Hi
I know I'm joining this discussion about 12 months late but this is the nearest topic relevant to my concerns about neuropathy.
About 12 months ago after a night out at Christmas,having had a few too many drinks but not enough to not know what I was doing.I woke
up next morning .The calf of my right leg felt as if it was in a vice.
I had this pain for about a week then it went.I then started noticing in work after walking or climbing stairs that I could feel this same vice like pain it was also painfull in my foot.
17 years ago I had a stent inserted in my left leg ,an artery was blocked so I feared the worst.I went to my GP he referred me to have
the circulation in my legs checked,everything was fine,so I was refered to a physiotherapist,they sent me for an MRI scan to check
for spinal stenosis,again this was normal.By now it's around May
and the pains are getting worse and the distance walked before the
onset of the pains was considerably less.The physio then sent me for nerve conduction tests,where I was told I had very mild neuropathy
.He stressed it was only mild and nothing to worry about and the next
visit to my GP I should mention it.which I did ,he said he would not
give me any treatment for it until he received the results back.
Before my visit to the doctors I read up about neuropathy and found
one of the main causes of neuropathy is diabetes.I had been diagnosed with borderline diabetes in April after routine heart check
.so I asked my GP should I have a check for diabetes considering I was borderline,he said I was not diabetic as I was only 42 and if I was over 48 then I would be.I was then refered to a neurologist,then my GP decided without getting the nerve conduction tests results back that I should start a course of gabbapentin,which I started on 30 September and worked my way up to 1600mgs a day.I got the appointment to see the neurologist mid October.he hit my leg a few times told it was old age 90 per cent of the time I'm 64 and underlying reasons for the other 10.he sent me for blood tests
all this took about 10 minutes that included the blood tests.I have never felt so frustrated.He also wanted me to up the gabbapentin to
3600mgs per day,which I'm now on with no improvement to the pain in my leg.
I've been back to my GP and told him I don't think the pains are caused by neuropathy.he's basically told me to accept it ,but I can't accept that I could be in this horrific pain for good .My next stop is the pain clinic.
Does anyone else have these symptoms with neuropathy.?
I am so dressed out.
Sorry if I've gone on a bit but I'm at my wits end.
Rob