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How do you feel about falling?

Aging Well | Last Active: Feb 26 11:30am | Replies (190)
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@lapistwo

Ray,
You deserve many kudos! Any Doctor or Physical Therapist that hasn't a clue about no awareness of your feet in relation to any surface you are walking on should lose their licenses. My sibling was 35 and couldn't feel the soles of her feet. They didn't understand her either. Don't ever think it is your age or let any so called Doctor or Therapist tell you your age is simply the problem and the neuropathy has nothing to do with it. Shame on these people. My heart goes out to you.
Shelley

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Ray Kemble | @ray666 | Jan 9 4:20pm

Hi, Shelley

To do my various physical therapists justice––or a fair number of them, anyway––many of my therapy experiences were before I'd been told I had PN. In those days (prior to August 2022), I tended to trust the wisdom of the therapists. When I wasn't able to advance through the different exercises as rapidly as I thought I should, I would go home thinking, "Well, Ray, maybe it is just age." After getting my PN diagnosis, however, and coming to understand that people with PN "feel" the world differently from people without PN, I began to ask my therapists: "Have you had experience working with people with neuropathy symptoms?" It was then I decided to take a break from insurance-covered PT and instead do what I could for myself here at home.

Thank you for your message, Shelley!
Cheers!
Ray

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