My left side is worse than my right. I can stand on my right foot for a maybe 30 sec without swaying, but not my left. My left foot feels like a constant twitching is going on while I am standing there and I sway after a very short time. I can stand nearly as long with my eyes closed on my right foot, but not at all on my left foot, I tip immediately.

As I mentioned once before, when we had a power outage at work and I was in total darkness, I was totally disoriented, my sense of balance was completely gone. I was right next to my desk and my boss's wife was right beside me, she walked me out to the light, by the time we got there, I was totally shaken up. I never felt that disoriented before, not that I remember.

Why do our nerves effect out balance--did I miss something?

Fascinating subject, i come across some reading that talks about how pain works, the subconscious and biofeedback technique.
http://www.fibrotalk.info/index.php?...d=41&Itemid=48
http://www.fibrotalk.info/index.php?...d=40&Itemid=48

Brian

Brian,
The first post explained what my neuro was saying and the second post I forwarded to my youngest stepson to see if it might help with his son (14 yrs. old) who had a devastating stroke 2 years ago.

I appreciate your research.

Billye

A stroke at any age is awful enough but such a young child, just isn't fair at all.
I really do hope there is some value in that for him.

Brian

I'm with HeyJoe

Silverlady I'm so sorry about your son. My thoughts are with you and the whole family.
Now on the biofeedback, I have anxiety times 10. The biofeedback was such a great part of the clinic and really helped me with the anxiety so much. I keep saying I want to find a biofeedback therapist here. I really encourage all of you to try it. I'm not sure if it helped my pain front but any help is great on any aspect. I think it takes time too for it to work.

Yeah, me too Billye:

So this young person who suffered the stroke, he's your step grandson, is that right?? Makes no real difference in the scheme of things. He's your grandson.

I hope your step son is dealing as best he can. Has the young boy recovered??

I've never heard of such a young person having a stroke.

My god, the stuff families have to endure.

No wonder why so many people have such stress in their lives.

My thoughts are with you.

Melody

I have seen them being brought in with strokes,then transfer to Childern's
hospital. It was aways a shock..

Hey Joe after 18 years of dance lessons,which I must say was stupid,
Children tiny feet are noT ready for that,anywho now with numb feet,
I also fall over,,Neurontin doesn't help with balance but helps with some
of the pain...Oh I would think at times we are in a quagmire,or whatever.
hugs to all Sue

My step-grandson is the only boy grandchild in our family. He had a vein burst in his brain when he was 12 years old. Here is the link to the type of problem he had. http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/cerebro/AVM.html They put him into a deep coma for a period of time, did surgery on his brain to close those veins off and he had a stroke while this was going on.

It has been two years since this happened. He is now paralyzed on one side of his body, and it has been a terrible journey for my step-son and family. My grandson will never be the same.

Didn't mean to steal the thread but I felt that this was really necessary info to post as this was a life altering problem not only for my grandson but the entire family.

I hope you all will read and learn about this neurological problem. And thanks so much for asking.

Billye

I'm so sorry. Your right pain and illness effects the whole family. Its very hard to cope but I know support for both sides is important