Neuropathy patients face many challenges and one of these is often the loss of meaning and purpose as the disease changes our lives, our roles, our expectations, forcing us to find new meaning, new purpose for living. There was a retired General who facing boredom went to work as a […]
April, 2011
2012 Veteran Shares AO and PN Approval!
Rev. Larry K. Loree Sr., US Army, 68th Med Group, combat medic, Vietnam Vet 1966-67 writes: Several years ago I communicated with you by email, then again about one year ago after you set up this very enlightening website. My purpose for communicating with you now, is two-fold: To thank […]
Inner Peace:
● If you can start the day without caffeine; ● If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains; ● If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles; ● If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it; ● If you […]
Agent Orange Continues Its Toll on Veterans
Dr. Norman Latov, MD, PhD of Weill Medical College, Cornell University noted in his writings what a growing list of medical professionals now recognize, that chronic peripheral neuropathy is associated with the cancers and treatments for the cancers. One of the worst results of exposure to Agent Orange is cancer, […]
Giving a Cat a Pill Not a Walk in the Park
Humor is critical to good health and healing. The first time I read this article I was in tears and had an asthma attack from laughing. So if you have asthma, keep your inhaler handy! Ann Landers shared a column by a Bob Story, who turned a cat catastrophe into […]
Dieting Under Stress
While not recommended for those trying to lose weight, this is the most hysterically funny DIET that I ever read. If you have asthma, keep your inhaler handy as it may bring on an attack from the laughter! Humor is great for helping us heal. This WILL make you laugh if […]
VA final ruling for presumptive Peripheral Neuropathy due to AO Exposure
The VA final ruling effective September 6, 2013 follows the Institute of Medicine recommended changes of 2010, as published in the VA proposal. The ruling does note the veteran’s legal right to file after September 6, 2013 on a DIRECT basis rather than on the presumptive ruling. There is nothing in law […]
