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Anyone lost the ability to walk due to peripheral neuropathy?
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@ray666 Thanks for talking about the New Normal. It's very difficult for any of us to accept that this is the way we are right now. We might want to look at our lives and think about helps us cope with our situation and find what is still fulfilling and brings us joy. I'm 84, I've tried all the pills and treatments and I've accepted that I won't get better. I can't garden or ride a horse, but I can have a house full of flowering plants. I go the the gym three times a week and then come home and take a nap. I can't fly anymore, but we can take a road trip now and then. I don't mean to sound like goody-two-shoes, but this is what works for me. Some days, I get depressed some days, but i carry on. What works for you?
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Hello, jillb329 (@jillb329)
I can understand how a phrase like the "new normal" might also be misleading. It might imply that all of our lives we've been living ––what can I call it? the "standard normal"?–– that all of our lives we've been living the standard normal, and now that we're "up" in years and beset with some sort of chronic disease, we're suddenly being tasked with living the "new normal." I believe it's possible that everyone's life, from start to finish, is a succession of normals, one "new normal" after another, each requiring some measure of adjustment and acceptance.
What works for me? That's a great question. Staying in motion. That might be it. If I'm at rest, thinking, and my thinking starts to make me anxious (worried), I might just get up and do something (clean the kitchen sink?). If I'm doing something and I'm not enjoying it, I might declare a 30-minute time-out, sit down and go back to reading a book I'm enjoying reading––and not let myself close that book until the full 30 minutes are used up. Stay in motion. That nay be one thing I try always to do. For the sake of variety: mind variety, body variety, and, if possible, spirit variety. From one to the other. When one begins to go stale, move on to the next. I hadn't given this much thought, until you asked (What works for me?), but this may be it. It's a great question. Thanks for asking!
Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)