Meetings, in-person and Zoom, webinars,
May 7 Meeting Cannibas Panel On May 7, the PNSN featured a member panel on the topic of Medical Cannabis use. Rich Davis moderated. The panel featured Phil Roach, Bruce Solowey, Paul Sixta, and Laura Stoudt. Phil Roach created an extensive fact sheet on the use of medical marijuana for the relief of PN pain.
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Cannibas Fact Sheet Member Phil roach has created a very good fact sheet on the use of medical cannabis. It is downloadable as a PDF below. Neither Phil nor the PNSN recommend using cannabis without a consultation with your doctor. This information is offered, as all information the PNSN publishes, as an educational tool, not
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Chuck Barnhart Chuck Barnhart is 69 years old and has had PN for over 11 years. There are many challenges to having PN but he has managed to deal successfully so far with it and do many things in spite of it. He was present at the beginning of the Metro construction and did some
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Dr. Mary Eicher’s talk on the complexity of diagnosing Peripheral Neuropathy is here Handouts from Dr. Eicher: Causes of Neuropathy Medications Used To Treat Neuropathy NOTE: As with all our content, these documents are presented for educational purposes only. You should consult your medical team before experimenting with powerful medications.
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MAY 1 – Gregg Maassen, who is riding his eBike from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA, is just outside Adel (Dallas County), Iowa. His battery is powered at about 50 percent. So far, he’s raised more than $41,000 for the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy and he’s not even halfway across the country. For more
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In March, Chuck and Donna Barnhart presented a national tour of their experiences hiking the U.S. National Park System with Neuropathy. Their biographical sketches are here. Here is the video recording of the meeting. Here are chat notes: 13:42:15 From Peripheral Neuropathy Support Network to Everyone: PNSNetwork.orgFacebook – On Your Feet 13:43:03 From Peripheral Neuropathy
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Join us Saturday for a regular ZOOM meeting of the Peripheral Neuropathy Support Network from 2pm-4pm Two Exciting Events on April 2, 2022: DC Sendoff of Dr. Greg Maassen on his eBike Journey (9:00 am) and Presentation by Chuck and Donna Barnhart on Hiking Our National Park Trails (2:00 pm) Our April monthly meeting of the
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Dr. Greg Maassen, an avid bicyclist and PN sufferer, will launch a solo bicycle trip from Fletcher’s Boathouse (District of Columbia) on Saturday. He is headed for the West Coast, following the Eisenhower – Lincoln Highway Transcontinental Cycling Route, a new bike path connecting San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The trip will take about four
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Lots of our groups are meeting exclusively on Zoom these days. Aside from the benefits of social distancing, we’ve found out that a major benefit of Zoom is that it helps minimize mobility issues and lessens the burden of travel (sometimes at night). Zoom is a very popular platform for meeting remotely, but if you
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The February 5th meeting addressed “The Mind-Body Approach to Chronic Pain” with David Clarke, MD. The video presentation is here. David D. Clarke, MD is President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. He is also Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus both at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon,
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