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tingling buzzing sensation in hands and feet.
I'm a 35 year old male from the UK in otherwise good
health.
About 3 months ago I started having some weird symptoms/sensations.
Firstly, I noticed a slight tremor in my left thumb, it only lasted a few seconds and I put this down to fatigue, as I'd been working out with weights. For some weeks after this my left hand felt tired and shakey, but without any loss of strength or actually shaking.
I then started to experience intermitant sensations of what I can only describe as light numbness and pins and needles in both my hands and feet, but primarily on my left sided extremeties.I would also occassionaly get these sensations on a small area of my left thigh.These sensations regularly come and go, but last seconds rather than minutes/hours.
In recent weeks the light numbness seems to have subsided but I have noticed that I regularly wake up
during the night with either hand completely numb.This is rectified in seconds by wiggling my fingers, but the effected hand is left feeling weak for a couple of hours.I have also noticed a strange
buzzing sensation under my left foot, that I can only describe as if someone was holding vibrating mobile phone against it.
I have been to see my GP who seems to think stress or anxiety.Basic blood tests have come back normal.
I apologise for the length of this post, but I would
much appreciate any thoughts or advice as the where I go now.
1)does anybody know, statistically, how likely these
symptoms are to be caused by some serious disorder ie ms.
2)Does stress/anxiety seem a feesible cause.
3)These symptoms are very light and the worry of what they might be is causing much more of a problem than the actual sensations. With this in mind, do you think it might be better to just live with these things and see if they die down of their own accord.
Many thanks in advance.
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About 3 months ago I started having some weird symptoms/sensations.
Firstly, I noticed a slight tremor in my left thumb, it only lasted a few seconds and I put this down to fatigue, as I'd been working out with weights. For some weeks after this my left hand felt tired and shakey, but without any loss of strength or actually shaking.
I then started to experience intermitant sensations of what I can only describe as light numbness and pins and needles in both my hands and feet, but primarily on my left sided extremeties.I would also occassionaly get these sensations on a small area of my left thigh.These sensations regularly come and go, but last seconds rather than minutes/hours.
In recent weeks the light numbness seems to have subsided but I have noticed that I regularly wake up
during the night with either hand completely numb.This is rectified in seconds by wiggling my fingers, but the effected hand is left feeling weak for a couple of hours.I have also noticed a strange
buzzing sensation under my left foot, that I can only describe as if someone was holding vibrating mobile phone against it.
I have been to see my GP who seems to think stress or anxiety.Basic blood tests have come back normal.
I apologise for the length of this post, but I would
much appreciate any thoughts or advice as the where I go now.
1)does anybody know, statistically, how likely these
symptoms are to be caused by some serious disorder ie ms.
2)Does stress/anxiety seem a feesible cause.
3)These symptoms are very light and the worry of what they might be is causing much more of a problem than the actual sensations. With this in mind, do you think it might be better to just live with these things and see if they die down of their own accord.
Many thanks in advance.
I had similar symptoms. tingling/pins and needles/wake up to numb hands. Crawly feeling in the scalp. Feeling of wet skin. Went to Dr and he checked some spots on spine and legs. Said he didnt see anything that worried him. To return of symptoms worsened. They persisted. Then I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. Went to answer... No phone. It was the left half of the tip of my penis that was vibrating- or felt like it was. Just like a phone. Cyclic. It happened for a couple of days. Then at work- ohhh another call... but this time I got up off my chair- as I though I was sitting on my phone. No phone. Yeah- my anus was now vibrating. Cyclic. I still had all the other symptoms. Tiredness in the legs at times. Itchy scalp, tinnitis..... I started keeping a log. I then found some comments online on Gluten causing nerve issues. So I went on a Gluten Free diet as best as I could. Within 1 week the major tingling in legs was gone. Eventually the hands and scalp. To describe it--- at the peak- of all the symptoms- Id rate it a 100.....2 months into the Gluten free diet -id rate a 10.
