Last spring, my book club friend Marge told me she was down to walking half a block...
Janet Ellis
Patient advocate and neuropathy support group leader with over a decade of personal experience managing peripheral neuropathy. I started Neuropathy Resource to create the resource I wish had existed when I was first diagnosed — honest, accessible information written by someone who actually lives with this condition. Everything here comes from personal experience, published medical research, and conversations with healthcare providers. I am not a medical professional — I'm someone who has walked this road and wants to help others navigate it.
The message from my neighbor Ruth arrived at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday. “My hands are tingling....
When my friend Elena decided to have a gastric bypass, we spent an entire afternoon at my...
Gravel from the parking field. Then mown grass, uneven and hiding holes. Then a stretch of plywood...
You take off your socks at the end of the day. You look down at your feet,...
“Don’t get a hotel. Stay with us. The room’s already made up.” It is a generous sentence...
Ask ten people with peripheral neuropathy how their feet feel, and one of the most common answers...
If you’ve been living with the daily grind of diabetic nerve pain — the burning, the stabbing,...
A woman changes her pillowcase most mornings because the back of her head soaks it through. She...
The brochure says “Day 4: scenic drive through the valley, arriving late afternoon.” What it does not...