I can’t take this anymore.
When the whole peripheral neuropathy pain thing started many years ago, it was coming about once a month, and would go away after about 24 hours. Recently however, pain attacks are happening about every other day. There were about three episodes, but I was able to take some Tylenol and sleep them off.
Not tonight.
I am in the middle of a huge attack. It started about two hours ago and the pain intensity has drastically increased. In addition, instead of a short burst of pain each time, attack is about three seconds of excruciating pain. I have taken the usual Tylenol, used a wand massager for an hour, and walked around the first floor of my house to no avail. I am also short of breath and sweaty from shaking my leg during each attach, as it seems to help dissipate the pain. My back is also hurting for some reason; not sure how that is related.
I see my endocrinologist in about two weeks. I am ready to ask for any medication that will relieve these neuropathy pain attacks. They were bearable when only happening once a month, but I do not think I can handle every other day. If the frequency increases further to daily occurrences, then I will be in pain 24/7.
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Ugh. I just went ahead and took 5 mg of Oxycodone that was prescribed for post-transplant pain. I never took the medication after surgery since it was easily tolerable. I believe I have taken the pain medication three times in the past for neuropathy pain, but it was unclear how effective it was. At this point I do not even care. Every little bit of pain relief is welcome.
Life with chronic diseases 