I still sometimes feel mild sensitivity in the skin on my hands and feet. Sometimes Ill feel a light internal vibration-- but it will be my phone. Other times- no phone. so yeah- very mild sensation. Sometimes Ill have a little surge in tingling in a few fingers... and when I think about what I ate... It can be traced to something that may have had gluten in it.
Im buying stuff thats Gluten Free. Though im not at the point where I'm doing what Celiac sufferers do--- and really watch for cross contamination. Example- if my kids make a sandwhich with regular bread on a surface- I wont wipe it down to super clean. I just try to not eat Gluten. The test will come- to return to Gluten--- but its actually 'scary' to think ill have all these symptoms return. Im a runner.... and have not changed my running routine. A nice 'side effect is that with watching what I eat-(no Gluten) I actually lost 10 lbs.
I also began to take Magnesium Glycinate 400 with my evening meals and B Complex pill every few days (sometimes every day).
By the way- I also was the type of person that ATE IT ALL....ALL. Its amazing how much food contains gluten. So yeah- its sucked to not be able to have lots of that food.
I still sometimes feel mild sensitivity in the skin on my hands and feet. Sometimes Ill feel a light internal vibration-- but it will be my phone. Other times- no phone. so yeah- very mild sensation. Sometimes Ill have a little surge in tingling in a few fingers... and when I think about what I ate... It can be traced to something that may have had gluten in it.
Im buying stuff thats Gluten Free. Though im not at the point where I'm doing what Celiac sufferers do--- and really watch for cross contamination. Example- if my kids make a sandwhich with regular bread on a surface- I wont wipe it down to super clean. I just try to not eat Gluten. The test will come- to return to Gluten--- but its actually 'scary' to think ill have all these symptoms return. Im a runner.... and have not changed my running routine. A nice 'side effect is that with watching what I eat-(no Gluten) I actually lost 10 lbs.
I also began to take Magnesium Glycinate 400 with my evening meals and B Complex pill every few days (sometimes every day).
By the way- I also was the type of person that ATE IT ALL....ALL. Its amazing how much food contains gluten. So yeah- its sucked to not be able to have lots of that food.
Have you ever had a sleep study? I had tingling and numbness, never felt rested, etc. This went on for a long time before my husband went in with me to one of my routine follow up sessions with my neurologist and mentioned to the doctor that I would stop breathing at night. I don't fit the description of a person with sleep apnea so none of the doctors ever considered that might be my problem. Sure enough, the doctor ordered a sleep study and I was diagnosed with moderate to severe sleep apnea. I was bascially suffering from oxygen deprivation. I used a CPAP machine for a while but didn't tolerate it that well so I ended up using a dental appliance that I wear in my mouth at night to keep my air passage open.
I wish I had discovered the thread earlier.
I have been having tingling in the feet, cold feet, sore burning soles, numbness in the toes which curl sometimes like a claw.
It has been like that for 3 years. I had a tick bite with Lyme Disease and didn't realise for 6 months, so it may have had neurological impacts.
I have been through every test imaginable this year including a 9 day stay in hospital. They can find only a bit of age-related degeneration in the spine. So what is it? Expensive doctors have said:
1. Very tight muscles around lower back. I am an editor and sit in one position all day. So physiotherapy to wake the back up, targeted yoga to stretch the muscles in the lower back.
2. Shoes insoles to overcome flat feet (I have metatarsalgia).
3. Neurontin till it all resolves.
Results - yes, wow. Much much better. Has taken 12 hours of physio. The connection between lower back and feet is major, though I didn't believe them when they told me. Yoga every night (down dog) , stretch muscles gently, improves sleep too. Getting up and moving every hour away from my computer.
I have incidentally discovered that the more caffeine the more pain. Plus caffeine wires your brain and makes you anxious. Even a glass of coke and some pain comes back.
