Thanks for answering. I always appreciate hearing from you. Gunny, I do move
as much as possible--walk whenever and as much as I can. However, my legs
have "always" had the burning sensation since I was first diagnosed 8-3/4
years ago. I keep reading "the burning" is a good sign, but a good sign to
what? I am coming to the opinion that I will just "always" have 'the burning"
since the nerves were damaged. It isn't a conclusion I want to have, but
after all this time, it might be a realistic one.
I take pain medication to help with "the burning" and other side effects from
TM, but we all know the limitations of modern medicine. Interestingly, my
husband, a few weeks ago had a kidney stone attack. He went to the hospital
at 4:00 a.m. because the pain was out of control. They gave him two
percocets, and the pain "vanished". He was flying high. I take "more" than
two percocets at a time, three times a day. However, my pain does not
vanish--at best I would call it controlled, manageable.
Obviously, to me, the pain we are dealing with is a different type of pain
than one suffers from an operation or kidney stone. I've had kidney stones in
the past. The pain was unbearable. Yet, when medicated at the hospital, the
pain disappeared.
This "burning" is a tough one! But I won't give up--its just not in my
nature.
PatS.
PatS.