you have a good memory...ha....yeah im still doing that... a few days ago i was letting the dogs out in the rain and i was standing in a deep puddle with no shoe on that foot..ha....actually someone was just talking to me about tai chi, i said ill do a class if you agree to catch me when im falling...

I was just revisiting this thread and reading my own posts too and realized, I haven't tripped like that in some time now. I do find myself taking a corner at work too sharp and after the fact, reminding myself that I am being an idiot! When I go from my desk to the insurance desk, I have to walk to the left, around a corner, and then to the left again around another corner, and I realize sometimes that I do it too quickly and I feel myself going off balance and the shocks I receive off the wall is proof of it! I hate those metal strips on corners!

Last week, a patient walked out of her shoe, turned and came back to get it, she looked at me with this sad look. I said, "It happens to me too!", she smiled and walked away. Well, now that I have said it isn't happening to me, it probably will! For now, my feet are having other ailments, it seems to go in stages with mine!

Everyone keep warm--tis cold here on the island--15 this morning!

Hi there - 8 years later and wondering if you got more information on the slipping sensation you described in the Neurotalk support website. I have recently experience the same thing, my feet feel like ethey are slipping out from under me as if on ice (but nothing is actually happening). Getting frustrated. Neurologist so far cant find anything to cause this (nerves seem okay and MRI shows a few pinched nerves). He has given me back exercises to do and I am just starting those. Did you get conclusive information on what might be causing this sensation?

Welcome lisachip.

Hi lisachip,

Has it really been 8 years? Wow.

The "conclusive" thing is tricky. What's conclusive for me is that I no longer have the problem. I know that the reason I no longer have it is that I've been using a LOT of methylcobalamin lozenges ~ enough to equal close to a B12 shot a day.

I didn't use that many last summer when I gave up eating GMOs and began eating only organic food, and no longer washing veggies from my garden before cooking. My reason for not washing was that I'd learned that B12 comes exclusively from microorganisms that make it. And, those microorganisms are plentiful in the air and soil.

I put a chart on my website about the difference in nutrition in nonGMO vs GMO corn. Pretty startling.

Then, last winter I forgot that the main reason I wasn't using as many methylcobalamin lozenges was that I was supplementing with microorganisms from my garden. No garden veggies all winter, and by spring my peripheral neuropathy had come back. Major burning in my right thigh. But the slipping feeling had not returned. So, overall, Happiness.

I am still convinced that if my low vitamin B12 had been treated earlier I would not have to use a walker today.

To be clear, my nerve problems were made worse by living in the condo that had hydrogen sulfide in it. If doctors hadn't kept telling me I didn't need more B12, then possibly I would have used more while living there and protected my nerves enough so that I could walk today without a rolling walker.

It's important to keep notes when you use B12, so that you can clearly see how it's worked for you. It does not work the same for everyone. My need for a shot a day to get rid of peripheral neuropathy and the slipping feeling may be twice as much as you or someone else needs. Keeping a record of how B12 works for you will help you see how much is the right amount for you.

In terms of balance, I've wanted to use a balance disk for ages, but I don't have enough balance to do that.

However, my cousin recently sent me an exercise which is very useful. All you have to do is stand on one foot without holding on to anything, for as long as you can before you lose your balance. For me, if I could fast, I can get up to about 12, rarely 18.

Karen

Karen,
I just read you 8 years old thread about your neurological symptoms and your long struggle. Good to hear you have found a way to keep your B 12 under control.

David, thanks for all the instructions regarding exercise.
Exercise is important, but --Oh-- such a thing to find time. I think one has to be strict, and make a strict schedule.

This is the first time I have heard someone describe some of the same symptoms I have had.
The way I feel the symptoms are: Especially during stress, exhaustion and tiredness, I feel as if the ground I am standing on is vibrating as if there was an earthquake.
Sometimes when I am sitting on a furniture, it feels like the furniture is vibrating and shaking.
When I get out of a car after having been driving, when I step down, I feel as if I am still "moving" in the same direction as the car was.

Sometimes I have the feeling of dizziness and unsteadiness when I walk in large open spaces.

Often my legs feels really heavy and numb, sometimes I stumble and drag my feet a little.
Sometimes it feels as if there were a rubber band around my knees when my legs feel heavy.
I have explained this feeling to neurologists but have not gotten an answer.
When the doctors are examining my balance and walking, it is not always the same.

Karen,
I just read you 8 years old thread about your neurological symptoms and your long struggle. Good to hear you have found a way to keep your B 12 under control.
David, thanks for all the instructions regarding exercise.
Exercise is important, but --Oh-- such a thing to find time. I think one has to be strict, and make a strict schedule.

This is the first time I have heard someone describe some of the same symptoms I have had.
The way I feel the symptoms are: Especially during stress, exhaustion and tiredness, I feel as if the ground I am standing on is vibrating as if there was an earthquake.
Sometimes when I am sitting on a furniture, it feels like the furniture is vibrating and shaking.
When I get out of a car after having been driving, when I step down, I feel as if I am still "moving" in the same direction as the car was.

Sometimes I have the feeling of dizziness and unsteadiness when I walk in large open spaces.

Often my legs feels really heavy and numb, sometimes I stumble and drag my feet a little.
Sometimes it feels as if there were a rubber band around my knees when my legs feel heavy.
I have explained this feeling to neurologists but have not gotten an answer.
When the doctors are examining my balance and walking, it is not always the same.

Hi Synnove,

I'm glad that sharing my experience is helping you because my experience is similar to yours, regarding how our feet feel, and that disturbing sense of movement, when in fact there isn't any.

Regarding exercise, I think one big reason people who are sick gain weight is that it's hard to even walk when there's so much chance of falling.

I just weighed myself this morning and luckily have lost a pound, doing minimal exercise. I mean Minimal.

I'm feeling really sad today, because of Wells Fargo, so this is going to be short.

Karen