Tarsal Tunnel

[livingwith]

I started having pain in my right foot in the beginning of 2000. In the beginning it was coming and going bur from around Easter onward it was nearly constant and started walking with crutches as I hoped that resting would help. I even got NSAIDs but in
June even my other foot started to have the same symptoms (burning sensation, and tingling on the sole of the foot). During the summer it got worse I had trouble sleeping. The search for a competent doctor went on and my 6th orthopedic surgeon se...Read the full article

[grandma3]

IVE RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH TARSAL TUNNEL IN BOTH OF MY FEET..I USE A CANE AND MY WALKER AT HOME SOMEDAY.I ALWAYS USE THE ELECTRIC CARTS EVERYWHERE I GO.....IVE NOT HAD SURGEY YET..WHICH I WANT TO GET RID OF THE PAIN...BUT HE WANTS TO START ME ON SHOTS FIRST ....AT FIRST SINCE (JULY) WHEN THE NUMBNESS BEGAN AND PAIN,TINGLING,I CRIED ALOT.WHINNED ALOT COMPLAINED ALOT...BUT I KNEW SOMETHING WAS AWFULLY WRONG...NEVER HEARD OF THIS CONDITION UNTIL I GOT DIAGNOSED BY A NEUROMUSCULAR DR OUT OF TOWN....OUR DOCTORS IN TOWN DID TESTS---BUT BK IN AUGUST MY FEET ARENT AS BAD AS THEY ARE NOW..IF I SIT TOO LONG OR AM ON MY FEET TOO LONG THEY TURN PURPLE DID YOURS EVER DO THAT???
IVE GOT A GREAT HUBBY 30 YRS MARRIED AS OF 10-10....BUT AT FIRST SOME FAMILY MEMBERS WERE LIKE SO PUZZLED AS TO MY PAIN I WOULD TELL THEM AND WELL U NEED BETTER SHOES BLAH BLAH....I CAN ONLY WEAR MY CROX'S FOR NOW I CANT GO BAREFOOT OR WITHOUT SOCKS....I TAKE MY TRAMADOL FOR PAIN WHICH DOES HELP, I SOAK MY FEET WARM WATER IS THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO HELP---MY MOM KEPT SAYING ICE----BUT I TOLD DR ICE OR ANYTING COLD MAKES IT WORSE...ITS NICE TO HAVE THIS FORUM TO TALK TO OTHERS WHO'VE HAVE THIS....TC GOD BLESS KEEP ME INFORMED OK.........SARAH

[winterface4]

MY EXPERIENCE BEGAN THIS YR WITH A DR VISIT TELLING MY DOC THAT MY FEET HURT...HE SAID TO BUY BETTER WORK SHOES I WAS IN RETAIL AND ON MY FEET IN SEVERAL AREAS...AND USE INSERTS..SO I DID THAT...THEN IT GOT WORSE..AND NOW AFTER BEING ON 1 MEDICAL LEAVE SEEING MY FIRST FOOT DOC AND GETTING A TEST DONE NCVSTUDY TEST(MY FEET WERE NOT AS BAD THEN AS NOW) THE TEST WAS OK...I MONTH LATER I GOT TESTED AGAIN MY FEET WERE PURPLE AND I DIDNT FEEL ANYTHING...NO SURGERY YET WHICH I WOULD RATHER HAVE AND GET IT OVER WITH. MY DOC IS OUT OF TOWN DIDNT GET MUCH HELP IN MY TOWN..AND HE WANTS TO START ME ON SHOTS...NEVER HAD THEM BEFORE OR KNEW ANYONE WHO HAD GOTTEN THEM......IM SICK OF BEING IN PAIN NOT BEING ABLE TO DO MUCH. I USE A CANE AND A WALKER AT HOME ON THE WORST OF DAYS THE WALKER,I USE ELECTRIC CHAIRS EVERYWHERE I GO.....DONT GO MUCH UNLESS I HAVE A DR.APPT OR WHATEVER.....IM ON TRAMADOL..BUT YESTERDAY I WAS SICK TO MY STOMACH FOR BOUT 3 HOURS I MUST OF NOT ATE ENOUGH B4 TAKING MY MEDS.........ANYWAY THIS IS A PAINFUL CONDITION I NEVER REALIZED THAT B4 MY 50TH BDAY I WOULD BE IN MISERY AND STUCK AT HOME ALL THE TIME..IVE RESUMED MY CROCHETING I HAVENT DONE IN YRS..NOT USED TO SITTING MUCH...........WELL I LOVE THIS WEB SITE CAUSE U CAN VENT OR READ WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING THROUGH. IVE GOT A GREAT HUBBY 30 YRS NOW AND A NEW GRANDSON COMING NEXT WEEK........BUT SO FAR JUST TAKE IT DAY BY DAY AND MY MEDS HELP AND MY CANE TOO.PLUS MY FAITH IN GOD I CRY ALOT AT TIMES I HATE THIS............WELL U ALL TC....SARAH

