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Some of you might have noticed that I have taken a public beating on the “autoimmunity” thread for making the apparently unpopular assertion that humor is an adaptive means of coping with illness or traumatic loss or injury. None of you have to accept anything that I have said as “fact” in this...

Some of you might have noticed that I have taken a public beating on the “autoimmunity” thread for making the apparently unpopular assertion that humor is an adaptive means of coping with illness or traumatic loss or injury. None of you have to accept anything that I have said as “fact” in this...

PnH: Ambitious idea but potentially useful.If you get scared easily, please DO NOT read the first MD visit description, skip to the second doctor visit.Doctor #1: Went to my family MD to see about the pain and twitching I was having. I had already googled my symptoms and had the ALS panic...

Well, Steve...let's hope the two year old won't have symptoms when they grow up and there is a chance (if it is BFS/BCFS) they won't. The symptoms go away for some of us. Meanwhile, there are loads of exchanges on this forum with the purpose of helping one another cope. If we don't find...

I think that humor is an excellent way of putting things in perspective...I thought Zeke was funny and apropriately so here. I always thought Basso had an amazing way of using humor to help us all cope and Zeke's post reminded me of the brat study post. It was not meant to offend but to remind...

A reprisal of the literature posted by Basso:Mein Gott in Himmel, yes, now our beloved bratwurst is wurst than ever. Scientist in some sexret, I mean secret Bavarian laboratory have discovered that certain Bratwurst, when made out of the Wild Boar, twitches. Apparently, when processed, Boar meat...

Zeke, you remind me so much of Basso with this last post. I'm smiling to myself and I hope one day he pays us a visit again here. Measnwhile, glad you stepped up. :D)

CDC: I get both but the more frequent twitch for me is the slower kind. BOTH ARE BENIGN. Put your mind at ease.

They are not anything until they are diagnosed by a physician. I was simply distinguishing the difference between what feel like slow twitches and fast twitches that may account for the sensation of buzzing. It could be a parathesia for all I know. I can't see it happening with my own eye like...

CDC: Yes, this is something many here have experienced. I get the buzzing occasionally in the arch of my right foot. It feels as though it is a very fast twitching (more fibrillation than twitch?)but it is not an event that I can see with my very own eyes like the usual twitches in my legs...

WOO HOO indeed, Mark! But we all knew you'd get good news. No unicorns for you. :cool:

Welcome, Tilly. My opinion is not going to hold much weight as I am no physician. You did the right thing by making an appointment. I can understand your fear and encourage you to continue to seek support and encouragement from the folks here. If your nerves get beyond you, please consider...

Mermaid: I know what you mean about the waxing and waning of symptoms. I do not take any prescription meds for the twitches or pain but have had periods of almost no twitching at all only to have them come back again. I appreciate your caution but some folks do get past the whole thing and...

Mark: From what you have written, it sounds very much as though your MD ordered some tests to help YOU ease your worry. From what you said, he did not sound concerned at all. If he thought you had ALS, he would have told you so. I'd start accepting his assurances about your situation TODAY...

"Cyberchondria"!!!!! :LOL: That is too funny. It would be interesting to investigate the relationship between incidence rates (new diagnoses) of BFS/BCFS/PNH and the advent of the internet. That being said, for myself, I think my symptoms arrived before I was hosting any fears of serious...

Mermaid, how wonderful for you! What medicine are you taking that seems to be helping quiet the twitching?

Steve: yes, much of what you describe is common to many here. When I first started with my own batch of symptoms, pain was the presenting issue. The twitches came along later. I also had stiffness in my hands and was extremely sensitive to cold. The symptoms picture for most of us seems to...

Thanks for the additional info Steve. I can see that funding would be an issue for a benign syndrome like this one. However, when you start to consider the impact of BFS/BCFS on things like work performance (due to worry, inattention, high anxiety, pain, etc) and the financial costs of such as...

Nettie: I am so sorry that you are suffering with the fear of MND. While your physican might be apt to miss BFS/BCFS as a diagnosis, they will not miss MND, especially something like ALS. If you had something that sinister, there is no way you would have been able to jump up and down on one...

Thanks again, all! It makes sense to take it slow. I think it was my Type A personality and pushing too hard through the Life Fitness equipment that triggered this (start of BFS) for me in the first place. When the symptoms started, I stopped with the weight training but that is no good to...