Poly Neuropathy

A polyneuropathy is a neuropathy pattern, whereby the nerve damage initially starts in both feet and may progress to involve the feet, calves, and fingers/hands. Another word for this pattern is a Stocking and Glove Neuropathy. Many patients with polyneuropathy may not even have any symptoms; in this case the diagnosis is made by a physical examination or a laboratory test (electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity test (NCV)). Some patients with polyneuropathy have only numbness, "tingling," and/or "pins and needles." Less often, some unlucky patients with polyneuropathy experience pain. (taken from Stoppain.org)

this is what my stepson has. From the last 6 years I have a deep feeling that he is being misdiagnosed... yes he has some discomfort but not pain like they are saying on this site. He has a lot of atrophy of the legs and I just don't understand this new disorder. Of course every person is different so you just never know but if he does have this it must be also something else along with it....

I'm feeling better this week than last, over the weekend my mother who has NEVER asked me about babies actually did. I was shocked and first I said "I don't know" then about 5 seconds later I spilled out everything... I felt bad, we were at a party and about 10 people were sitting there (family and friends) and I just blurted it all out so quickly... my sister was crying, I was crying and my mother was understanding. This week my goal is to call Cigna, I think I've gotten better control over my emotions, even though it still is upsetting, I'm not crying as I type this.. which I was doing last week... just thinking about doing anything or children in general made me cry last week. I've never really been that emotionally upset where I could hardly function as a human... how I made it into work and stayed all day is beyond me.