Before I'm even asked if anyone in my family had neuropathy, Im asked––usually when filling out that first-visit paperwork––of what did all deceased members of my immediate family die. I always find myself best-guessing. My brother, who died only a few years ago, and who had neuropathy (so I'm told), died of kidney failure and some sort of all-over system breakdown. (Covid prevented me from going back East to be with him.) My parents, grandparents, et al., all died decades ago. My father's death certificate reads, "hardening of the arteries & underlying pneumonia;" my mother's certificate: "diabetes, kidney failure." That's where my best-guessing ends. But I can't help but wonder: did any have neuropathy? Something tells me it wasn't much diagnosed back then. (Nor is it, perhaps as much as it should be, today.)