receding bone in leg

ravenhome777 said...
I think my calf bone is receding. When I feel it, it feels like it's getting smaller and smaller. It's recently started to hurt when walking up stairs.

Am I imagining this, or do other people have this as well?

I can’t tell - it’s hard to feel it with the muscle around it.

Do you mean up by the knee?


I have experienced bone pain in other areas: my tailbone, my ribs on the left side below my breast, and the lower left side of my neck.

I believe bone pain is a bart symptom.

You don’t mean the shinbone do you? I think that’s one I’ve read is bart.

ravenhome777 said...
Yes, I think it might be the shin bone. It's the one in the very front part of the leg that kind of sticks out. You can feel it with your fingers sticking out all the way down your leg. This is the lower part of the leg. I think it's referred to as the tibia.

Okay - yes I can feel that one in the centre. The other one on the outer side of the calf is the one I thought you meant.

I’ve lost muscle in that area and the bone does feel kind of “thin” but I’m thinking it’s because the surrounding muscle has atrophied and it just feels thinner.


I actually had quite developed calf muscles prior to lyme.
My husband always commented on them saying he wished he had my calves.

But I had muscle atrophy early on with Lyme and it really shows in that area.
I actually use a measuring tape periodically to check if I’m losing anymore muscle there. So far I haven’t.

Traveler,

Had trouble getting on your site. So good to see your name and know you are out there. Have a question for you. Could you email me with an email address for you.

Again, great to see your name and hope you are doing better.

Running Wild