Just the other night I awoke with a desire to share my experiences with idiopathic neuropathy. Since it is part of my life 24/7 a wide variety of topics and discussion points will come up. It is my real hope that someone will find some of what I write as "familiar" and might help them and quite possibly they will have experiences that can help me and as a result many others.
I know there are many blogs available about living with neuropathy so I hesitated to continue this effort not believing I would have anything of real value to contribute to the discussion. But then the thought came that I shouldn't judge my experiences against those of other individual bloggers, but allow you as the reader to make the decision regarding the value contained in my words and expressions. This all began for me about 3 1/2 years ago. I am in my mid-50's, work as a personal trainer and teach a couple of days per week at a for-profit career university in Utah. It isn't uncommon for me to be on my feet the better part of 12-14 hours per day. Honestly those are good days, but the changes occur when I drive home. This is a 40 minute commute. When I arrive home and climb out of my truck it is as if my legs have turned to concrete and my feet are full of broken glass. It takes several minutes sometimes hours for those feelings to soften. They never go away, and only medication allows me to sleep. I don't like the side effects of the medication, but I love the sleep!
A large part of my focus here will be to discuss my personal quest to find exercise and fitness-related answers to this nagging problem. I'll share my "findings" openly so you too may see if they work for you, which I hope they will.
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