My recommendation: what you're suffering may not have one cause. You may benefit by some physical therapy especially yoga. Look on Web for exercises against peripheral neuropathy. These work. Cut caffeine out gradually and then stop. More sleep, gentle exercise, maybe six months and you'll see a difference. Don't give up. No quick fix.
I have been having tingling in the feet, cold feet, sore burning soles, numbness in the toes which curl sometimes like a claw.
It has been like that for 3 years. I had a tick bite with Lyme Disease and didn't realise for 6 months, so it may have had neurological impacts.
I have been through every test imaginable this year including a 9 day stay in hospital. They can find only a bit of age-related degeneration in the spine. So what is it? Expensive doctors have said:
1. Very tight muscles around lower back. I am an editor and sit in one position all day. So physiotherapy to wake the back up, targeted yoga to stretch the muscles in the lower back.
2. Shoes insoles to overcome flat feet (I have metatarsalgia).
3. Neurontin till it all resolves.
Results - yes, wow. Much much better. Has taken 12 hours of physio. The connection between lower back and feet is major, though I didn't believe them when they told me. Yoga every night (down dog) , stretch muscles gently, improves sleep too. Getting up and moving every hour away from my computer.
I have incidentally discovered that the more caffeine the more pain. Plus caffeine wires your brain and makes you anxious. Even a glass of coke and some pain comes back.
My recommendation: what you're suffering may not have one cause. You may benefit by some physical therapy especially yoga. Look on Web for exercises against peripheral neuropathy. These work. Cut caffeine out gradually and then stop. More sleep, gentle exercise, maybe six months and you'll see a difference. Don't give up. No quick fix.
I have these symptoms, the doctor told me it is anxiety, I walked out of the office did a blood test and found out it was a B-12 deficiency. A Vitamin B-12, B-6 and D3 deficiency can cause these symptoms. You need to take a B-12 supplement w/ methylcobalamin not cyanocobalamin or shots.
hello, i'm hoping this finds your circumstances improved. the timing of your symptoms makes me wonder if you have a hormone imbalance. the birth of your child as well as being 42 (this puts you in the peri-menopause age) a common symptom for perimenopause is anxiety. I don't know what helps this as I am experiencing peri myself. However, I am taking low dose estrogen birth control and this has helped with some anxiety. there has also been some evidence that soy products and a gluten-free diet can have some benefits.
be well
be well
Very good response! I am all alone in a new city and experiencing lightness of my hands and knees, no pain i can still grip things and I think its mostly motivated by stress. your response made me feel so much better!
Thank you!
Thank you!
i have a similar thing and im pregnant its circulation and also could be pinching a nerve somewhere. best way to tell if you see white dots on your skin your circulation is bad also if u suffer with siatica like i do this can happen to. :)
Like a lot of you, I've had tingling hands and feet. Slight vibration. And numbness with outside fingers at night. Here's what I think I've boiled it down to--after having blood, nerve tests, reading all the stuff on the Internet, getting through my "I'm gonna die of MS or ALS" panic, etc.
1. Stress. It adds a ton. It exacerbates all the symptoms. PTSD is a real thing. Anxiety is real. It all impacts our breathing, whether your concious of it or not. Catch yourself sometime when you are anxious. Feel your body tension and make note of your breathing. I bet it's either labored or extremely shallow. Breathing impacts O2/CO2 mix in blood. That impacts PH balance. PH impacts nerve senstaions.
2. Caffeine. I love coffee. I cut it out. Not sure if it's the caffeine or not.
3. Sulfites in wine. Got a couple of cases of 2 buck chuck over the past couple of months. It coincided with my symptoms. Might be the sulfites toxins.
4. Ergonomic. I think this is the biggest one for me. I spent the last 3 months in various coffee shops plowing away on my laptop. How do I sit? Forearms resting on the edge of the table for hours at an end. That's right where the ulnar nerve runs. EMG test showed some slow nerve condcution near the elbows. I've compressed that nerve and pissed it off. Hence tingling in hands and numb fingers at night. While sitting I also cross my feet under the chair at the ankles. When they get tired I switch one foot on top of the other. That's right where the nerves in the feet run. Again, pissed off nerves result in tingling feet.
