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Posted 3/6/2017 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
Okay, I'm old. Birth stone is coal. (68 next June.) I've fallen several times in the last few months, twice in the last two weeks. Some of the falls I can understand due to my feet having grown longer because of fallen arches. My shoe size is 1 1/2 sizes larger and my brain can't understand that I have to pick my feet up higher in tripping conditions. The disconcerting part about it though, is that I don't even realize that I am falling until it is too late to compensate. During the impact of one fall I didn't even blink when my glasses hit mud - I watched the mud come up and smack my glasses (and my lip) without blinking! I generally blame all my issues - muscle pain, headaches, vision, hangnails, spam email - on the tick infections. But are these two issues associated with Bb & co or might it be something else? Am I THAT old?
Posted 3/6/2017 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
No you're not 'that old' ....

Yes lyme and co's can cause balance issues.

I had them and they are much better since treatment.

My LLND (at my initial consult) had me walk heal to toe on a line...and I couldn't do it.

When I would stand in a line up...my body would sway slightly.

So, the second issue being the collapsed arches...or the 'not realizing' you're going to fall?
I know that lyme and bart both affect the nervous system....so that could be what's happening with that....not reacting quick enough when you start to fall.

I would think that both could also be due to tick borne bacteria... If you have neurolyme then it's messing with the brain.
Bartonella does affect our feet..so that could be causing the fallen arches.
Posted 3/6/2017 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you, Girlie. The arches started falling before the infection. Likely due to a penchant for deck shoes with no support, age and weight. I feel like I'm wearing clown shoes because they are so much bigger than what I wore for the first 65 years. But when I do catch a toe on a limb or vine or step, I'm going down before I realize it. And I don't bounce as well as I used to.

Post Edited (OldSalty) : 3/6/2017 2:12:38 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 3/6/2017 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
does anyone else have fallen arches? mine fell and my feet grew about a size and a half too!!
Posted 3/6/2017 9:06 PM (GMT 0)

OldSalty said...
Thank you, girlie. The arches started falling before the infection. Likely due to a penchant for deck shoes with no support, age and weight. I feel like I'm wearing clown shoes because they are so much bigger than what I wore for the first 65 years. But when I do catch a toe on a limb or vine or step, I'm going down before I realize it. And I don't bounce as well as I used to.

so, do you not have orthotics for your shoes to support your arches?
Posted 3/6/2017 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
I do now, after a bout with plantar faciitis. They help with the foot pain but not the shoe size nor balance.
Posted 3/6/2017 9:59 PM (GMT 0)

OldSalty said...
I do now, after a bout with plantar faciitis. They help with the foot pain but not the shoe size nor balance.

hello my dear..,

Foot pain and problems are a hallmark Bart symptom.
Many of your named symptoms above are possibly Lyme or co infection related
Posted 3/6/2017 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
I had horrible balance issues before I healed the first time. I swayed when standing up, would walk into walls and trip over "nothing" - or a crack in a sidewalk. It's very likely that, as Purrrsiankitty said, these are due to the infections and should ease up as you heal.

Until then, slow down! LOL! I have to tell that to my own hubby all the time - he has fallen arches, and bad balance issues from other conditions.
Posted 3/6/2017 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, all. I HAVE slowed down....any slower and I'll be at stop. But I'll have to be horizontal for at least two weeks following knee treatments. I'll keep you posted.
Posted 3/7/2017 12:36 AM (GMT 0)

OldSalty said...
Thanks, all. I HAVE slowed down....any slower and I'll be at stop. But I'll have to be horizontal for at least two weeks following knee treatments. I'll keep you posted.


Ooooooh...."knee treatments". Surgery? Brush up on your de-toxing for this. Not to scare you but it's normal to have an increase in symptoms after invasive procedures.

I'm like Traveler with these infections walking into everything, catching my toe on steps and pretending to be a stuntwoman, unbalanced and if I bend my head down too far, my whole body will follow. I was waiting for pick up at the lab today and let go of the pillar I was holding. A girl walked by at that moment and asked if I was ok because I did sort of lose my balance even with both feet planted. I blamed the wind.

I wanted to suggest - don't try to cushion your fall by putting a hand or arm out. Great way to break or tear something. I think we're supposed to "roll" with it. I'm not sure how that works for those of us well into our 60's but since like you I usually hit the ground before I ever realize I'm falling, it's hard to react well anyway.
Posted 3/7/2017 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
Julymorning: I'm down before I can react enough to put out a limb, or roll. I just splat, or break my fall with my face. The treatment is stem cell therapy. I had it January 2016 but the critters loosened them up. My thumb and wrist are also deteriorated - they were already worn but the bugs chewed them up worse. I'm primarily targeting the thumb and wrist, but he'll redo the knees for free...so why not?
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