Hey.. I would marry that pepper shaker if it would help!! LOL
Wow..yes.. there are times when it's worse.. When I'm on the treadmill, eliptical.. it gets rediculous.... I almost welcome the pain in my hips because it distracts me. Well, I can't say that.. it was there sitting though the movie WALLE the other day, it was there when I was cleaning the cat box .. blah blah blah. It'll be there for days in a row with NO relief, then there are other times when it's calm.. but only for a few hours.
It started when my blood sugar was completely out of control (I was running between 250 and 400). This is what makes me believe it's nerve damage. My feet and legs up to the calves always have something going on, as well as my hands.... so I was thinking that maybe this was it as well. My sugar has been under control for nearly a year now, and although the pain isn't as great in my extremities... the kitty cat is still always swollen. I'm ALWAYS aware.
I guess I just have to hope it goes away on it's own. There's no sense in telling a doctor something that he's going to laugh off. Been there, done that.. got the T shirt.. wore it out.
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