2018-Oct-6

We met at Floris Methodist Church in Herndon, VA. We met there last October also, but had a larger room. 20 people crowded into the room (We did not expect so many). It was a VERY lively discussion, with several new attendees. 
Steve had an extensive Exercise for PN handout <PDF>. 
He also distributed a fill-in form <PDF> from GeoFit that you can print to track your planned goals and activity. Most of the exercise names are recognizable.
Mike Foxworth briefly discussed the unique features of PN’s Awareness issues. Over the intervening years it has morphed into a foundational blog article on why we need a Neuropathy Network: Overcoming PN’s Unique Support Group Barrier

–Personal Note and Call for Help – Exercise 
What can a web site like this one or any web site or YouTube do for you, the reader, the patient and the caregiver to set up a reasonable exercise program? The internet info on exercise is an incomprehensible fire hose. I think home PT visits to setup an exercise program should be part of normal treatment. Can it be? Read and comment on my Oct 2018 Blog Post on Home PT visits.

–Another Personal Note: My wife and I got the Kindle version of Dr. Kaplan’s book Total Recovery and read it together on the PC (love the way Kindle will read out loud). We were very impressed by its relevance to us. Thought it could help the minority of our members with severe PN pain or other serious health problems (that includes us). I recommended it to the group at this meeting and several ordered copies. I will update this with their response (and find out if I have violated their trust)