I like what Hemse said about someone saying to a non-PN sufferer that it was like a toothache that never went away.

For we burning types who have the small fiber sensory, it's like a sunburn that never goes away. It just feels SO good to have to put on clothing every day that feels like sandpaper scraping along the skin.

But no matter what kind of PN one has, they're all nasty.

In the absence of taking meds to try and dull the allodynia, I find that distraction works fairly well. So far. That's why I have to keep on going as best I can for as long as possible.

Tonight's distraction will be the TV series Mad Men. Come next month, Mad Men AND Dexter on Sunday nights. And there's Netflix. Just LOVE movies - classics in particular. Can really get lost in them.

Best wishes,

Sheltiemom