I fell in the middle of December. I went to stand up from my desk chair and felt incredible pain in my right ankle followed by a loud snap sound. I fell forward and landed on my left knee and shoulder.

At first they said my ankle was merely severely swollen. Then Friday, 3 full weeks after the fall, my PCP called and said that a fracture was spotted. A portion of the fibula broke off.

My neurologist told me that almost all of his patients with small fiber neuropathy of the lower extremeties has fallen in virtually the same manner that I did. He said my brain probably has no idea where my feet are spacially. He said in my type of fall usually the foot is turned slightly when the person thinks it is flat on the floor. Then the ankle "rolls" when one stands up. I was told to look at my feet and see where they are in relation to the floor prior to standing up.

Wearing a cast is not fun when one has neuropathy. No clue how much longer I will have to wear it.

I hope you have no serious injury from your fall, Julie.