# Ataxia type 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** New Member Introductions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280 "2016-09-28T13:31:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hummingbirdlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Hummingbirdlady](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Hummingbirdlady)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/1 "2016-09-28T13:31:54Z")
Hello i have Ataxia type 7 .can anyone tell me anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![Dolo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Dolo23](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Dolo23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/2 "2016-10-02T14:28:31Z")
I also have sca7. Well to start off my vision got to a point where i was legally blind. As with sca7 the vision tends to go first. Then 2 years later i started to notice tremors when i did activity or just walked for a while. Then it got worse to the point where i could barely walk a quarter mile without feeling the effects. I sent a lot of mris to a neurologist that told me i have sca7. This was last year at December . So far to help i am in rehab therapy with a neuro therapost. And currently wearing a blance belt to help train me to move. I havent found any help for the eyes yet though. But i just wear sunglasses alot to protect them as they are sensitive. [Dolo23.com](http://Dolo23.com)…is a little blog i started telling of my experiences and what not. You can read about me and sca7. I hope this helped. ---
**Author:** ![Hummingbirdlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Hummingbirdlady](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Hummingbirdlady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/3 "2016-10-02T17:32:07Z")
I read your blog was exactly how I feel daily.Thanks for [sharing.It](http://sharing.It) helped me a lot.If people would listen with there heart not their head that is helpful.If it wasn’t for the Lord helping me daily could not make it.I’m in a chair walk some with walker,can’t drive anymore.Have to have some one take me.But all in all this is not my final [home.So](http://home.So) that keeps me going.Thanks Earlene ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/4 "2016-10-02T17:36:40Z")
Hi 😊 If you didn’t already know, [www.ataxia.org](http://www.ataxia.org) has info about SCA7, lots of useful fact sheets and helpful links🙂xB ---
**Author:** ![Hummingbirdlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Hummingbirdlady](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Hummingbirdlady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/5 "2016-10-02T20:27:10Z")
Thanks beryl I’m new to the site that is very helpful.Thanks Earlene ---
**Author:** ![Hummingbirdlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Hummingbirdlady](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Hummingbirdlady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/6 "2016-10-02T20:28:44Z")
I thought about one of the balance belts has it helped any.Earlene ---
**Author:** ![Dolo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Dolo23](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Dolo23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/7 "2016-10-02T22:37:46Z")
I just started a week ago with the belt. But with the belt and my trainer in a few weeks or months i should be able to walk a little less with my cane and more with my own two feet. So far i havent really noticed THAT much but given time i am hopeful. Do i suggest that you invest in it? You should really ask me that in a couple weeks ---
**Author:** ![Hummingbirdlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Hummingbirdlady](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Hummingbirdlady)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/8 "2016-10-03T00:57:33Z")
Let me know in a couple weeks if you can how the belt is working.I had thought about trying one.Would be interested to see how it works.Earlene ---
**Author:** ![Dolo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Dolo23](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Dolo23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/ataxia-type-7/5280/9 "2016-10-03T15:24:57Z")
Will do i will let you know how things turn out.