While washing up this morning, I was thinking that my neuropathy wasn’t too bad. It’s gotten a lot worse during dialysis, especially the left foot. It’s really been bothering me all morning and there is still one hour left on the dialysis machine. I also have a long (and probably painful) dentist appointment right after dialysis so I don’t know how I’m going to sit still for two more hours after four hours of dialysis.
I really think the acupuncture experiment is a fairure. I do believe the feeling in my right foot has improved a tiny bit, but the apparent increase in numbness intensity is making sitting and sleeping more difficult. My worst fear is that there will be no improvement in the peripheral neuropathy after the kidney transplant surgery any my quality of life will still be terrible.
That and knowing the transplanted kidney will fail in 10-15 years is pretty depressing.
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The dentist appointment ended up lasting 3.5 hours so all together, I spent almost eight hours on my ass all day. The pain wasn’t too bad during the dentist appointment and I took a codeine pill when I got home so everything is okay so far. The neuropathy hasn’t let up though. Both my feet are pretty numb right now and difficult to ignore. I managed to sleep for an hour while on the codeine pill. Not sure how I’m going to fall asleep tonight.
Life with chronic diseases 