A fortnight ago, I wrote about how to make the most of mornings and I mentioned that one of my routines while waiting for the kettle to boil for my first cup of tea of the day is to do some balances and stretches.

This gave rise to a fascinating email from John, a very dynamic gentleman of almost 80.

In it, he told me how he is trying to age as positively as possible despite having a condition called peripheral neuropathy or PN.

It was an inspirational message. More than that, it was a generous one in that he wanted me to use this page to give advice to people who might share his condition or might even be unaware that they have it.

I must confess that a fortnight ago, PN was something I’d heard of but knew little about.

However, thanks to John’s encouragement I’m now much more clued up on it and, as he suggested, I’m going to pass on his advice and what I’ve gleaned from my own research.

But before I launch into that, can I just say that I hope more readers will make suggestions to me of topics that they’re dealing with in their own lives.

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