Hi Granny...The form of CoQ10 to take, especially at your age, is Ubiquinol (not Ubiquinone). The Ubiquinol is more readily digested. Jarrow makes a good version, and there are other companies who do this form:
Reference article link from Mercola.com:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... Pq9q4q7LfAIn classic neurology, the rate of regrowth in peripheral nerves, if the myelin sheaths (insulation around the axon/actual nerve) remain intact, is about 1 inch per month. So, for instance, I have a 29 inch inseam. Including the length of my foot, that comes out to about 36 inches. It took over three years for the nerves in my legs to heal, however, my toes, especially on the right side (the first to be affected), never healed completely. So now I continue to have altered sensation and pain in my feet, and I have to watch what kind of sox and shoes I wear. Additionally, I lost my ability to feel temperatures (hot and cold) from the knees down, and that never got better. I have realized I also have lost what is called position sense in both legs, and this has resulted in five falls in the last year, since the reflex for catching your balance begins in the ankle joint. I must have lost that reflex, because I go over with no balance response from my body at all.
And now, six years after my most recent statin misadventure began, I am beginning to have progressive weakness and more pain...waiting for diagnosis now, but feel that the symptoms line up with the "ALS-like" syndrome in terms of weakness, muscle twitching and spasms, and pain...
All this to say, I hope you can recover. Make sure you get Ubiquinol CoQ10, and make sure you are getting the building blocks for repair of nervous system tissue, which includes healthy fats, such as fish oil...keep looking through the index of posts and you will see what others have done. Your most powerful ally is information. Learn all you can...