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Not exactly sure what I have Some say Neuropathy
Neuropathy | Last Active: Sep 28, 2017 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
I keep hearing doctors dumping so many things on heredity. I would truly like to know what they base this on. There are things that are hereditary altho not always convinced as to genetics being a factor. I believe that many doctors say this as they "do not want" to admit they do not have an answer. Far too many people that "cannot" admit they do not know the reason for something...make something up and others believe what is said and before long many people believe thus...
@johnbishop Great joke and I like humor...you see I read the word and thought that sounds idiotic and it is...an Idiopath right here.
Neuropathy of any type is not easy to live with-no one in my immediate family has neuropathy. Not even any grandparents or great grandparents. No diabetics either and so oft the "N" thing is associated with diabetes.
What do I know? Zilch. I do know I have neuropathy. Why? I don't know and have not even asked that insurmountable question as I am fearful of cold-cocking an MD for blaming DNA. I do not believe there is any type of insurance for this kind of behavior. Can assure all I "DO" know where I would be and I am not the "bar" type.
Not being argumentative...clarify, always clarify.
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Here's the notes I took of the 20 year celebration meeting for the Minnesota Neuropathy Association (http://www.neuropathy-mn.org/):
3rd Speaker – Dr. William Kennedy – “Simple inventions that quantify touch on finger, vibration on toes and sweating in neuropathy”
My favorite speaker of the day. All of the speakers had a Q & A after their talk and one of the burning questions of the day was how many people are affected by neuropathy in the U.S. and around the world. Pam and Dr. Walk had both said they thought the numbers were around 20 million in the U.S. and up to 128 million in China. Dr. Kennedy said he would take exception with his younger counterparts and said it’s more like 100% if you live long enough. Since there was some discussion of idiopathic PN, Dr. Kennedy asked if we knew how the diagnosis is made for idiopathic. Got my best laugh of the day when he told us it got the name from the idiot neurologist who diagnosed it.
Dr. Kennedy went on to talk about his research work on developing a tool he would like to make available in every GPs office to easily test for neuropathy. More information can be found on his website: The William R. Kennedy Lab - http://kennedylab.med.umn.edu/.
Interesting guy to say the least...
John