Constant Twitch in Foot - Pain?

[Ernzo88]

Has anyone had a constant fine twitch in ONE (Not 2 or more fibres just one specific spot) area of their body,particularly thier foot? I have a constant twitch about the length of a paperclip and the width of a match in one exact spot in my heel. I can neither see it or feel it (assuming when people say they can feel a twitch they mean with their hand).I have some pain in that area and the boney area of my heel and I am scared that this is because my heel has begun to atrophy and thus there has been less protection for the boney area that hurts. What makes this worse is that as was mentioned in another thread of mine there is no strength test for the heel and also because it looks to me as if this heel is smaller than the other,though I do not recall if there was any difference beforehand.I'm going out of my mind with worry.

 

[Krackersones]

Your post reminds me of what I went through worrying about melanoma. Every person can find something on their bodies that can create cause for concern. With melanoma concerns, every mole or freckle could be melanoma. Even a biopsy cannot totally rule it out. And guess what? Early detection is your only hope unlike with twitching which does not offer added benefits for early detection. So with melanoma, you feel like you should check and remove everything but of course that is not rational. You can never be 100% sure.We all have bodies that are not going to last. They all will develop problems at some time. Does it really make sense to try and examine ourselves constantly and look for things that we can't make better or where the treatment is truly worse than the disease (like removing all your skin). I think we should only do what is reasonable so we can get some pleasure out of life. The body can exhibit lots of symptoms for long periods that do not mean a shortened life or immiment danger. So just because you have a symptom or something is different in one place or another does not need to provoke panic. We all have something we could panic about if we wanted to. Let's do what is reasonable, go to the neuro when you can. Do what the neuro advises. In the meantime, live your life to the best of your ability. People every day go to doctors to check on potentially severe problems. We all have to go back regularly. We are all supposed to check our bodies for cancer regularly. We can all ruin our lives with checking and worry. I fight to not do this (it's a constant battle I sometimes win and sometimes lose). I hope you will fight to not do this too. Nothing is worse than the constant worry in my opinion.Krackersones

 

[Ernzo88]

My mortality has caused me great problems/stress over the years and if I suspect anything that may speed up that process rapidly I tend to go nuts. As I say part of the problem is that I don't trust others to either diagnose/treat any possible ailment so I feel that unless I keep an eye out for potential problems,something will be missed and that will be the end of me.I gained very little pleasure out of life before this and what is going on at the moment (both mentally and physically) has robbed me of any little pleasure I did have,which in turn makes me feel even worse. Maybe one day (if this is not bad) I will stop worrying and concentrate on using my time in a more constructive manner,but its going to be very hard. As they say,you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

 

[RainCat]

Can you drive a car ie use the clutch or accelerator? can you dorsiflex your ankle? can you stand on one leg? can you run up the stairs? can you jump up a stair on both legs? none of which you could do with MND. Real weakness is the main symptom....when my uncle first realised something was wrong the onset was sudden so much so he thought he'd had a stroke...My aunt said he never knew or complained of twitches.Hope this helps

 

[Ernzo88]

How exactly do you test whether you can dorsiflex your ankle? None of the web pages/youtube videos explain well enough.I can stand on one leg but on my right leg (the one thats causing the problem) I sway over to one side and can't balance as long as I can when i'm standing on my left leg. I don't have any stairs so I can't tell you whether I can run or jump up them. The only thing I tried was about 4-7 days ago when I tried to jump onto a foot rest type thing that is about 13 1/2 inches high. I was finding it difficult but eventually managed it though I nearly broke my neck/ankle in the process.Thanks for the help,its just that I am an extreme case which makes it very hard to convince me otherwise when I have an idea in my head.

 

[edadoStar]

Same happens to me and I went and I still go trough the same trains of emotions you do. Apart from that, 18 months later I'm still here kicking as strong as I did before.