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I've had "dropfoot" for many years and wear braces on both my feet/calves to prevent me from tripping.  I've fallen many times but have not broken anything; except that my back required surgery and I wonder if my falls had anything to do with it.  But I'm very lucky that now I feel no pain. "Foot drop is a gait abnormality in which the dropping of the foot happens due to  weakness, damage to the peroneal nerve or paralysis of the muscles in the anterior portion of the lower leg. It is usually a symptom of a greater problem, not a disease in itself. ..." ~Wikipedia I just learned that I have Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy; CIDP for short.  After all these years I have a reason why I have "dropfoot". "Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy,  is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system." ~Wikipedia The treatment is Granulex-C iv ig, which is  made from hum