Hello, I am new here and hopeful to get some advice that I can use. :confused: I have posted one other place here today and that was in the inverted p wave thread. I forgot to mention there in that thread that I have frequent pitting edema in my left shin and foot. Sometimes it is really bad and looks like Fred Flintstone's foot. When it gets that bad, my right foot will be just a little puffy. It comes and goes as a phantom just like the intensity of my heart racing, pounding or extra beating with pauses.... It really does affect my life. I also kick in my sleep and sometimes have the uncomfortable restless leg crawlies.

I do hope someone can offer suggestions and/or reassurance. I have seen cardiologists, homeopathists, chiropractors and acupuncturists.....all to which have not proven to be a cure. I do not know if I should ask for an invasive procedure to be done to determine if there's a need for re-routing signals etc... I do not take any medications. I do take supplements from time to time. I eat a pretty well-balanced diet. I am not a junk food junkie. I do drink caffeine in coffee and iced tea. Social drinker and smoker. And sometimes when I am in that social setting, having a beverage and a cigarette, my irregularities are gone temporarily. What in the world should I do???

I'm surprised your cardiologist didn't put you on a diuretic. You can always get another opinion, it can't hurt.

At first blush, it sounds to me like a venous blockage in a major vein in your lower left leg.
I would have it checked out to determine blood flow. I don't think you have to go particularly invasive to get your answer.

With only one leg having the problem it makes for an easier diagnosis; most causes of edema would involve BOTH legs equally.

flutterby 61

Missing heartbeats and leg spasms in your sleep could indicate a magnesium deficiency. I dont know your age, but most pe-menopausal and menopausal women have a magnesium deficiency.

Try 500mg of magnesium oxide per day for a month, if thats the problem you will know by the end of a month.
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