Neuropathy

Well I have officially had my first complication from the gastric bypass surgery. It's nobody's fault but my own. When the nutritionist says take your recommended vitamins, DO IT! I was vigilent in the beginning about taking my vitamins, then I just started forgetting.

Forgetting to take my vitamins has led me to getting Vitamin Deficient Neuropathy. If you aren't familiar with Neuropathy, it's a nerve condition of the extremities. It happens a lot in diabetics. It causes pain, tingling, numbness. For me it has settled in my toes. I have a burning pain in my toes that is so excruciating it keeps me up at night.

At first the pain only happened at night, then it started happening during the day. At first it was just pain, but then the burning started. It feels like someone is blowing a hair dryer on high on my toes. It drives me crazy!!!

I saw my PCP today and she said that because of me not taking my vitamins on a regular basis that I have Vitamin B12 Deficient Neuropathy.  She told me I need to start taking 5,000mcg of Vitamin B12 a day, 100mg of B Complex a day and 300mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid twice a day. Hopefully in a few weeks with taking these vitamins every day the pain will start to subside. My PCP doesn't think I will have any permanent damage, which is a blessing. 

Tonight I took my first dose of the Alpha Lipoic Acid. I had to open the capsules and put them in a smoothie to be able to take them. But the felt like they were burning my mouth. I am going to try to take them whole so I don't get the burning in my mouth.