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Bert_n_ernie    60

Bert_n_ernie
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Is anyone dealing with pain post op? I'm 2 months out & I know there will be readjustment pains. What I'm wondering is if anyone is dealing with other issues. Everytime I stand up from a sitting position it feels like a little painful electric.shock going down my legs. I've never experienced this in my life. I've only been doing it a few days. I do have scoliosis and losing weight has irritated my spine but still, its so weird. The scoliosis is higher so it affects my shoulders and neck, not so much hips or legs.

New Life Started 07/24/12

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Cheryl Barfoot    69

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sounds like maybe a nerve. my back is messed up and from time to time it will pinch nerves and all kind of weird things happen. certain parts of my legs going to sleep, shooting pain/ electric shock feeling, tingling, no feeling.

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Bert_n_ernie    60

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Thanks, my legs go to sleep all the time now.

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TinyMamiOf3kids    1,280

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Thanks' date=' my legs go to sleep all the time now.

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Surgeon told me this is due to me not taking my Calcium & now I take it & the legs stop feeling numb.

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BBdoodle    483

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Sounds like nerve or ciatica nerve (sp?).

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PaulB    346

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Time to find a chiropractor. Are any Med's you may be taking have side affects like low back pain. My gallbladder Med's give me a small backache every now and then.

Feel better soon

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NurseTAB    65

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You probable should talk to your Surgeon and Primary Doctor about this, esp lower legs going numb that is not normal.

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jennamommy    80

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You should call your doctor for sure. Lower legs hoping numb or getting that electric shock is not normal and it can be something mayor or very miner but better not to mess around with it. I have a slipped disk and they wanted to do surgery. Fortunately losing the weight is helping and dr says we will play it by ear and see how I am after the weight loss. So pls call ur dr.

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Bert_n_ernie    60

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Thanks everyone, my sciatica is pinched. Such a weird sensation.

New Life Started 07/24/12

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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