Peripheral Neuropathy in all extremeties
WOW - what a horrible 24 hours. My arms have been numb/tingely for a few weeks now. Last night in church, out of no where my neck and face went numb/tingely too. I FREAKED!!!! It was soooooo scary!! I had to leave and go to ER. There they treated me HORRIBLE! Accused me of losing my weight by taking cocaine 
Can we say, "instantly PO'd" Then the doctor started in with psyc eval questions. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!! He asked me if I worry a lot and if I feel guilty alot. What the heck is that???? Oh I was soooooooo flippin' mad! I told him that this has never happened and I live an hour away and needed to find out if it was safe for me to drive home. After test, he came in the room and said, "Well, you won't die tonight, so you can go home and follow up with your pcp." What a bedside manner!!!!
Today I saw my pcp (the new one) and he said it's definately peripheral neuropathy in all extremeties (arms, hands, face, legs, and feet) The legs and feet went numb in the middle of the night last night. I was pretty darn freaked out to see things degress so darn FAST!! 
He's sending me off to U of M hospital for a consult for a revision/take down! I'm scared chitless!!! Both to have the surgery and to NOT have the surgery.
Keep me in your prayers!
Laurie
Can we say, "instantly PO'd" Then the doctor started in with psyc eval questions. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!! He asked me if I worry a lot and if I feel guilty alot. What the heck is that???? Oh I was soooooooo flippin' mad! I told him that this has never happened and I live an hour away and needed to find out if it was safe for me to drive home. After test, he came in the room and said, "Well, you won't die tonight, so you can go home and follow up with your pcp." What a bedside manner!!!!
Today I saw my pcp (the new one) and he said it's definately peripheral neuropathy in all extremeties (arms, hands, face, legs, and feet) The legs and feet went numb in the middle of the night last night. I was pretty darn freaked out to see things degress so darn FAST!!
He's sending me off to U of M hospital for a consult for a revision/take down! I'm scared chitless!!! Both to have the surgery and to NOT have the surgery.
Keep me in your prayers!
Laurie 
Laurie,
I'm so sorry, hon, for your problems. That's horrible.
Did the new doc a few weeks ago run blood work to see what is going on with you? Shouldn't that have shown deficiencies related to the neuropathy? B6? B12? Others?
I would definitely call and complain to the hospital management. How dare they treat you or anyone else like that. I'd be fuming mad.
Please know we are here for you.
Hugs, Kathy
Yes they did blood work. My b12 was 299 and I got a shot that day. My b1 and b6 were both good. 
My vit. d was very low and they put me on a script for that.
The only explination my new doc could give me was that it seems to be metabolic problems. Its not from the herniated disk or a pinched nerve. He said that basically because I don't absorb enough that over the past 18 mth I've slowly depleated my blood of the major things it needs. So, now the gas tank is just about empty and it's causing all kinds of weird problems. In HIS opinion, the only option I have is to try to get a partcial take down and lessen the amount of bypass to hopefull absorb more.
EEEEEEKKKKKS,
I'm stressed right out. My kids are scared. I ran into my sons teacher today. He told me that John wrote a letter to Santa in class today that made him(the teacher) cry. I guess he said that all he wanted for Christmas was a mommy that was healthy and home with him. My poor son! This is obviously very heavy on his heart.
Laurie
My vit. d was very low and they put me on a script for that.
The only explination my new doc could give me was that it seems to be metabolic problems. Its not from the herniated disk or a pinched nerve. He said that basically because I don't absorb enough that over the past 18 mth I've slowly depleated my blood of the major things it needs. So, now the gas tank is just about empty and it's causing all kinds of weird problems. In HIS opinion, the only option I have is to try to get a partcial take down and lessen the amount of bypass to hopefull absorb more.
EEEEEEKKKKKS,
I'm stressed right out. My kids are scared. I ran into my sons teacher today. He told me that John wrote a letter to Santa in class today that made him(the teacher) cry. I guess he said that all he wanted for Christmas was a mommy that was healthy and home with him. My poor son! This is obviously very heavy on his heart.
Laurie 
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