04-11-2018, 09:17 AM
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Thanks for your welcome
Good Day everybody and may you all have a nice day. I would like to express my thanks for your welcome and your speedy recovery wishes for my wife. I am a bit slow picking things up, both mentally and physically, but I am inclined to ramble on a bit. You may be wondering about my name, peripheral. Here is a blog that I hope will explain why I chose it.Are you wondering where my name came from? I used to attend a clinic in Manchester for heart treatment. During one visit I mentioned to the doctor about numbness I had in my right big toe. He examined me and, within 15 minutes, told me that I had peripheral neuropathy. Now you know where my name comes from. He told me to contact my doctor ASAP. I don't have a doctor called ASAP so I contacted my usual doctor. To cut a long story even longer, he sent me to the hospital where tests were carried out. I had to make regular visits. Two years, you got that? TWO years later I was informed I had peripheral neuropathy. Two years for the NHS to tell what was wrong whilst a private doctor had told me in 15 minutes. For those with a desire for medical knowledge, the full title is Axonal Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy. Try saying that with a mouthful of porridge. PN, as it is called, was caused by something I was taking for my heart complaint. Please don't all go rushing off your doctor if I tell what caused it. It is a VERY rare side effect. I was the unlucky one. The drug that caused it?...statins. There is no cure for PN. ...
Is this too long for a blog? Never done one before. I thought a blog was something you had in your nose when suffering from a heavy cold.
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