Meetings, in-person and Zoom, webinars,
Hereditary Neuropathy On September 30, The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) hosted Brett McCray, M.D., PhD, and Christy Smith, Sc.M., C.G.C., who presented insights into Hereditary Neuropathy and Genetic Testing. See the presentation here.
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Pittsburgh Group adds Zoom September 15, 2021 – Tonight, the Peripheral Neuropathy Support Network (PNSN) helped the North Huntington (Pittsburgh) group hold its first Zoom videoconference meeting, but the circumstances were quite unusual. The North Huntington group is about 10 years old, and had always met in person. Planners, lead by Bill Wilshire, had planned
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What topics would you like to see addressed by experts or considered for discussion in future meetings? We’ve listed some sample topics below, but you may have better ideas. Here are several: • latest advancements in pain control• shoe shopping• neurologist/podiatrist update on technologies, medications• acupuncturist/ reflexologist/hypnotist• nutrition, supplements, and eating well• automotive hand controls•
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
