Overcoming PN’s Unique Support Group Barrier By Mike Foxworth Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) is a massive problem for our country. It rivals Alzheimer’s disease in complexity and cost. Yet all attempts to confront it on the scale it merits have been met with meager responses. The last few years have revealed some exciting research developments. Those […]
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These are the documents we are using for our preliminary meeting with the folks who are helping us make plans for 2021 & 2022 Our Scope of Work Document link to comment Link to edit Context Document: Overcoming PN’s Unique Support Group Barrier Link to Comment Link to Edit Link to Blog Post Presentation: Neuropathy
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Carolyn Hax is an advice columnist for the Washington Post. On June 22, she posted a question and response about use of a wheelchair from a reader named “Invisible Disability”. (Note: I’ve put the link to the online copy at the end of this post. You may need to be a subscriber to view it.)
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Topic Interest Survey At our July 2019 picnice, we asked party goers to pause long enough to fill out a survey about their topic and speaker preferences. More topics were added during the discussion. We apologize for omissions and overlaps in the topic list. Topics marked with * were added during the discussion We used
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Mike Foxworth’s second preliminary take on our survey: A sample of 19 is still small, but interesting trends seem apparent. There is plenty of pain apparent at our our PN Support group meetings AND in these responses. But these results still suggest that PN related MUSCLE WEAKNESS, with its associated movement limitations and physical danger,
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We got some management help in January The Problem: Our group has steadily expanded. We have focused on improving the relevance of our meetings while trying to help all those who contact us via phone or email. We’ve had more speakers and better information. We would like to be better at what we do, but it’s been hard
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Research suggests that exercise slows the progression of PN. But only if it is REGULAR exercise. We are far more likely to work out regularly if we enjoy it. Exercise can be hard to do. Where might joy be found? A story about a mis-interpreted cancer study suggests one location. My wife and I like
Integrating Home Exercise in PN Treatment integrating-home-exercise Posted by Mike Foxworth on October 29, 2018 Customizing effective exercise for your HOME environment is not well integrated into normal PN treatment. Because PN saps strength, Physical Therapy (PT) prescriptions for strengthening and balance exercise are common, even if the central role of exercise in PN is rarely
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Our Last Meeting: 2018-Nov-3 We had a normal support group meeting in Annandale. 20 in attendance with three new patients and their caregivers. Highlight: a harrowing tale of poor medical care using narrowly focused specialists. Our member was in great pain, with a variety of problems. Being loaded, over time, by her neurologists with increasingly
Chronic Pain: The Mind on Fire integrating-home-exercise Posted by Mike Foxworth on November 28, 2017 at 9:00 AM Dr. Gary Kaplan of the Kaplan Clinic in McLean VA, gave a powerful appeal for a wider approach to care, especially for patients for whom pain is a significant issue. He used diagrams from a book he was working
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