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@artistwagoodi - There is a discussion on Ataxia that might be helpful for connecting with other members.
--- Ataxia: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ataxia-1/
Your first 3 sentences describing your condition are the same as mine, but I also have numbness in my hands.
Wow! I guess I shouldn't be amazed but I am. I am just like that- everything is visual because I can't tell otherwise and I'll fall down. I use my elbow on the wall of the shower and it's like a magic trick! Take my elbow off the wall, fall down. Keep my elbow touching the wall, everything is fine.
They're not telling you the endgame because they don't know. Nerves rupture and communication is lost and you lose control of the part they talked to you about. That could be a leg, or both. That could be organs. That could be your diaphragm and you can't breathe (that's common)... they don't have a way to know how or when.
Don't read this like doomsday prophecies... it could be a LONG time or a short time - just like anybody else... life is fragile and fleeting.