Alright, so here I am again, freaking out over something that's supposedly going to kill me. Yesterday night, I noticed my heels would tingle and go numb if I sat on them for too long. No biggie, happens all the time. Went to bed and when I woke up, I noticed my heel was still numb and tingly. That's about when I started to worry, because I'm terrified of gangrene.
I kind of gently massaged the numb area and I heard a small crackling noise. It was about then that I really started to freak out. It was like my heart stopped for a moment when I heard that little popping sound. I rubbed the area a bunch more times and I heard it on and off. I planned to go to the hospital.
Just now, though, I rubbed my other heel that is not numb or tingly, and I got the same sort of popping noise. That definitely confused me. I listened closer and heard my fingers/wrist gently popping because of the way I was rubbing. I can't tell if that's the noise I heard when I first rubbed my numb heel, and now I'm both scared and confused.
I don't think I see any discoloration...I don't think. I looked really hard and all I could see was a bit of redness on the heel, but that's present on both of them and, to my knowledge, is pretty normal. I lean forward a lot on my computer and my phone and art and the like, so I wonder if that may play a role too.
Is there anything less scary that this could be? Or is it really as bad as I initially thought?
Oh gosh Angel Baby......what a state you are in. you are over stressing just about anything and everything here. Gangrene certainly doesnt start because you sit on your heels. I wonder why you are so worried about gangrene?
You are a very very anxious person and need to stop worrying about the normal tiny things that happen to your body,and most people dont even notice.
If you are in UK maybe you need some talking therapy to try and calm all your fears. Your doctor could help here.
Yes, I'm known to become easily stressed about everything. I get a headache, it's a brain tumor. I get a mosquito bite, I'm going to die of west nile. My stomach gurgles, it's about to explode. My problem is I keep looking stuff up on the internet when I notice a new symptom and it just makes everything worse-I made the mistake of looking up gangrene a month or two ago and I've been worried sick about it since.
As an update, I rubbed my couch the way I did my heel and I heard the crackling noise-I got closer and it turns out, it was my finger joints making the sound. A bit of a relief but still, my anxiety is running rampant. My head feels fuzzy all the time these days and I get tension headaches nearly every night.
Unfortunately, I'm in the US where everything costs a lot of money and is excessively confusing. I've been to multiple doctors for the past four months and all of them have medically cleared me, but I'm still here wondering if they're not catching something. Life is very unpleasant these days as a result and I'd love to get some good professional help, but God, the cost...