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multigraincracker

(38,288 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:00 PM 4 hrs ago

I guess my neuropathy has hit my hands pretty good.

Walked in the front door and saw blood all over my left hand. Had no idea of how or when that happened.
No sugar diabetes in the family, but my dad and brother all suffered from it too.

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I guess my neuropathy has hit my hands pretty good. (Original Post) multigraincracker 4 hrs ago OP
Oh that is awful. Only feet for me, so far fargone 3 hrs ago #1
Feet and below the knee. multigraincracker 3 hrs ago #2
Movement is key! biophile 3 hrs ago #4
I have a pacemaker and 3 Cardiologist multigraincracker 3 hrs ago #5
Sounds like you have a good plan and support team! biophile 1 hr ago #6
I feel for you! I have peripheral neuropathy also. Hopefully, it will be slow in advancing for you. justhanginon 3 hrs ago #3

multigraincracker

(38,288 posts)
2. Feet and below the knee.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:19 PM
3 hrs ago

I slow run about 4 days a week. I think that has kept it from getting worse. Walking or running, right at 6 miles my feet feel like they are on fire. Been that way for about 8 years. My dad died at 90 years and he could still walk with a cane.

biophile

(1,675 posts)
4. Movement is key!
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:32 PM
3 hrs ago

My daughter is a nurse in a dementia unit - she says that movement is life. The patients who stop walking go downhill fast.

multigraincracker

(38,288 posts)
5. I have a pacemaker and 3 Cardiologist
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:39 PM
3 hrs ago

have all told me to keep moving. Heart is doing great, no AFib. My normal pulse use to 45bpm. Then one day it went down to 24.

justhanginon

(3,388 posts)
3. I feel for you! I have peripheral neuropathy also. Hopefully, it will be slow in advancing for you.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:30 PM
3 hrs ago

Mine does affect my walking somewhat. I do cook a lot and have to be careful about not noticing touching something hot for inadvertent knife knicks. It also makes it an adventure while typing sometimes. Don't have much pain associated with it. Mine is confined to my toes, lower legs and some fingers so far and since I am verging on 90 years old hope to escape that do to life age expectancy.

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