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Neuropathy | Last Active: Jun 29, 2023 | Replies (30)
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I, too, have sugar-coated both severe pain and neuropathy due to a spinal condition. I'm up front with my doctor and husband, but not with anyone else. I don't see the point........there is nothing that others can do and when I'm with friends I want to focus on them, not me.
I wonder what the best approach is? Share or not?
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Hi! I'm neither in favor of never sugar-coating nor sometimes sugar-coating nor always sugar-coating. What I do is consider the person or persons I'm spending time with. The first example that comes to mind is my Friday writers' group. There are five of us, and we've been working together for a half dozen years. If, during our three hours together, I should get up to go to the Mr. Coffee for a refill (something I do with terrifying regularity), in the past no one would pay any mind to my crossing briefly out of the room. Now if they spot how I have to trace my fingertips along the edge of the mantle, then reach quickly for the doorpost, they'll notice. I decided some months ago it made sense to tell them what's what. With people like these people, in a circumstance like that, it was the right thing to do. It helps them, and maybe even more importantly it helps me. ––Ray