more questions: fingers/shakes/foot

[Guest guest]

Hello to all! Hope everyone is doing well. It is a chilly 14 degress

here in PA..Bbrrrr!!

Ok, here are my issues. At times I seem to have issues with my fingers

not working properly, like trying to open a napkin or picking up

papers. I also get to where they feel kinda like numb, like when I am

driving I feel like I am not really holding on to the steeringwheel.

Also sometime I get small shakes in them.

Also, I have a lot of tightness in my right foot. On the outside of it

below the ankle. Sometimes the foot is very painful. Does any of this

sound like symptoms of the CMT. (yes I was diagnosed) O could it be

from the nerve biopsy that I had about a year and a half ago?

Meeting with my lawyer today, not sure what he can do after ignoring me

for almost 8 months, but wish me luck anyway!!

Teri

[Guest guest]

Teri,

Yes, some people with CMT have finger/hand symptoms. The shaking you

refer to is called " tremors " and some people with CMT have this too.

Mine is very mild now, almost non-existent. I took a medication for it

for years and recently stopped with no further tremors or surge in

tremors.

Your foot problem would not now be caused by a biopsy done so long

ago. Are you exercising/stretching/ are you wearing any kind of

orthotics - these may need adjustment / are you wearing supportive

foot wear/ how is your gait? These would more likely be causing you

the pain.

~ Gretchen

[Guest guest]

Hi Teri,

Keep your hands really warm and that should help with some of your fine motor

control. When my hands are cold they just don't work.

[Guest guest]

Sorry guys just catching up with emails after almost a month of work travel

and busy-ness!

The tight feeling on the outer edge of a foot is what sent me to a doctor in

the first place. In my case they said it was a peroneal tendonitis. It

comes and goes for me but is worse when I wear shoes without good support /

alignment. It is also sore after exercises specifically targeting my

peroneal muscle.

All the best from raining London,

Donna