mrsD I have long believed in the conception of the "solicitious spouse", although I didn't know what it was called. A long history with a range of medical issues has taught me the danger of paying too much attention to and even looking for symptoms. I used John Sarno's books to pretty wheel get over bad chronic back pain.

I have also seen in friends and family with cancer that will power and thinking alone will only get you so far. With PN one of my strategies is to tune out from the symptoms, a bit like TRT therapy for tinnitus, it won't get rid of the problem but it makes it more livable.

So while I am actively pursuing medical solutions, I'm also using supplements, exercise and a program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn who is a is Professor of Medicine at the Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

The best advice that I got from this forum is to work with the medical profession, but to also "own" and the charge of working with my condition.