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<blockquote data-quote="GrannyAnnie" data-source="post: 2043655" data-attributes="member: 181582"><p>Peripheral Neuropathy is damaged to the nerve endings. You do not have to have any damage of any sort to the outside of your feet to have it. In fact, you don't even have to have diabetes to have it! I have had it for over ten years and have only had diabetes for 6 years! Mine came from damaged nerves in my spine. I had a massive operation on my spine to correct 3 vertebrae that had slipped forward and had destroyed two of my discs and trapped several nerves. The op was supposed to stop the neuropathy and give me relief from the rest of the pain I was suffering. It did help with the other pain but the nerves were too badly damaged to stop the neuropathy. I take pregabalin for the nerve pain, but I still get terrible pins and needles. What I hate most is, when I go to see medics of any kind, they always say ' I see you have diabetic neuropathy', and I say to them, through gritted teeth, ' no, I have neuropathy caused by damaged spinal nerves. I have always kept tight control of my diabetes'. The usual, very annoying reply I get is, ' but your diabetes will have added to it'!!!! It seems that no matter how well you control your diabetes, they will blame every illness you ever get (even a cold!) on your diabetes!! AARRGGHHH! But I have found that taking magnesium with calcium has helped with the pins and needles. My vitamin D and B levels are fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrannyAnnie, post: 2043655, member: 181582"] Peripheral Neuropathy is damaged to the nerve endings. You do not have to have any damage of any sort to the outside of your feet to have it. In fact, you don't even have to have diabetes to have it! I have had it for over ten years and have only had diabetes for 6 years! Mine came from damaged nerves in my spine. I had a massive operation on my spine to correct 3 vertebrae that had slipped forward and had destroyed two of my discs and trapped several nerves. The op was supposed to stop the neuropathy and give me relief from the rest of the pain I was suffering. It did help with the other pain but the nerves were too badly damaged to stop the neuropathy. I take pregabalin for the nerve pain, but I still get terrible pins and needles. What I hate most is, when I go to see medics of any kind, they always say ' I see you have diabetic neuropathy', and I say to them, through gritted teeth, ' no, I have neuropathy caused by damaged spinal nerves. I have always kept tight control of my diabetes'. The usual, very annoying reply I get is, ' but your diabetes will have added to it'!!!! It seems that no matter how well you control your diabetes, they will blame every illness you ever get (even a cold!) on your diabetes!! AARRGGHHH! But I have found that taking magnesium with calcium has helped with the pins and needles. My vitamin D and B levels are fine. [/QUOTE]
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