Falling
 

Even though my feet haven't been going spongy, I've been starting to fall quite a lot again... three times the other day, which was enough to make me sweat each time I had to get up to do something.

It's not nearly as bad now as when my feet went spongy all the time and I could barely make it to the kitchen, but it's still distressing to start to fall.

I know it is from the stress: a man tried to break in a few weeks ago saying that my home was foreclosed and I had vacated... not true, of course, but the Wells Fargo lawyers don't seem to be constrained by truth.

I try to take more methylcobalamin when there's more stress and I'm pretty sure that's why my feet aren't going as numb now and spongy feeling, which is a blessing!

I'm using between three and four bottles of the 5m methylcobalamin a month, and a lot of the time I can flex my toes without any difficulty, but today they feel stiff and it's hard to bend them.

A woman wrote to me a few months ago about methylcobalamin curing really advanced PN in her kitty. She was giving the kitty as much or more methylcobalamin as I'm taking... but it didn't hurt the kitty and in fact helped it. She or her friend, I forget, has a site about kitties with PN that were all massively improved with the use of methylcobalamin in high amounts.

Well, I hope no one else here is having high levels of stress and incidents of starting to fall.

(I think of you all more often than I visit.)

There are many programs that help you to keep your balance and avoid falling. Falling is very common among seniors and those with ailments which affect balance , often due to numbness.

I took a class in tai chi and it helped me maintain my balance.

I only fell 7 times the month following my fusion in 06 and not one Dr ordered Xrays! Nerve damage is the worst, my hubby blames me for my falls, says I don't pay attention, funny thing is I can just be standing still and my legs give out. I am sorry you are falling too!

Scary and I am sorry. Could you ask one of your docs to preform those tests? I had to beg for my mir of my ankle but I got it. Better safe then sorry. I know after months in bed when I began to walk I felt like my legs would give out. Even now sometimes I do. My docs said it won't happen just feels like it but they have been known to be wrong so try not to push it. I am sorry your husband is a little confused. It is hard to know what it is like but I hope you can use your voice and tell him. Is there anything to help calm yourself which I know is easier said then done. I am filled with anxiety but things like calling a friend or even getting out for a few like I just came back from dairy queen help. Hang in there.

OH dear Karen...
 

Falling is NOT FUN!!!!!!!!!!!
Having done it several times myself during my own PN adventures, I truly don't recommend it to ANYONE!
Yes, I understand about breaking out in a sweat just at the thought of getting up and going to either the kitchen or the bathroom during the day....You really have to start to THINK and PLAN to make your triip the most effort-efficient and safest as possible. Because a serious nap is likely rite after! Two of my falls, I believe were partly due to my losing concentration about where I was was putting my feet - We are human, after all!
I suppose on the plus side? Three out of four times I fell I broke/sprained something? As a result tho, I could easily ask for and get PT ordered that can help a great deal in re-programming what nerves you've got left to help balance and get around. I've found that if you ask for exercises you can do at home, you can get more done at a pace you can best tolerate and also continue after therapy sessions end. They have been invaluable in helping me keep an 'even keel' for the duration.
The worst tho? Is the falling out of bed! Getting up is the most ungraceful thing one can imagine... Especially IF you have to be in that porcelain room about 5 minutes ago! IF you are by yourself? At least no one is around to 'witness' it! Sigh.
:hug::hug:'s - j

I have a walker by each chair. When I rise I grab the walker and hold on
until I know I am stabalized. Then I feel secure in walking. But I do my
share of wall walking and holding on to furniture etc. At 78 I cannot afford
to break a hip. Blessings to all of you!!

That is a good plan....
 

but, it is SOOOOO easy to forget! Then BOOM!
Thing is, you usually remember AFTER you go down! Not to mention the whole 'adventure' of getting up afterwards! Whew - getting exhausted just thinking about it!
Hugs to all - j

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Can you tell me what your feet were like when you say your feet were spongy?

Thanks
Nancy

That was so nice of you to write that. I got so overwhelmed that I didn't come here for a long time, and then I forgot to check this thread.

I came back today because I did fall the other day. I didn't trip, I just lost my balance. I've had the legs giving out thing, very much like you said. That is a horrible feeling. I'm so sorry your hubby thinks there's something you're doing to cause it. (((((((Junie)))))))

When I fell I hurt my good leg and my bad leg wasn't up to lifting me, so I had to drag myself to my bedroom where the bed frame is low enough for me to use it to leverage myself up.

Hi, that was really comforting to read.

I fell when my toilet was running over and I wanted to shut off the water. I lost my balance and I knocked things off the counter trying to regain stability. So there I was in a horrid mess on the floor and I couldn't get up. I had to drag myself to the hallway and then to my bedroom, sliding out of the dirty wet things before I got to the carpet. I have Saltillo tile everywhere but the bedrooms.

So, there went my nice warm clothes and I didn't have a backup set. Plus, I'd returned the soft mattress I had because it had always had a bulge despite being quite costly. So I'd been sleeping on a plywood frame covered with minimal foam... fine until I was hurt. Then it was just so unforgiving to my bruises.

Yes, exercises help.

I'm rambling a bit. Sorry.

Yesterday was stressful because of a legal scheduling conference. I had to do a lot of walking and the pain kept getting worse.

Today's way better!

Thank you so much for your response.