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Boy some of those things sound like MS. I'm glad you have a caring Doctor. Maybe because he has all those children he can be more empathetic. Good, very good.
Are they checking for other things like neurological or neuromuscular problems as well? Walking is good for everybody but I think stretching, when you can, would seem to help to limber and stretch those muscles out. When you spoke of the balls of your feet and how the humid weather affects you, it made me think of neurological complaints I have read with people with MS. So many here have multiple illnesses because of it being autoimmune. Please keep in touch and let us know how this all goes. Oh when I had the worse of those problems in the rib cage it was usually when I was reclining like waking up in bed. My body didn't like that at all. I have trouble in my legs and feet but it's usually sharp shooting pains and cramps now. It was lightly burning pain when it started out years ago, with tingling and numbness. It was said to be a PN. hmmmmm. I wonder. Oh and yes I think it makes perfect sense that any restrictive clothing, like a belt will make things worse. You even have to be careful of the kind of shoes you wear. I cannot wear anything restrictive and thank goodness for some of the looser styles right now.
~Kewanee



Kewanee,

fortunately it is not that bad Honest. I do not think it is anything like MS. I have a definite form of arthritis.

This spasm is nothing more than like having a stitch in the side. It is not all that painful (the only one that is not painful). It is more like those other rather annoying flickerings that one gets over the eyes, near the chin, in the fingers, and a few other places.

I have been thinking about possible reasons. I come up with one possibility - whiplash injury. Sounds weird, but it fits in the spot where one wears a lap sash seat belt. It is always in that upper quadrant. It happens when I bend over, but not all of the time. I thought of the possibility of my colon being somehow responsible, but I do not believe that this is the case. I had a minor bout with IBS but I have been clear of this problem for a long time. All my tests prove that I do not have any nasty bugs.

I do not have reactive arthritis, which is the most likely reason for suspecting a virus.

What I have is a mild inflammatory arthritis and I have been fighting the problem since 1987.

Again the issue of the belt is no big deal. It is so hard to explain how these things are involved. It is only when the edge presses against that spot when I bend over. Then something tightens and the muscle goes into spasm. There is no real pain involved in that form of spasm and it is definitely no related to a disorder within my bowel.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life