5. Night time sleeping position. Google it and read how to use pillows correctly to support your spine.
6. I jumped into the supplements. Added a B-50 complex. That's 2500% of B6 that my body needs. B6 toxicity pisses off the nerves. I cut all the supplements out. I don't take them when I'm healthy. I'm 50 M and in great shape. Been exercising all my life and eat well. I get all the V&M I need from my diet. Supplements may overload me when I don't need them.
7. Dental filling. Had a lot of them as a kid and adult. Now they are naturally switching over to crowns. Just got rid of one that had a crack in the tooth. All symptoms subsided for about 3 days.
I'm not sure which of the above is helping me the most. But I'm doing all of them or switching so I'm no longer irritating the nerves and my symptoms have improved a ton. I have a Lyrica script from my doc that I've been sitting on for a couple weeks. If my improvement halts and goes backward, I'll try that. But I'd rather not. My body knows what is best. I haven't given it the respect to work with it. So that's my plan.
1. Stress. It adds a ton. It exacerbates all the symptoms. PTSD is a real thing. Anxiety is real. It all impacts our breathing, whether your concious of it or not. Catch yourself sometime when you are anxious. Feel your body tension and make note of your breathing. I bet it's either labored or extremely shallow. Breathing impacts O2/CO2 mix in blood. That impacts PH balance. PH impacts nerve senstaions.
2. Caffeine. I love coffee. I cut it out. Not sure if it's the caffeine or not.
3. Sulfites in wine. Got a couple of cases of 2 buck chuck over the past couple of months. It coincided with my symptoms. Might be the sulfites toxins.
4. Ergonomic. I think this is the biggest one for me. I spent the last 3 months in various coffee shops plowing away on my laptop. How do I sit? Forearms resting on the edge of the table for hours at an end. That's right where the ulnar nerve runs. EMG test showed some slow nerve condcution near the elbows. I've compressed that nerve and pissed it off. Hence tingling in hands and numb fingers at night. While sitting I also cross my feet under the chair at the ankles. When they get tired I switch one foot on top of the other. That's right where the nerves in the feet run. Again, pissed off nerves result in tingling feet.
5. Night time sleeping position. Google it and read how to use pillows correctly to support your spine.
6. I jumped into the supplements. Added a B-50 complex. That's 2500% of B6 that my body needs. B6 toxicity pisses off the nerves. I cut all the supplements out. I don't take them when I'm healthy. I'm 50 M and in great shape. Been exercising all my life and eat well. I get all the V&M I need from my diet. Supplements may overload me when I don't need them.
7. Dental filling. Had a lot of them as a kid and adult. Now they are naturally switching over to crowns. Just got rid of one that had a crack in the tooth. All symptoms subsided for about 3 days.
I'm not sure which of the above is helping me the most. But I'm doing all of them or switching so I'm no longer irritating the nerves and my symptoms have improved a ton. I have a Lyrica script from my doc that I've been sitting on for a couple weeks. If my improvement halts and goes backward, I'll try that. But I'd rather not. My body knows what is best. I haven't given it the respect to work with it. So that's my plan.
I am happy I read this, I am having the same symptoms but they didn't start until after I had my 3 child. I strongly feel I had pstd from my birth as several issues came up, and my little one had to be in the nicu for 4 days. Since then my anxiety has been through the roof. I had palpitations and a severe panic attack that landed me into the er about 2 months after my delivery, only to have them say it was anxiety and that my potassium was low, which causes irregular heart beat, which causes anxiety to increase more so it was a viscious cycle, however, ever since then I have been so worried about every little sensation. I have not followed up with a doctor but I have always been healthy and palpitaitons and anxiety are heavily present in my family.
