Making the Most of a Doctor Visit
Make the Most of Your Next Doctor Visit A nurse practitioner at a past meeting gave us a list of things that could improve your next doctor visit.
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lifestyle
Exercise, diet, mobility, and other life issues that have nothing to do with medications or finding competent medical care
Six Ways to Stay Healthier
Six Ways to Stay Healthier Six Ways to Stay Healthier Into Old Age: Identifies “six key lifestyle factors that can influence longevity.” Additional articles in the December/January issue of Brain&Life magazine address issues of managing the challenges of aging. Click on the link below: https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/six-ways-to-stay-healthier-into-old-age Note that Brain&Life offers a free subscription (print and/electronic). The
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Footnotes 2023
The purpose of Footnotes is to alert our members to current news and information of potential interest to patients and their caregivers. It will be included in our monthly meeting invitation and posted on our website: pnsnetwork.org January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 January 2023 February 2023 March 2023
Goal Reset
Resetting Your Neuropathy Goals The new year gives us an opportunity to rethink our habits and attitudes. This series of questions aimed at helping you assess where you are with your PN and how you might “go beyond the limitations imposed by chronic neuropathy”. This evaluation tool meshes well with the PNSN January meeting (January
Physical Activity for Older People
Physical Activity for Older People Webinar: Physical Activity for Older People. This Zoom event will focus on “the benefits of physical activity, how to become more active, and equipment and technology that can help with getting more activity in your daily routine.” Wednesday, January 25, 2023 2:15-3:40 PM (ET) Offered by AARP and the Osher
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Top 10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions
Top 10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions for Older Adults: Recommended by The American Geriatrics Society’s Health in Aging Foundation, these suggest ways to become and stay healthy in the New Year. https://www.americangeriatrics.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/HIA-TipSheet%20NYE19.pdf
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Bethesda/Chevy Chase December meeting – chat session
Bethesda/Chevy Chase December meeting – chat session Here is the chat session from the Zoom meeting held on December 17, 2023. 19:20:09 From JV to Everyone:My doctor says to exercise until it hurts. When it hurts, stop. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/1998/0215/p755.html–an article everyone going through the diagnostic process should be familiar with 19:24:39 From GR to Everyone:For those
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Pad Your Landing Spot
2022/12/22 (10 minute read) Pad Your Landing Spot Ever considered installing EVA Foam floor pads in your home? What price beauty? Our friend Barbara has PN. Recently, she fell. Her body hit the beautiful tile floors that she had just used to make her house look so nice. See the first photo. The injuries took
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PN Funk
During the holidays, the expectation is for fun, food, and festivities. But Peripheral Neuropathy can get in the way. It’s hard to feel jolly when your dogs are screamimg for attention. That’s the grinchiness we feel when trying to chase the pain and numbness away and nothing seems to be working. Back in the summer,
Meeting Notes December 2022
PNSN Meeting Notes December 2022 Our guest speaker was Dr. Maryam Dadkhah, who is an D.C. area nutritionist and dietician. Her video and presentation materials will be posted here. Meeting Notes (from the chat) 01:06:57 susan: Have you heard of anyone getting PN from the Pfizer COVID shots? 01:16:35 Shana: I have Mast Cell Activation
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