National Neuropathy Week

Pain – has an Element of Blank –

It cannot recollect

When it begun – or if there were

A time when it was not –

It has no Future – but itself –

Its Infinite contain

Its Past – enlightened to perceive

New Periods – of Pain.

— Emily Dickinson

May 16–20, 2011, is Neuropathy Awareness Week. You can learn about peripheral neuropathy by visiting The Neuropathy Association at www.neuropathy.org.