Numb leg...ahhhhhh!!! - ThinnerTimes

08-13-2005, 09:31 AM

I have noticed lately, maybe the last couple months that I get alot of numbness and tingling on my left leg. Yesterday, I even fell. Ever so gracefully I might add. I am thinking I am crossing my legs now and possibly it is falling alsleep. However, I am wondering why I also feel it kind of dragging when I am walking. I think the dragging thing happens when I am tired??

Has anyone else had this problem and do you think it is because I never could cross my legs like this before??

One more thing...my blood work is normal except, my iron is low, which it always is, but I have to see if it is lower than usual, or just my regular amount.

Rain

LizardQueen · 08-13-2005, 09:53 AM

While crossing your legs can cause some numbness or tingling what you are describing sounds like it may be something more since you said you feel like your leg is dragging. I think I'd make an appt with the doc and get it checked out. It may be sciatic nerve problems. my hubby has this problem but also has pain with it. Better to be safe than sorry!

Blueyz · 08-13-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by HAMPTON5555

I have noticed lately, maybe the last couple months that I get alot of numbness and tingling on my left leg. Yesterday, I even fell. Ever so gracefully I might add. I am thinking I am crossing my legs now and possibly it is falling alsleep. However, I am wondering why I also feel it kind of dragging when I am walking. I think the dragging thing happens when I am tired??

Has anyone else had this problem and do you think it is because I never could cross my legs like this before??

One more thing...my blood work is normal except, my iron is low, which it always is, but I have to see if it is lower than usual, or just my regular amount.

Rain

Has Kelly requested a B1 Thiamine test? I am always low, so she asks for it....my fingers and toes go numb and sometimes my legs do when I am extremely low. Just a thought.

JohnsWife4Life · 08-13-2005, 10:36 AM

The dragging is definitely a classic sign of Sciatica. The huge nerve that goes down the buttock. As a nurse, we have to learn to give injections in certain sites, using landmarks, as to NOT hit that nerve. Have you had an injection lately? Doesn't have to be an injection, but is a thought.

08-13-2005, 07:27 PM

No injection, no pain, and the last blood test came out fine.

Any thing else I should be looking for? I seee Kelly on Wednesday, I will talk to her about it.

Rain

watergirl · 08-15-2005, 08:16 AM

This same thing happened to Bridget. Bridget where are you?

bridgetgirl · 08-15-2005, 09:45 AM

Here is the answer to your problem: Because you are continually crossing your legs you are putting pressure on the nerve behind your knee... trust me, it happened to me. Its called peroneal nueropathy... google it and see what you can find out about it. Essentially what i did to alleve it was take OTC Ibuprofen and STOP CROSSING YOUR LEGS. Easier said than done I know, because its habit. But I bet the farm AND my ocean front property in Arizona thats what your problem is. Best wishes sugar pea!

I too by the way developed drop foot (had to wear a leg brace for a short time) and fell... I couldnt feel when I went to step over something, fell and twisted my ankle. Your not alone honey!

08-15-2005, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bridgetgirl

Here is the answer to your problem: Because you are continually crossing your legs you are putting pressure on the nerve behind your knee... trust me, it happened to me. Its called peroneal nueropathy... google it and see what you can find out about it. Essentially what i did to alleve it was take OTC Ibuprofen and STOP CROSSING YOUR LEGS. Easier said than done I know, because its habit. But I bet the farm AND my ocean front property in Arizona thats what your problem is. Best wishes sugar pea!

I too by the way developed drop foot (had to wear a leg brace for a short time) and fell... I couldnt feel when I went to step over something, fell and twisted my ankle. Your not alone honey!

sounds like the same thing. i stopped, at least sometimes and it seems to have improved.

as always...thanks

Peckkale · 08-15-2005, 07:31 PM

The National Institute of Health consensus has suggested the following guidelines for surgery in obese patients:

* Patients with a BMI of greater than 40.
* Patients with a BMI of greater than 35 who have serious medical problems such as sleep apnea, that would improve with weight loss.

A study done in Sweden compared the rates of diabetes and hypertension in two groups of obese patients - those who underwent surgery and those who didn't. Each group had similar body weight at baseline (the start of the study). At 2 years, diabetes and high blood pressure were lower in the surgery treated patients.

Surgical procedures of the upper gastrointestinal tract are collectively called bariatric surgery. The initial surgeries performed were the jejunocolic bypass and the jejunoileal bypass (where the small bowel is diverted to the large bowel, bypassing a lot of the surface area where food would have been absorbed). These procedures were fraught with problems and are no longer performed. Currently, procedures used include making the stomach area smaller or bypassing the stomach completely.

In the cases of making the stomach smaller, vertically banded gastroplasty is the most common procedure, where the esophagus is banded early in the stomach. The other procedure is gastric banding, where an inflatable pouch causes gastric constriction. Changing the volume in the ring that encircles the stomach can change the amount of constriction. Gastric bypass essentially causes weight loss by bypassing the stomach.

The risks of surgery include the usual complications of infection, blood clots in the lower extremities and in the lungs, and anesthesia risk. Specific long-term risks related to obesity surgery include lack of iron absorption and iron deficiency anemia. Vitamin B 12 deficiency can also develop and could lead to nerve damage (neuropathies). Rapid weight loss may also be associated with gallstones.

JohnsWife4Life · 08-16-2005, 04:22 AM

Yeah, the sciatic goes all the way down. My numbness and tingling, and "dragging" is in my last two fingers on my left hand, caused from compression of the ulna nerve, compressed at the elecronon process (elbow) It is very painful at times, and I just came off a big dose of prednisone. I couldn't keep my weight on while I was on it, then when I came off I ballooned up from 114 to 122 like over night. I don't want that aggressive threapy anymore. I don't want surgery either. Ibuprofen is a non sterooidal anti inflammatory, but can and will eat a hole in your pouch. Foot drop is caused from drooping of the foot, in Bridget's case, when she crossed her legs, she pointed her toes down to the floor. Glad you recovered from that, once the foot actually drops, it is history, many many months of physical therapy, and never fully recovers. Lucky to walk ever again, usually with a walker.