A Brief Note On Mrs. Lawson Boice Essay - 858 Words

CC Mrs. Lawson Boice is a 69-year-old female here today for a followup. HPI The patient was last seen in the office in February. Please see that note for complete details. She has several issues she would like to discuss today. She tells me that she has really been under a lot of stress of late. She had been caring for her sister, who has uterine cancer. In addition, her husband s brother recently died, and there have been issues regarding a property they co-owned. She sold her house in New York and is now renting a house here in Portsmouth. She feels all that she has been doing is moving and cleaning. She feels that she is a little bit settled, however and is hoping that she can get back to her normal regimen. She has not been walking as much as typical, and she would like to lose a couple of pounds and plans to get back into that, as well as her physical therapy exercises that she has been doing for her neuropathy. The patient has been diagnosed with bilateral peripheral neuropathy. She has been seeing Kishori Somyreddy, MD. Dr. Somyreddy recommended physical therapy, which she is not sure it helped with the neuropathy, but she does think it helps with her chronic back pain and she is feeling better from that standpoint. She has not been able to stick with the physical therapy exercises as much of late, but does plan on getting back to that now that she is settled and feeling less stress with all that she needs to do. Since the patient has a decided to