I haven't posted a discussion topic for a looooong time. Here goes. I'm in a play right now and during practice one evening we learned an Irish jig. It wasn't horribly difficult, but I discovered two things. First, when I did the kick, I completely lost my balance and flew backwards through the doorway on the set and landed back stage. I didn't get hurt nor did I completey fall. It was kind of scary, but then I thought it was funny. I also discovered that I can't do the dance as even though the steps are fairly simple, the dance goes quickly and my brain won't process the step pattern that quickly. I can do the first step and have even gotten up to the fourth or fifth step, but that is it. Oh, well, I'm in the back row so not a lot of people can see me. LOL

I wonder if anyone has experienced this next thing. I discovered shortly before being diagnosed that standing at the top of steps (just the steps from the front door to the sidewalk-not more than four or five) produces a weird feeling--like I'm going to fall. I get kind of light headed, but the stronger feeling is that I will fall. My husband had to put railings on our front steps. Escalators going down are very difficult for me due to this feeling. I also get this same feeling of falling when I am one to two feet away from the edge of the stage. When the director has told me to get closer to the edge (she knows I have MS and she is a doctor to boot), I am very hesitant as I hate the feeling that I will fall. Surprisingly, even though I can't do the dance in the play and hate the edge of the stage, she has me standing on top of a chair in act III. Fortunately, there is an adult on either side of me so that if I start to lose my balance, one or both of them will help.

Does anyone else get this 'about to fall' feeling? Or have any of you experienced difficulty dancing?