Notes on a Neuropathy

Posted on May 12, 2010 in Medications Neurology Psychotropics Sugar and Fat

My endocrinologist took my left hand and pressed the finger nails. They turned white beneath her touch, then filled with pink blood as she released them. She compared these findings with the numbers from my blood-work. The blood sugar had fallen steadily along with my weight. There would be no amputation.

I have good days and bad. Today was slightly worse. The little finger possesses an odd numbness — it is not tingly nor in pain. The nerve-death has spread to the ring finger and down the side of the hand.

Her word that it was not a [[neuropathy]] due to diabetes comforted my wife who had thought of this possibility the moment the specialist at Mission Hospital declared the likelihood of a stroke next to nil. I have decided to learn to live with the deficit as long as there is no threat to life or limb. It seems that I an already medicated against any pain: [[carbamazepine]] which I take to steady my madness is a frequently prescribed comfort.