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Legs weakness with Idiopathic Feet Neuropathy

Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 4 3:03pm | Replies (48)

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@bjk3

I so hope you will be able to continue with PT & OT. In my case, I would be eligible for coverage for PT every week but my therapist, who owns her own practice and in whose large office space are other providers (OT, chiro, podiatrist, specialty post-op clothing, and a couple more) has had to increase her number of non-Medicare clients whose insurance pays better. That was a long sentence - sorry about that 😉. I really appreciate that she talks openly about the compensatory end of things, and I know she's giving me the real facts since I get "statements" of the billing and coverage provided from my secondary insurance. All this to say, you and others in the Neuropathy group here are absolutely correct when you advise that we all collect as much education about our conditions as we can, and to keep moving.
Patience? Oh, yes ~ much wisdom wrapped up in that little word. On a simple day-to-day basis, keeping at the front of the mind not to be in a hurry for anything - phone, doorbell, any movement that requires swiveling at a 180* angle (or even 90*!).
Good to hear you are doing well, and even the weather is improving -- here, too! Stay safe!
~ Barb

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Good morning, Barb (@bjk3)

The home health nurse who changes the dressing on my foot was just here and told me that a request will go in today to my insurance begging for a fresh ‘episode’ ( I guess that’s what they’re calling it), chiefly so I might some short-term PT to show me how one goes about walking in shoes again. Today is Day 158 since I’ve worn shoes. (Whenever I quote numbers of days like that, I imagine myself a prisoner who scratches the passing days on the wall of his cell with a rusty nail.)

Patience? Ah, yes, patience! I do believe that patience is the key. I’m no paragon of patience. I did a so-so job of being patient when all I had was my PN, but then when my sepsis came along, between my PN symptoms and my sepsis symptoms … Oh, boy, that proved to be a real challenge!

I have to keep this short. I have a deadline breathing down my neck. The deadline is 9/26. 9/26 may sound like that’s a long time from now, but … but … I may not be a paragon of patience, but I am a paragon of procrastination. 🙂

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)