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I've been known to theorize––Ray's armchair theory :-)––that friends will ask over and over about my 'condition' because they can't quite grasp the meaning of 'incurable,' something many of us, too, have had a tough time coming to accept. We seem to live in an age when there's an answer to every question. I'll sometimes reply to a friend who's asking, 'What will cure you?' the only way I can: 'There is no way.' I'll fully expect my friend to reach for his smartphone, saying, 'No way? That's crazy! Let's see what Wikipedia has to say … ' 🙂
I am going to be having my first pain psychology appointment (virtual) from a medical center tomorrow. I am hoping that helps too, not just from the perspective of having someone to share the anxiety resulting from PN but who may have ways to cope or reframe what is happening.