I have been so worried about little sensation and I have convinced myself that it is ms, even the other day I was drying off from my shower and I felt a my foot having a cold tingling sensation and I freaked out thinking for sure it was another nerve symptom only to find out it was just the faucet wasn't turned off all the way and some cold water was splashing into the tub and on my foot. My stress is high today and so my legs and everything just feel weird, then I grab a magazine to relax and guess what article was in it? A story about a marriage surviving through an ms diagnosis. I had to force myself to put it down becuase I feel like I have a massive obsession about it now. I am going to be following up with a doctor just to talk to them but everyone that I have talked to are convinced it is anxiety, and it makes sense because I am worried about every little thing now. So I am glad that someone else started having the same symptoms after a traumatic delivery.
I have been so worried about little sensation and I have convinced myself that it is ms, even the other day I was drying off from my shower and I felt a my foot having a cold tingling sensation and I freaked out thinking for sure it was another nerve symptom only to find out it was just the faucet wasn't turned off all the way and some cold water was splashing into the tub and on my foot. My stress is high today and so my legs and everything just feel weird, then I grab a magazine to relax and guess what article was in it? A story about a marriage surviving through an ms diagnosis. I had to force myself to put it down becuase I feel like I have a massive obsession about it now. I am going to be following up with a doctor just to talk to them but everyone that I have talked to are convinced it is anxiety, and it makes sense because I am worried about every little thing now. So I am glad that someone else started having the same symptoms after a traumatic delivery.
i am going to give the anti histamine a try......i just spent the whole evening looking through the posts. i too am in a similar situation. i get pins a needles, tingling feeling in various part. i am feeling in my face, most recently, or am i imaging this? sometimes my arms and legs feel weak. i also get numbness in the mornings. i am also scared about MS. i have gone for an MRI after bloodwork came back normal. i am waiting for the results now.
I saw a commenter on a similar forum suggest taking an anti-histamine for the pins and needles. I took one about an hour ago and symptoms do seem better. Not a cure certainly, but maybe worth a try if symptoms get particularly irritating. If you try it, please comment if it works for you.
after reading all the comments i didnt find a satisfactory cure for all of us.one thing i would like to mention beside all the mention symtoms i feel my complextion has gone better.and please anyone gonna help me
I seem to have all the same symptoms including the gastric problems.
First time i noticed the vibration was in July when on holiday it stopped about a week after i came home and GP said it was nothing to worry about and all blood tests come back normal, due to have another one this week.
the vibration has started again in the last week i've noticed that these feel stronger when walking or if i step of a curb they tend shoot the whole of my body but only for seconds is this the same for you.
First time i noticed the vibration was in July when on holiday it stopped about a week after i came home and GP said it was nothing to worry about and all blood tests come back normal, due to have another one this week.
the vibration has started again in the last week i've noticed that these feel stronger when walking or if i step of a curb they tend shoot the whole of my body but only for seconds is this the same for you.
I'm a 34 year old Male, active normal weight, exercise 5 times a week.
Also chronic migraine sufferer, with past C5 disc rupture. For the last 5 years, I'll sporadically have "dizzy" spells where i feel like I'm floating "out" of my body - usually last for 30-40 minutes. I've had MRI's in the past (last one was 3 years ago which was normal, blood sugar, urine tests, and blood tests all normal), and and ECG in the last 3 weeks which was normal.
5 weeks ago, after returned from Zambia (where i took Mefliam malaria tables), i had a really bad dose of flu (2 weeks) and was on 2 courses of anti-biotics. Then, 3 weeks ago i starting experiencing intermittent pins and needles in my left hand (Thumb, index and middle finger). It would get worse if i moved my arm in certain positions, and the whole left forearm would go "numb". A week ago, in addition to the intermittent pins and needs, my left index finger has gone permanently "numb" / sort of a dead feeling. Then about 3 days ago, i started getting an incessant itchy feeling all over my body - legs, feet, (right and left) and torso. Again, the reading on the internet hasn't helped as one immediately assumes MS, Guillain Barre' or something serious, but this forum at least has shown me that there are many others with similar symptoms, and nothing serious. I am seeing my Neurologist on Tuesday, for a check up, and hopefully some peace of mind! (Hoping that its somethign relating to my past slipped disc, Vitamin B deficiency or general stress/anxiety!)
