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Maybe what I have--peripheral neuropathy--love and sympathy,nSubject: Re: Snow, ice and MS, VertigoTo: MSersLife Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 11:42 AM

Thanks for the suggestion. n!I don't think she would describe it as vertigo. It's more like the brain getting the signals from the legs and feet wrong. Walking on ice is tricky, even for a non-MSer, so I can imagine just how hard it must be if there is a communication problem between the legs and the brain (or spinal cord). When you walk on "ordinary", ice free, level ground, you could more or less just tell the feet to walk, and then ignore them. But walking on ice, and on snow, is really all about the communication between feet and brain. It's a bit like climbing that way.But she does have a set of these for

her shoes: http://media.redcatsnordic.com/ellos/images/products/pr/27-69/27-6927.jpgAnd it really does help.love/Reb > > Subject: Snow, ice and MS, reply to Cait. was: Re: Kate?> To:

MSersLife > Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 8:24 AM> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think maybe that "high alert 'don't fall' " mode is what happens to during the winter (when there is snow and ice). Or at least that something like that is part of it. She describes it as feeling as if she is sliding, even when she really isn't, then trying to compensate for that "sliding", which leads to her actually sliding and falling.> Her neuro says ice can be tricky for MSers like that.> love/Reb>