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K2toK9
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 Posted - 12/03/2007 : 17:56:06
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Hi Everyone,
Last week I had my yearly physical exam. I really like my Doctor as she is very open and listens very carefully.....she knows my life, like so many others, is very stressful and she always takes the time to sit down and talk with me. Last week she asked me if I still had the neuropathy pain in my feet. When I told her that I did she asked me to talk to her about it. I finally looked at her and asked, couldn't this be psychological pain ? She looked at me and said, "No, this is neuropathy which I believe was caused by your surgery....it does happen...." So, now what? I am back to square one or is it TMS ? Bilateral neuropathy is a strange presentation for TMS or is it? And it did follow a major surgery ? Any ideas ?
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la_kevin
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Posted - 12/03/2007 : 18:50:24
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I don't understand "neuropathy" in the classic sense.If nerves either die, heal, or loose conduction, what is the cause of chronic pain in a nerve? Inflamation? Impingement? What mechanism explains that? "Neuropathy" has always confused me as it seems like such a general term to explain the unseen or unremarkable.
I know that doesn't answer your question. Just throwing it out there, as I have my own confusion about the term. Does your Doc explain the mechanism of how the surgery compromised a nerve on a chronic basis? "Scar tissue" and that sort of thing? Or "inflamed surrounding" causing loss in nerve function therefor causing pain?
I just don't understand chronic nerve pain or muscle pain from a biological sense as explained by MD's. Other than hereditary nerve disorders, auto immune responses, or vitamin imbalance, I can't get my head around the actual CAUSE of these things.
I'm always suspicious too when Doctors give the "it does happen" explanation. I always think , "Well telling me I'm the exception to the rule means you must have provable data to explain why, because if you are claiming extraordinary circumstances, you must back it up with extraordinary evidence". |
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K2toK9
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Posted - 12/04/2007 : 15:41:59
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Dear laKevin,
I am with you on the whole "neuropathy' thing....and to make matters even less clear....mine is an "idiopathic bilateral neuropathy". In other words, the nerve damage is in both feet, but no one is exactly sure how or why or they are but no one wants to get the surgeons in trouble....all I know is that I attempted to Christmas shop today and 15 minutes into the mall, my feet were burning hot, numb and stinging. I could barely stand it. My Doctor gave a few scenarios of what she thought could have happened. I Just wish there was a true expert on this who could give me some answers.
Thanks for replying.
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Family Physician said.....
