If only I could learn to schedule it.

I woke up 1.5 hours early today to a muscle cramp in my right calf. The kitten crawled onto my chest to investigate what the whimpering was about. Afterwards, I noticed the simultaneous muscle twitches in my left hamstring, left scalp near my ear ( again), and my right forearm.

It took half a year after my ( Read more... )

My muscle twitches still have not returned to their "usual" level prior to my backpacking trip, although they're getting closer.

Tonight, I've got a muscle twitch on my scalp right beside the top of my left ear that's driving me bonkers.

The neuromuscular sub-specialist did the electromyogram this morning. It was a shorter session focusing only on my right leg and foot. He wanted to answer two questions. First, why was a dataset missing from one particular nerve during my extensive scan? Second, did my numbers change at all during the intervening time ( Read more... )

Doh! At 6:35pm today, I got my first muscle twitch. It was near my left elbow.

That's a whole 6 days without a twitch, from Friday evening to Thursday evening.

Now if I could just figure out what caused it to disappear for so long (or return today). My thoughts so far roam far and wide:

• Vitamin D: I spent lots more time in sunlight during the trip ( Read more... )

Sunday was painful, but it was barely noticeable on Monday and Tuesday as I went out for walks.  I just realized, however, that I can't remember a single muscle twitch during the last 3 days.  I haven't had such a respite in.... more than a year, I think ( Read more... )

I've had more than 20 twitches today (right calf, left ankle, both forearms, back), and I haven't even gotten out of the house to go to work yet ( Read more... )

It's important to maintain diversity in the larger ecosystem.  The same rule applies, though, to the complex ecosystem found within our own bodies.  I've mentioned before the theory that humans may be experiencing autoimmune problems in such high frequency because we've used antibiotics to kill off the parasites that we hosted in the past.  ( Read more... )

Isolation usually helps me through the difficult thinks that need thinking. Not so much this time, though. Maybe I'm still being too intertwined with activities to get the necessary distance for proper perspective. I'm unsure. All plans are off the table for the moment, and that uncertainty provokes a strange emotion (pale but persistent) that I ( Read more... )

If you know any youngsters with an interest in medicine, tell them that there's a profound need for specialists who can diagnose and treat neurological problems.  Job security?  Yeah, there's a field of study where you're sure to get a job after you finish your degree ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning because of cramp in my right calf. Good morning, sunshine! As it died down (shorter lived today than other mornings), I felt a muscle twitch in the calf. I start to suspect that twitches (either persistent or strong ones) while I sleep might be responsible for triggering these cramps ( Read more... )