What My Daughter Showed Me That Changed Everything
My daughter's a nurse. She'd been watching me struggle quietly. 1 night she texted me a link to a research article and 4 words: "Read the highlighted parts."
I almost didn't read it. I'd read dozens of neuropathy articles. They all said the same thing. Nerves are damaged. Manage your symptoms. Control your blood sugar.
But she had highlighted 1 section that stopped me cold.
It described the protective coating around every nerve fiber. When that coating is intact, signals travel normally. When it wears down, signals misfire. Burning. Tingling. Buzzing. When it wears down enough, signals stop reaching the surface. Numbness.
Then the line that changed how I understood my own body:
The body continuously maintains this coating, as long as the necessary minerals, particularly magnesium, are available at the nerve site.
Continuously maintains. Not "once it's gone, it's gone."
I had been hearing the word "damaged" for 2 years and understanding it as "destroyed." Permanent. Irreversible.
But this was describing something different. Not destruction. Starvation. A maintenance system still running but not receiving the supplies it needs.