Good evening @tricia7681: That looks just like my toes. And sometimes the second toe laps over the big toe and I have to lift it to unstick it and get it off. That is a bit like helping the toes come unglued. I have to help them bend and then push one off the other. I have times when my left knee just doesn't get the message to "stand strong". It collapses and I have to give it a good shake and a few rubs...then it holds me up. My opinion is that these are neuropathy related. I have SFN, (small fiber neuropathy), and these signs of the brain sending out some wrong signals happens multiple times a day. I have to make sure I am steady before I walk.

While the tingling, burning, and muscle stiffness seem to have been around awhile you have new issues with what you indicate may be cognitive decline. It is known that SFN can affect any place on the body that is connected to other parts and all of them have nerve pathways. So, if the nerve fibers are disappearing and not being replaced....then it is understandable. We can learn to cope.

Some of us have been helping each other with cognitive issues. I find that when I have a thought ready to go in my head, and then interrupt that thought to go somewhere else or pay attention to another question, I lose the first thought while it is right there on the edge of my tongue.

You are so young and with growing children. Get ready to be at the head of the SFN class or at least the youngest one in the class. Hang in......let us know what feedback you get and what questions you have. We are sincere and genuine. We gladly share what we know about being a patient or a caregiver for a patient.

Just tell us what we can do now? If that doesn't work....then ask Santa. (Happy Hollidays).
May you be safe and protected from inner and outer harm.

Chris

Tricia I am so sorry you are going through this. On a side, totally stupid note, though, you have beautiful feet.