Prickly feelings in arms and legs

pjd3253 · July 16, 2008

I am 19 days post-op - am doing pretty well - I don't think I have lost much weight but the swelling seems to be finally going down except around my port area - my question is sometimes after I eat I feel a sort of electrical prickly sensation like pins and needles but not painful in my arms and legs. Has anyone else experienced this? I live in Dallas and it is very hot right now so may be heat related but wanted to see if it is normal - I just left my doctor's MA a voicemail about it and my first fill/adjustment appt isn't until August 11th. I also woke this morning with a severe crick in my neck where I can't turn to the left but I think I am trying to blame everything on the band and it probably isn't related at all. Thanks!!

sdejong · July 16, 2008

I have had the same feeling, and I attribute it to lack of calories and Vitamins. I have been taking my vitamins regularly and trying to keep my calories about 800 per day and the feeling has not come back. Best of luck.

shy

pjd3253 · July 17, 2008

Thanks. I think I am getting enough Vitamins but I will take more - I am a little down tonight because I went to dinner with my husband and even though I didn't eat as much as I normally would have pre-band I feel guilty about what I ate and didn't get the full feeling that I get sometimes - why do you get it sometimes and other times now. It is so frustrating.