--discussions about this int he past, as neuropathy is one of those "no-see-um" conditions in which you can look perfectly normal while greatly suffering.

The people who get motor neuropathy, in which their muscles atrophy and/or in which their movements become impaired, or who eventually require canes or wheelchairs, tend to get fewer of these comments, obviously. But that is not the majority of neuropathy patients, whose symptoms are mostly sensory, though they can be extremely debilitating.

There will always be a group of people who ask "how are you" as a social convention who really don't want an honest answer. There's little one can do to change or educate them, other than they themselves being stricken with such a condition (and honor keeps me from wishing that TOO often). One CAN eventually drive them away by actually answering the question in great detail (I've had considerable success with that ).


In the end, you will learn who actually cares about your situation, and whose queries need to be ignored or answered pro forma.