falling backwards

im new here and from what i have read this is a good support group . very helpful. my question is trying to find a diagnosis. iv,e had the pleasure of falling backwards . no vertigo no dizzyness no symptoms. to make it short went to neuto. he suggested a cat scan no mri due to pacemaker. he said may be brain or spinal cord impigment. Hmo refused test. trying fight them ha ha ha. My question is, has anyone had trouble with balance or falling backwards. im very frightened cause i was in wheel chair ten yrs. ago and told i would not recover. a good kind wonderful doc. helped me. i have plate in back. afraid ill fall badly and land in wheel chair again. also my feet have started to swell now. Question has any one had trouble with falling or balance with pacemaker im due to have it checked. i worry how many people r suffering because of their hmo. sorry so long . thank u for any imput. mgsally frightrened to death .

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falling backwards

by mgsally - 2013-04-17 01:04:45

Thank you to all that have tried to help . i am on water pills , I sleep fine , I have myasthenia gravis, but thats under control with meds, dont drink, dont smoke, eat healthy, thats where i messed up. Too careful . i did file an appeal. have to wait 40 to sixty days. ten years ago had accident injured back. they took too .long to care for me and consequently fell two more times causing compression of spinal. cord. said may loose function of arms and legs. I have a plate in my back. this is why im frightened I know the consequences of delayed testing. I had a good surgeon. The doctors today are helpeless when it comes to insurance companies. they rule. This is not health care What happened tp preventive medicine. All i want is a cat scan not brain surgery. as far as swollen ankles this is new. had open heart surgery valve replacement, but i also had swollen anke when i had compression of cord. i can still think/ what about all the other sick people who cant fight. I will continue to fight for myself and everyone else. i get very upset over unjustices. maybe by writing this it will make someone else aware.of what can happen. Thank you again. I will keep fighting . may not win but never will give up. Sorry so long hope everyone is being taken care of. sally.

Absolutely

by Zia - 2013-04-17 12:04:28

I have nothing pertinent to add to the above. Those guys get it right all the time. But, the only other thing is, and get this deep down! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND TO BE CARED FOR - or as my late husband was fond of saying "noncarborundum illigitimi" (don't know if I spelled it right) in other words "don't let the bastards grind you down"

Be scared

by donr - 2013-04-17 12:04:36

Sally: This can be a serious situation.

I'm going to guess at something here. I have bad balance, but I keep wanting to fall to my right, as opposed to the rear.

I know mine is an inner ear problem. But I have no dizziness at all, I just will suddenly pitch to the right.

Inner ear balance problems can come from retaining fluid & excess sodium, as Sparrow told you.

If you have swollen ankles, you are most likely retaining fluid. You probably need a diuretic anyway for the fluid retention.

So, that plus sodium intake reduction could reasonably be expected to help this balance problem.

Don

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