Trying2Bcalm
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Hello again to everyone. I had another thread so my history is there. I took all the advice along with the EMG results from July and the clinical exams and I have been doing well at moving on despite the twitching. BTW, reading the old threads on BFS site were very helpful too.
I, unfortunately, have had something new come up that I want to seek your opinions/input on. I went in this morning for an MRI on my R foot and ankle for suspected Morton's Neuroma. I have attached the results here and it was very alarming for me and have me very distressed. It finds multiple areas of atrophy in foot muscles as well as the distal gastrocnemius muscle. I had a follow up with my neurologist on 9/14 who only did a repeat of the clinical exam on my upper body. (the one on 7/7 was more thorough and included lower body that he declared normal with noting reduced reflex at heal that he suspected tarsal tunnel on). (twitching began 5 months ago)
ok, so--There doesn't seem to be any visual signs of atrophy and I have no clinical weakness that I can tell; I can do calf raises and heel walk and pick up a shirt with curled toes. But the MRI showing atrophy is making me a nervous wreck.
I don't have the words for a proper question right now on if this is a warning sign or what in the world is going on. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
(I can't get in for a dr. visit on this for a couple of weeks)
I, unfortunately, have had something new come up that I want to seek your opinions/input on. I went in this morning for an MRI on my R foot and ankle for suspected Morton's Neuroma. I have attached the results here and it was very alarming for me and have me very distressed. It finds multiple areas of atrophy in foot muscles as well as the distal gastrocnemius muscle. I had a follow up with my neurologist on 9/14 who only did a repeat of the clinical exam on my upper body. (the one on 7/7 was more thorough and included lower body that he declared normal with noting reduced reflex at heal that he suspected tarsal tunnel on). (twitching began 5 months ago)
ok, so--There doesn't seem to be any visual signs of atrophy and I have no clinical weakness that I can tell; I can do calf raises and heel walk and pick up a shirt with curled toes. But the MRI showing atrophy is making me a nervous wreck.
I don't have the words for a proper question right now on if this is a warning sign or what in the world is going on. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
(I can't get in for a dr. visit on this for a couple of weeks)