In Part 1 of his story, Phil, a Charlotte area member and a member of our only Virtual Support Group, shared his experiences with learning to drive in a hands controlled vehicle. He highlighted that as part of this process, he registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles as required. Here, Phil offers an update …
How to Keep Up Healthy Eating during the Holidays Happy Holidays! If you’re like me, those words can strike fear when it comes to your diet. Most people will agree that we tend to be inundated with all sorts of holiday treats that, while delicious, don’t exactly fall into the category of health food. Excess …
Lainie Ishbia caught our attention with her tagline, Perfectly Imperfect. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy shares a recent chat we had with Lainie on her life, her work, and her inspiration. Meet Lainie Lainie is a 47-year-old mom, wife, blogger, social worker, empowerment speaker/educator and self-proclaimed fashionista. Besides hanging with her blended family of 9 …
Introducing our new featured blog: Healthy Eating for Peripheral Neuropathy We all know that healthy eating is vital to our health and may even help manage the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy. Our new guest contributor, Bill Nolan, will be offering us healthy eating tips and recipes on a monthly basis. Keep checking in for more …
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Phil, a Charlotte area member and a member of our only Virtual Support Group, shares his experience with hand controlled driving. Awareness of growing numbness in my feet prompted me to see a chiropractor and a neurologist in 2014 at age 74. As time went by, I asked my wife Shirley to drive me to …
My athletic husband stumbled. He was tired. He had a disease we’d never heard of. by Lynn Peterson Mobley, as published in the Washington Post We started our ascent of Italy’s Stromboli volcano at dusk, as the Tyrrhenian Sea darkened behind us. It was a long, steady trek upward, but not an exhausting one. At …
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Walter van Woudenberg and Saskia Keyes Support FPN’s Quest for Research Findings Specific to Idiopathic Neuropathy When idiopathic neuropathy struck Walter van Woudenberg at age 55 in the late 1990s, he was surprised by the lack of information and understanding of the disease. Walter scanned the available literature, visited with neurologists, and tried many of …
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Falls are the most common cause of injury in elderly adults (age 65 and older). As many as one third of elderly adults fall each year and the risk of falling triples if you have a neurologic disorder like peripheral neuropathy. Twenty to thirty percent of older people who fall, suffer moderate to severe injuries, …
Can meditation make living with neuropathy easier? Meditation is simply the practice of being still, paying attention to the body, and focusing on breathing. There are as many ways to meditate as there are people who practice meditation. They range from the simple action of breathing slowly and deeply, and counting the breaths, to meditations, such …
Staying safe and independent and continuing to drive with peripheral neuropathy “It was dark out as I pulled into the driveway. My wife and I were discussing the news story being broadcast on the radio. As I turned toward the garage, I took my foot off the accelerator and moved toward the brake. But I …