Also chronic migraine sufferer, with past C5 disc rupture. For the last 5 years, I'll sporadically have "dizzy" spells where i feel like I'm floating "out" of my body - usually last for 30-40 minutes. I've had MRI's in the past (last one was 3 years ago which was normal, blood sugar, urine tests, and blood tests all normal), and and ECG in the last 3 weeks which was normal.
5 weeks ago, after returned from Zambia (where i took Mefliam malaria tables), i had a really bad dose of flu (2 weeks) and was on 2 courses of anti-biotics. Then, 3 weeks ago i starting experiencing intermittent pins and needles in my left hand (Thumb, index and middle finger). It would get worse if i moved my arm in certain positions, and the whole left forearm would go "numb". A week ago, in addition to the intermittent pins and needs, my left index finger has gone permanently "numb" / sort of a dead feeling. Then about 3 days ago, i started getting an incessant itchy feeling all over my body - legs, feet, (right and left) and torso. Again, the reading on the internet hasn't helped as one immediately assumes MS, Guillain Barre' or something serious, but this forum at least has shown me that there are many others with similar symptoms, and nothing serious. I am seeing my Neurologist on Tuesday, for a check up, and hopefully some peace of mind! (Hoping that its somethign relating to my past slipped disc, Vitamin B deficiency or general stress/anxiety!)
Yes, Floxacin... drug reaction within 48 hrs. Switched antibiotics immediately but symptoms persisted for 8 months. After 4 years they have returned although not exactly as before. Symptoms are very much like those being discussed here. I'll wait it out and see what happens. This thread, if anything, has made me realise there is nothing to get worked up about. People are still discussing this topic after 5 years and I have yet to read anything definitive about cause or cure.
27 year old female. Anxiety issues, not treating it with medications. Recently I've had bouths of tingling Ingram both my hands, dizziness, confusion, angry. Feel drunk sometimes when standing up. Any thoughts?
My pain is real but when the blood test and mri came back normal then doctors seem to ignore me about my pain. I am glad that others feel the same as I have in my body. I learn that 5% of MS have normal MRIs. Everyone has stress and aniexty to some degree. I think when the doctors dont know what is wrong and just push it off to stress. When our symptons are not life threatening and we can contiue on our daily life with this they just seem like its not real. I went to the ER the other day and told the doctor what I was feeling. He said he would check my blood work. I was in the room about 7 hours when the nurse came in and said my blood work was fine and sent me home. I am getting worse. After reading that others have the same issues going on I relaly think we have something that no one had label yet or have a clear description to tell us what is wrong. Its hard when your blood test comes back normal and the MRIs are coming back normal but the issues are real and still there and doctors then push it as stress. Which my doctor did do that but he just doesnt know what else to do. I was givenGabapentin to stop the burning sensations in my feel. It works temp. and able to walk without pain. But still no answer to what is wrong or how to treat it. I am thinking that until I get worse that they cant do anything about it until someone takes the time to figure out what is causing this. Wonder at times if it could be something like MS but at a lesser illness? Like a mild MS? Becasue my problems started months ago and now starting to effect my walking.
You have every reason to be stressed right now. I'd be more concerned if you weren't stressed...then you'd be delusional! I think you need to give yourself a break and accept that you're allowed to feel a bit anxious at the moment.
I also can relate to all of this. I'm 42 now bit symptoms began when I was 24. I went thru it all the tests, drs etc. And always the end result was anxiety and I'm nuts. After being mostly symptom free for 10 years it is back. Of course I still had to have a full blown panic attack and ended up in the ER with my husband who os positive I'm still just crazy.. The ER of course said nothing was wrong with me after a load of test. Which confirmed my husbands diagnosis.... He of course gloated the entire time. Anyways the last te all the symptoms flared up was right after I had my 1st son and went into a sleep deprevation and suffered extreme anxiety over my health. Now this time (10 years later). We recently lost our home to foreclosure, my husband has lost his job and have gone from "middle class" to hoping we can get approved for food stamps, all in a matter of less than 2 years.
