When Richard first came to our support group, he had two questions: why was his neuropathy getting...
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.
A reader named Margaret wrote to me recently with a question that stopped me in my tracks:...
There’s a conversation that doesn’t happen enough in neuropathy communities, and it’s time we had it. When...
If you’ve ever lain awake at 2 AM with your feet burning, tingling, or throbbing — watching...
When I first heard someone suggest meditation for nerve pain, I’ll be honest — I was skeptical....
If you’re living with lupus and have started noticing tingling, numbness, or burning pain in your hands...
You walk into a room and forget why you’re there. You lose a word mid-sentence — a...
It starts in your toes — tingling, numbness, maybe some burning. Then one day you notice it...
There’s a thought pattern that shows up in almost everyone I’ve ever met with neuropathy — and...
The first time I realized what was happening, I wasn’t in pain. I was standing in my...