[sasc3]

HELLO SARAH, MY NAME IS TRISH AND I WAS DIAGNOSED THE SAME YEAR. I HAVE IT IN BOTH FEET MY-SELF AND I WENT FOR THE INJECTIONS,PT,AND AFTER 6 MONTHS OF SEVERE PAIN MY DOCTOR SAID SURGERY, SO I ASK CAN YOU PLEASE DO BOTH FEET ! HE SAID NO IN CASE THE SURGERY DIDN'T WORK, WELL HE WAS SO RIGHT BECAUSE AFTER MY SURGERY I WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN BUT THAN IT GOT INFECTED, I CALLED WENT IN AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS INFECTED,WELL JUST TO SHORTEN MY STORY I HAD SURGERY ON LEFT FOOT, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE WITHIN THE YEAR BY TOP FOOT SPORTS SURGEON, AND HE SAID HE COULDN'T PROMISE TO UNDO WHAT THE FIRST SURGEON DID, BUT HE WOULD GIVE IT HIS ALL. WELL 6 YRS LATER I AM IN WORSE PAIN THAN EVER BEFORE, NOW MY RIGHT FEET IS DOING THE SAME AS MY LEFT STARTED OUT AS, BUT HAVE NO INSURANCE SO CAN DO NOTHING, SINCE MY LAST SURGERY I HAVE THIS TINGLING SINSATION, BURNING,GERKING,CAN'T STAND TO HAVE ANYTHING TOUCHING THEM ,WHERE YOU CAN'T HOLD YOUR FEET STILL, IT LAST 30/45 MINUTES, I USUALLY JUST GET UP, WHICH AS YOU WELL KNOW KILLS YOU.I HAD POSTED ON HERE BEFORE BEFORE HAVING MY SURGERIES, BUT AFTER TAKING LARGE AMOUNTS OF A CERTAIN MEDICATON MY MEMOREY HAS BEEN WIPED OUT, SO I HAD TO START ALL OVER I MET A LOT OF FANTASIC PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, THEY ARE WONDERFULL.I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR SURGERY SOME PEOPLE HEAL DIFFERNTLY THAN OTHERS, I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF WHICH THE SURGERY DIDN'T WORK.TAKE CARE: TRISH

[winterface4]

HELLO TRISH.....WELL IM SURE HOPIN MY SURGERY WILL HELP...NOT SURE IF ILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO MY OLD JOB..IM IN RETAIL AND WHERE I WORKED AT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY AREA AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS WHEN NO ONE WAS AROUND....ID RATHER FIND A SIT DOWN JOB...DONT WANT THIS TO EVER GET AGRIVATED AGAIN OR RETURN...THIS IS THE WORST PAIN EVER AS U KNOW......
IM HEALTHY OTHER THAN MY DANG FEET PROBLEM......SORRY U HAD PAIN EVEN AFTER SURGERY.....IVE ALWAYS WORKED I JUST TURNED 50 THIS YR......SO MUST OF BEEN FROM ALL THOSE JOBS I HAD WHERE I WAS ON MY FEET HUGH.....WELL U TC....GOD BLESS WRITE ME BK SOMETIME ID LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU..SARAH