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Neuropathy: Numbness only, no pain
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emwilliams - I can relate to your comment, for decades my wife would say slow down...I was a fast walker. Now, it is visa versa, she has to walk slow for me. I now know how she felt! I do walk with a cane from time to time, depends on distance but it is about five times slower compared to my normal pace. I think progression of PN differs with all of us so I do try to walk every day despite the difficulty. In 2015 when this started, one neuro doc told me to keep moving, keep walking. Probably best advise I've received so far.
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I have had PN for 22 years and I could not agree more….keep moving and keep walking. My PN started in one toe and although the numbness and tingling has moved to my calves over the years, it is bearable. In fact there are times when I am oblivious of the problem.
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I’m with you! I used to get a little annoyed because my husband has a habit of walking in front of me & my walker with his arm reached back, pulling the walker along as if that was the trick to speeding me up. I used to get perturbed (and scared) and just yell “Let go of it, let go of it!” because he couldn’t see what he was doing to me since he was walking forward. It’s still a habit, but now I just let go of the walker when he does that, and just slowly walk behind him unassisted, until he gets so far ahead of me and realizes he has my walker without a human attached. We now get a good laugh when that happens 😀. (And good for me to not use the walker if I can do without)