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Hi, i was wondering if someone is feeling pain in the legs?? The pain is wead, starts about five fingers from my hip on both legs, it reallu hurts when i walk or when i am laying down on my side... Please help, iit is painful and i am starting to worry about it. Surgery 06-20-2013, pounds lost 55

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Pay attention to any leg main (especially calf pain, though). If you get a fever, or legs are hot, or the pain continues, see your MD to rule out a potential clot. Unsure about your symptoms, though???

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Anyone here ever feel numbness in the abdomen area and in the upper thighs?

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Yes, that is what i feel in my upper thights, i don't know what that is:( i've lost almost 60 pounds in 3 1/2 months, only about 35 pounds from my goal, however i am very worried about the pain in my legs....upper thights the worst....

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Hello, Ive been reading articles about this Im going to get labwork done. Neurologist thinks its a deficiency of copper, thiamine or some Vitamin. So I'll keep you posted. Everything else has been fine. Met my goal in under 6 months. :-)

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Having severe Burning in my feet.....especially,when laying down or sitting......doctor said it is not related to missing Vitamins? Blood tests were o.k...seeing a Neurologist for an EMG study.......

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Having severe Burning in my feet.....especially,when laying down or sitting......doctor said it is not related to missing Vitamins?Blood tests were o.k...seeing a Neurologist for an EMG study.......

In doing research to stay one step ahead for after surgery I came across this website on Vitamins after bariatric surgery. It explains symptoms of vitamins deficiency. Hope this helps you and a lot of other people with the very same symptoms now and in the future.

http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/111412p50.shtml

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"Symptoms of thiamin deficiency include burning feet, neuropathy, and chronic vomiting. Treatment can involve patients taking B-50 complex Vitamins, 300 to 400 mg of total elemental magnesium for maximum thiamin absorption and appropriate neurological function, 20 to 30 mg/day of oral thiamin to address early symptoms of neuropathy, and 50 to 100 mg/day of thiamin administered intravenously or intramuscularly for more advanced signs of neuropathy or protracted vomiting."

This is from the website. Good luck all!

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I am a neurologist who also just had a sleeve. Your symptoms are almost definitely due to a Vitamin deficiency.

Though you can get toxic (too much) on B6 which causes burning feet. Your neurologist needs to check B6, B12, B1, B12, Vitamin D.The thigh pain might be meuralgia parethestica (google it).

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Going to my neurog tmr my legs have also been killing me. Post op 6 months

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Hi ..I had many bloodtests and it seems that all of the numbers are in the normal reference range.....the doctor gave ma a B12 shot and I also had an MRI of the lumbar area.....there are herniated/bulging discs on several levels.....L4L5 and T10 T10....I will have the full thorasic MRI next week.....I am taking gababentin ..the pain is severe......I had the surgery in July at a hospital in NYC.....all of these issues started 5 weeks ago.....I have parathesia and severe and intracttable pain.......I have been reading journals from the mayo Clinic and will try to see what else can be done ? I have already lost 123 pounds.....a slow process....

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