Myasthenia Gravis Support Group

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...

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CRAMPS !!!

TennMark
TennMark
My feet hate me !!! Been getting cramps in my arch of my feet, starting to get discuraged from it.. cant relax with out having a cramp or two...sorry guys just venting here...
Barbel
Barbel
I also had severe foot cramps too! Oh it hurts SO bad!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I saw this so just had to throw my alternative muscle cramp in here.
I think my weakest muscle in the body is one of the suprahyoids.
Its caused me all sorts in the past including dysarthia. A cramp in that area just a few days ago was so severe I could not talk and thought something had snapped broken in there. Well there is only the hyoid bone I guess...

Calmday
Joe-Fodor
Joe-Fodor
I've had a lot of trouble with my ankles this year, and it turns out I didn't have enough arch support in my shoes, and I compounded it on vacation by weaRing these "body glove" shoes on the beach which have absolutely no arch support. It's been better since I've been wearing arch supports, but I still have a lot of pain.

So, everybody in MG Land, make sure you have enough arch support in your shoes!

My neuro didn't think the ankle pain had anything to do with my MG, but I really think it does. There a lots of muscles down there, and as the MG weakens everything, they are unable to support me as well as they are designed to, and this in turn, causes stresses on the tendons and ligaments which can lead to crippling pain. But this may also be because I am nearing 50, and, as they say, "the feet go first."

As for the cramping in the hands -- that happens too, and is scary. The piece I posted this summer about the 85 year old WWII vet mentioned that he couldn't use his hands because of the MG!

The cramping in the feet is especially bad when I swim. For some reason, after I swim a lap or two the feet seize up and I can't swim anymore from the pain. The neuro has said this is from the mestinon.

I guess I'm just "venting" here, too! ~Joe