairy and all processed food of any kind.

...no wonder yer so damn grouchy...

 

[Richard King]

I'm not diabetic, but the tingling and nerve pain got pretty tough to take. I take alpha lipoic acid. It has all but disappeared. Cheap too! Urine will be REALLY yellow and have an odd odor. Don't care. It works!

im going to order some. what dosage do take. thank you ray

 

[dkmc]

Just as a sideline, dkmc: I only get Pasture Raised eggs now. Been doing some reading and watching some videos by doctors, and I'm seeing enough corroboration between a variety of sources I got a dozen PASURE RAISED eggs. Not "Cage Free", not "Free Range", but Pasture Raised.

Cracked two Pasture Raised into a bowl followed by my last two regular eggs. The color difference is night and day. Both Pasture raised had nice, rich, orangy yolks and the normal eggs were a pale butter yellow.

Every reference I've seen says the rich orange / darker yolks are like that because they've got the nutrients and such in them they are supposed to have.

As I understand it, the industrial food industry plays games with "Cage Free" and "Free Range" terminology, nothing more than letting chickens out of their cages but still inside a building, still rubbing shoulders and still eating lousy manufactured feed.

So, it costs a little more, but at the moment I'm sold on "Pasture Raised" eggs where chickens are getting sunlight and have access to worms, bugs, and other stuff they'd naturally eat if Man hadn't come along and "improved" things.

We've woke up with the egg thing too. Grocery store eggs are awful with features as you mention.

 

[Ray Behner]

im going to order some. what dosage do take. thank you ray

Richard,
One pill with breakfast. Good luck!

 

[eKretz]

I'm not diabetic, but the tingling and nerve pain got pretty tough to take. I take alpha lipoic acid. It has all but disappeared. Cheap too! Urine will be REALLY yellow and have an odd odor. Don't care. It works!

Hey Ray, I'm going to try this out too. Where do you get the stuff? And what dosage do you use?

 

[Richard King]

I bought 2 bottles of 600mg - 240 capsules off amazon for $24.00 - I read about the dosage and it says 2 a day. I read on MD.com that one should start slow up to 3 pills a day. I'm starting with one for a week and then 2....and hopefully in 2 weeks I'll start to feel something. _ Fingers crossed :-)..

 

[animal12]

I've had neuropathy for years now , started before my 4 failed back surgeries . That Gabapentin shit is bad shit ! They had me takin 2700 Mg daily , couldn't think or concentrate on anything was told I looked empty & felt that way . About the only thing worse is Methadone or Baclofen , some docs prescribe Baclofen for neuropathy , steer clear that shit mess with yer head too . I'm gonna have to look more into Alpha stuff mentioned , thanks for that .
animal

 

[eKretz]

I've had neuropathy for years now , started before my 4 failed back surgeries . That Gabapentin shit is bad shit ! They had me takin 2700 Mg daily , couldn't think or concentrate on anything was told I looked empty & felt that way . About the only thing worse is Methadone or Baclofen , some docs prescribe Baclofen for neuropathy , steer clear that shit mess with yer head too . I'm gonna have to look more into Alpha stuff mentioned , thanks for that .
animal

I take Gabapentin, but not that much. Hasn't given me any of those symptoms. It does help the nerve pain a little, but not a night and day difference.

 

[Ray Behner]

Hey Ray, I'm going to try this out too. Where do you get the stuff? And what dosage do you use?

Eric,
I take one in the morning. I use 600mg "Natrol". It's just one of many to choose from. Just a crap shoot from Amazon. I must say that I noticed a big difference the first day.

 

[JoeE.]

A little info on this "alpha" stuff you guys are talking about. What they've discovered is that it "may" help, but in tests they've conducted, people had better results when it's administered via IV than by mouth.

From "Mt. Sinai Medical Center":

Alpha-lipoic acid Information | Mount Sinai - New York

Learn about Alpha-lipoic acid or find a doctor at Mount Sinai Health System.

www.mountsinai.org

 

[Ray Behner]

A little info on this "alpha" stuff you guys are talking about. What they've discovered is that it "may" help, but in tests they've conducted, people had better results when it's administered via IV than by mouth.

From "Mt. Sinai Medical Center":

Alpha-lipoic acid Information | Mount Sinai - New York

Learn about Alpha-lipoic acid or find a doctor at Mount Sinai Health System.

www.mountsinai.org

Our daughter "THE NURSE" had mentioned that. But said it won't hurt to try the tablet. It's all I need.......so far.

 

[Mark Rand]

Eat a balanced diet, have a bit of steak or liver every now and again and don't bother with the quack remedies!

Failing that, go and see your doctors. Don't have any faith in money saving quack medicines from the interwebs!