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peripheral neuropathy

  1. jp619

    Does this sound like neuropathy?

    Hi everyone, Can you help me please with some advice please? I'm a T1 diabetic (for 38 years) who has been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy today ... it may be correct, although I do have a bit of a doubt. About 4 weeks ago, I came down with a really bad neck, upper back and hip. Whilst...
  2. R

    Diabetic nerve damage permanent?

    Hi all, This is my first post on this forum. Well, it's actually my first membership on a diabetic forum. I normally rely on advice from my doctors, and I spend a good deal of time trawling the web and medical papers, but I thought that perhaps some anecdotal evidence from other diabetics may...
  3. L

    Loss of sensation in back?

    just noticed that there appears to be some loss of sensation in the upper part of my back, left side. There's no pain, but when I scratch it, I cannot feel my body as I do on the right side. Been checking up online and the things that have registered is the possibility of oxygen deprivation due...
  4. D

    Sharing info about peripheral neuropathy

    As I've just said on the Newbie board, I've been Type 1 for over 30 years, now suffering from neuropathy - but it seems a bit different from what appears whenever you google it. I don't have pain (lucky) and my feet aren't numb. I can feel them fine. Though my brain isn't sure where they are...
  5. D

    Hello all

    As someone's already said - new on here, but not to diabetes, having been Type 1 for over 30 years. What brings me on here apart from a realisation I ought to be a little more social, is my peripheral neuropathy, which is causing me problems, which are at the moment increasing almost daily. My...
  6. theeicebear

    Peripheral Neuropathy

    One of the major symptoms I had/have is nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy), does anyone else have it too? How do you manage it, treat it? I am on 9 gabapentin x3 a day for it. I think it works for the most part. But I still get a lot of pricking pains in my hands and feet. My feet are very...
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