I dont really think I in the right blog. Im a commerical diver and I been experiancing those same symtoms for about 7 months. Ive been to any and all cans of doctors and no one can figfure this out. You said in your post that you weight train just wondering have you used any pure 100% oxygen with your train. Because oxygen toxicity can come in to play.
Hello all,
I know how you all feel I'm 54 have had lower back problems for about 30 years now off and on and have had several steroid injections over the last 6 years. I last set of injections did not help when my left leg pain started up this go around in December of 2010. I have a deep burning, cramping and feels numb (but it's really not numb). It's starts in my left hip and goes to my thigh, calf and down to my toes feels like I have a large rock on the ball of my foot. It's hurts 24/7 nothing reliefs it nothing. I have had all kinds of test from my head down. I have had 3 MRI, EEG, cat scan, discogram, mylegram, xrays, have seen a hip specialist at least 3 neurosurgeons. I finally had 360 back surgery on L4/L5 in October 2011 but only made my leg/foot pain and numbness worse :( so now going through more testing just had a nerve trot injection in L5/S1 and have gotten a little relief in the thigh and calf but the tingle/numbness on my left foot is driving me nuts. So called my neurosurgeon today to let him know the injection has helped some and would like the second injection because they can give me up to 3 injection if I get some relief so now waiting for the dr offce to call me with the next . A lot has happened in my life this past past year the worst is the lost of my Mom passing so I know I have stress in my life. I guess the last thing I would like to say is if you have not seen a neuro you need to see 2 or 3 for their opinions I would never just take the word of one. I really like my doctor I chose and he did a wonderful surgery on my back but there is always a chance that it does not fix the problem. I had hardly tell I even had the back surgery. Oh and I did need the fusion a had a tear in one disc. They are sure something is pressing on my sciatica nerve but all the test have not shown where it has got tall the doctors that I have seen stumped. So if anyone has any suggestions please let me know ASAP. Thank you all very much.
Roro
I know how you all feel I'm 54 have had lower back problems for about 30 years now off and on and have had several steroid injections over the last 6 years. I last set of injections did not help when my left leg pain started up this go around in December of 2010. I have a deep burning, cramping and feels numb (but it's really not numb). It's starts in my left hip and goes to my thigh, calf and down to my toes feels like I have a large rock on the ball of my foot. It's hurts 24/7 nothing reliefs it nothing. I have had all kinds of test from my head down. I have had 3 MRI, EEG, cat scan, discogram, mylegram, xrays, have seen a hip specialist at least 3 neurosurgeons. I finally had 360 back surgery on L4/L5 in October 2011 but only made my leg/foot pain and numbness worse :( so now going through more testing just had a nerve trot injection in L5/S1 and have gotten a little relief in the thigh and calf but the tingle/numbness on my left foot is driving me nuts. So called my neurosurgeon today to let him know the injection has helped some and would like the second injection because they can give me up to 3 injection if I get some relief so now waiting for the dr offce to call me with the next . A lot has happened in my life this past past year the worst is the lost of my Mom passing so I know I have stress in my life. I guess the last thing I would like to say is if you have not seen a neuro you need to see 2 or 3 for their opinions I would never just take the word of one. I really like my doctor I chose and he did a wonderful surgery on my back but there is always a chance that it does not fix the problem. I had hardly tell I even had the back surgery. Oh and I did need the fusion a had a tear in one disc. They are sure something is pressing on my sciatica nerve but all the test have not shown where it has got tall the doctors that I have seen stumped. So if anyone has any suggestions please let me know ASAP. Thank you all very much.
Roro
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