5. Changes in the way you walk
When affected by any condition at all, one of the primary concerns for sufferers is the potential for that condition to rob them of their identity. Peripheral neuropathy has the potential to do this in spades.
Whether we ever give it the acknowledgment it deserves, the way we walk defines our individuality just as much as the way we talk. A person’s gait can be a dead giveaway to their imminent arrival, as any child will attest to whenever they’ve been listening for footfall on the stairs after nightfall.
Because of the impact, this condition has on people in terms of weakness and pain, the way a person walks can be affected as a knock-on effect. This can mean that a person could go from walking like a catwalk model to walking like John Wayne after an enema. Perhaps this symptom has more psychological challenges than physical but it’s worth noting all the same.