Adult 80 deg plus

[RitaR]

Has anyone experienced numbness and tinging in their legs? My left leg is extremey numb lower down and ankle and I have fallen twice at work, gone way down to floor. Scary! I saw Dr. lenke last Jul and haev surgery scheduled next July - gosh, not sure what shape I'll be in by then. Terrible pain most of the time. Not sleeping too well. And, now that I can't walk withiout falling down - waht's next????:

[titaniumed]

Wow Rita,

The easiest thing you can do right now is to go to a warm water therapy pool. Find a good masseuse, that's what I did and it helped.

I had mind blowing sciatica years ago and cured it swimming in the ocean. I swam all day long. You are about as far from any ocean as anyone could be, that's why I mentioned the pool.

Take it slow, try not to fall down.
Ed

[RitaR]

Fortunately I landed on my knees. I have lots of bruises, sore shoulders and sore sternum - but, I just worry abgout the next tme. I do not bounce like I used to.... Ha!

[Karen Ocker]

When I consulted Dr. Boachie with a triple curve 30/80/40 Cervical, thoracic, lumbar- he told me not to wait more than 6 months.

I had already lost lung capacity from the thoracic curve.

I suggest discussing your symptoms with your chosen surgeon because your numbness/tingling might mean nerve impingement.

[jrnyc]

hi Rita
numbness and tingling usually means nerve involvement of some kind......
back when i was first sick with Lyme, i had numbness and tingling...hands and feet...
it was nerve damage...
since then, i've had some numb tingly stuff from scoli, herniated discs, etc...
i had sciatica down side of left leg for quite a while, initially didnt bother me, then last
year i had a lot of trouble with it...finally gone now...

do you mean you have sciatica of some kind...or something else....?

hope you feel better....

jess

[LindaRacine]

You may not hear back from Rita... she posted almost 3 years ago.

[jrnyc]

whoops...you're right..thanks for pointing that out....

jess

[rohrer01]

Those spammers really messed things up! I started checking original date/year before even looking at a thread. Otherwise, we'd drive ourselves nuts wondering why we aren't getting responses or updates from people!...lol