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Neuropathy
by: Rodger on Wed, Sep 26 2007

I am a 66 year male who is border line diabetic with it under control.

I just found out in April of this year, 2007 that I have cancer in my left lung. Having chest x-rays every year for several years, it was never caught until I started coughing up blood and I told my doctor this. They did s-scans and then a PET scan which located the cancer in my left lung. After a week in the hospital that was my diagnosis and it’s either 3rd to possibly 4th stage. I started chemo therapy treatments in May and now have had 6 chemo treatments. I did not have the neuropathy in my fingers and the bottoms of my feet until after starting chemo therapy and it has gotten worse after each chemo treatment. Having the neuropathy in the bottoms of both my feet, I have to watch how I walk, because I don’t always feel that I am walking, so far I haven’t fallen down.

I am just trying to find out what can be done in the way of treatment for this condition. It sometimes affects my getting a good night’s sleep because of the numbness and sometimes tingling in my feet.

Thanks for any advise.

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September 2007

Neuropathy - by Rodger - (Wed, Sep 26 2007)
I am a 66 year male who is border line diabetic with it under control. I just found out in April of this year, 2007 that I have cancer in my left lung. Having chest x-rays every year for several years, it was never caught until I started coughing up blood and I told my doctor this. [more..]
Neuropathy - by L.B. - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
I’ve had two Doctors say with tests that im not a Dibetic [diabetic], One stated I was a pre-Dibetic [pre-diabetic], so I went to an Endocronologist [endocrinologist], He stated test showed I wasn’t a Dibetic but I had dibetic symptoms which was neuropathy in left foot which puzzled him, and it hurts daily. [more..]
Diabetic Neuropathy - by J.B. - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1992, (I was 32) Since then I have had so much trouble in keeping my sugars normal. No matter what I do. I was diagnosed as type 2 first and in a years time I was giving myself shots of insulin and I currently have type 1 diabetes, insulin dependent, on a pump. [more..]
neuropathy - by polly - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
i injured my back in 2000.afterwards i got a neuropathy.the workers comp dr. stated it had nothing to do with injury, but they will never make me believe that.i never missed a day of work with the home health care. [more..]
What is Peripheral Radiculopathy? - by Melissa - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
I was recently diagnosed with Peripheral Radiculopathy, and I am scheduled to have an MRI of the cervical spine with and without contrast. [more..]
New Member is Neuropathy Activist - by Lisa - (Wed, Sep 05 2007)
Call me a dedicated daughter and niece because I lost my mom 20 mos. ago, when she became bedridden from complications from PN [peripheral neuropathy] and CMT [Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease]. [more..]

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