Welcome to the group. I hope you find the help here that I did.

Thanks alot ZAZAS for your welcome. I really appreciate it!

Welcome, I think you will like it here too. There are alot of support on here.

Thanks, slrow. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

Hello Wes and Welcome!

Let me ask you a question, do you have a pain management Doc? If you do, ask him about a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) for your peripheral neuropathy. I have neuropathy on both legs due to a failed lumbar fusion and I had my SCS implanted in June of 08 after a 5 day trial, and the device has been my salvation! All of my nerve pain is gone, I wish that it would work with my mechanical pain, but it doesn't, but one out of two ain't bad! So, if you don't have a PM Doc, try to find one, and if you do talk to him about the SCS's and if he thinks that you are a good candidate for one.

You will have to go through a trial anyways. so you have nothing to loose..... If it works, Hurray! So think about it and check it out online, I think that this could hopefully be the answer to your pain. Good luck,

Tipper

Hello and welcome! I'm glad that Cymbalta and Lyrica are working for you. Perhaps you need to add an opioid pain med for later on in the day. You will find many good people here in the Chronic Pain support group. We can all relate!

Thanks, Tipper. I work for a company that designs neural stimulators, in fact, I help design them, among other things, and now I may need one. I doubt if I can though if the drugs are working. That's usually what I read about our patients. I imagine there will come a time that I will need one. So far this is just getting worse. Thanks for the advice about pain mgt.
Thanks Chronic. I've changed the way I take the pills to Cymbalta and Lyrica in the morning and Lyrica again when it starts hurting in the afternoon or early evening. It seems to help more.

Hey Wes, I don't know what company you work for, but mine is a Boston Scientific/Precision model, and even though my medications were working for me, my pain management Doctor suggested the SCS as something that would be good for me to try, and gosh I am glad I did!
I also have intractable pain due to fail back surgery syndrome and the SCS does not take care of that type of pain, so for me it meant taking less medications, now I only take my pain meds, no more of the nerve pain meds. Hopefully one of these days you can get one and stop taking meds all together, wouldn't that be nice??

Welcome Wes!!!!

Good family here.

Terri

Welcome! I have peripheral neuropathy as well. We have a group here that you can talk to if you want. Also check out neuropathy. org, a lot of good information. The Lyrica and Cymalta are good. You might ask your doctor for Neurotin which is specifically for neuropathy.

Thanks, is Neurontin in addition to or instead of what I am taking? BTW I had D and A for three or four decades. I'm over it now. But, there's always something with me. I've had a little "normal time" though.

Hi Wes. Welcome. You will find much support, advice and information here.

Welcome to the group, I hope you like it here....

I think Neurontin instead of Lyrica. They would interact together. And welcome!

Welcome aboard! Hold fast!