I was at the farmers’ market last Saturday when Eleanor caught me by the heirloom tomatoes. She...
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 first time my friend Margaret called me about it, she whispered. It was past nine on...
The first live concert I went to after my neuropathy really settled in was a Willie Nelson...
A neighbor of mine came back from a medical mission trip to rural India last fall and,...
A woman from my support group, June, told me last spring that her neurologist had said something...
A woman I’ll call Rosa stopped me after a recent support group meeting and asked if we...
My first serious neuropathy scare with ice happened about a year into my journey. I had been...
I was at our county library a few weeks ago when a woman from book club caught...
A man in our support group described it once in a way I’ve never forgotten. He said,...
The first time I sat with a friend at the rehab hospital after her husband’s six-week ICU...