I always use my walker when I take my dog for a walk. I try to focus on the basic Pilates for of pulling in all by stomach muscles towards my back, and breathing laterally. Sometimes something will distract me, and I find myself bent over and running in tiny little steps. I stop and try again. I am trying to train my brain to automatically correct my posture by doing this twice a day.

I also received a tri-cycle from my husband for mother's day. I am haveing a great deal of difficulty steering it and am constantly crashing into curbs or ending up in the middle of the road instead of on the side. It has been two weeks and I am still having the same problems. I don't know if my brain is having trouble processing spacial concepts or I am just inept. Have to lose weight as my last fasting blood test showed I was pre-diabetic and high cholesterol. Carolyn, it its any help, DBS worked well for me. I was able to cut way back on drugs and don't have to suffer on on's and off's I once did.
But there is a downside. You can never have an MRI to look at soft tissue to find out the cause of pain. I put on alot of weight. Since you have diabetes, you might want to check into if any research has been done strictly for those patients who had DBS and Prior to DBS, diabetes.

Sincerely,
Vicky