Tarsal Tunnel

[anglrckx]

My doctor has diagnosed me with TTS. I am wondering if thats what I really have! I do not have any tingling. my toes are fine. but I do have spurs on both feet seen on an xray. On my right foot, I have a heel spur which has probably aggravated all this. My inside ankle has pain and I limp everywhere. Reading the posts here........I agree. Its depressing and very painful. recently my foot swells as I have stepped wrong and the pain took my breath away going up my calf. Its been 6 days and I can barely touch my calf because it is so painful, and have had to stay off my feet due to severe swelling. can anyone relate to this? I poke my ankles and don't feel tingling. I am scared of the operation which is scheduled for January 16th. From what I read......it may work and may not and its painful. thanks for listening to me. I feel crazy and isolated.
sandy

[footankledoc]

First off, I'm sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. If I could make a few suggestions, I would get a nerve conduction study to see if the posterior tibial nerve is indeed latent. Latent meaning that there's blockage of the nerve signal. If there indeed some type of signal blockage of the nerve, then you may have TTS. Before jumping to surgery, you are entitled to seek a second opinion. Other treatments to consider are physical therapy, custom orthotics, and change of shoegear. Even other diagnostic studies can help like MRI to further evaluate your "inside ankle pain". Not all inside ankle pain is TTS. The spurs could be incidental finding - not all people with spurs have the symptoms you describe. Sometimes they have no pain at all. I hope these few suggestions can help. I wish you the best of luck!

[btdt]

I also had no tingling when I touched my ankle, but I had other issues that caused me to need TTS surgery. I dealt with this issue for 16 years thinking/hoping it would go away on its own, not so. I finally had the surgery in March of 2008. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. I have been completely pain free since the moment I woke up from the surgery. There was some swelling to deal with after the procedure but other than that I have been very fortunate.
I tried shots, steroids, therapy and rest, with no success. I wore all types of shoes with support, again with no success.
Only you can determine when you've had enough and if conservative treatmenst provide no relief, opt for the surgery. It may just be the best thing you could do for yourself.


Good luck.