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September 2, 2010 - 5:32am
feeling like something is cralwing on....
hey always something intresting new comming on... for abought two months i have been gettiing this feeling like a bug was walking on my arms elbows shoulders legs and back and realy creapy on the bottoms of my feet....
my chiropractor said it is part of my progration of my DD.... anyone else got this??........
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nerve damage have you tried a TENS machine ? the acticare is very good see acticare.com for more info {i have one and its very good } dont confuse with the normal TENS the acticare is a high end unit and used over here in uk hospitals for terminal pain ..its not as good as acticare make out in my opinion but its better than many TENS and worth getting one
STRAKER
2010 just had a discography and now waiting for an ALIF open fusion {360 degree}
yes i have a TENS unit i have tryed it off and on for over 2 years and get no help from it .... i wonder if yet more injections might help .... scares the hell out of me i have this huge needdle phobia.......
i know what your saying abought the bug thing i try not to pay too much to the feelings .. lol also have a bee sting alagery ... intersting for sure.......
on my lower left calf. It felt like I had something crawling on my leg.
One day I was sitting in the garden with a friend chatting, and she told me I had a spider on my right calf. I did laugh!
I could feel it, but thought I was just getting the feeling on that leg now.
I have now started getting it on my forearms.
Here we go again!
Grade 2 spondylolisthesis causing severe stenosis + DDD
L4/L5 decompression (laminectomy) and PLIF 19th March 2010
Herniations at T12/L1, T9/T10 and T8/T9 (mildly indenting cord)
Significant cervical spondylosis from C3-C7
C3/C4 and C4/C5 are compressing the cord (mild to moderate)
Waiting 6 months to see how much worse things get
Before I was diagnosed with Systemic Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy, and before my toes started to go numb, I went to the doctor and asked about this "bug crawling" feeling. And recently I have started to get the bee stinging feeling only that is on my knee that isn't numb yet.
I wish that the doctor hadn't brushed it off back then. He did a quick cursory exam and said he could find nothing wrong with me. Now I know this was the beginning of my disease. My big toes started going numb first, then it spread to each toe one at a time. And then after my feet were numb, it spread up my calves. The biopsy's show that the tissue is effected all the way to my waist. Though the numbness stops at my knees.
MsSusanna
4 cerv fusions/herniated nonsurg L5/S1/Encapsulated Rt./Lt sholdrs 11.13.08/8.09 Diagn w/SSPN 12.20.09 L5/S1 hern explodes!1.20.10 Lumbr inject No reaction 3.10 Micro- Dicotomy/re-hern @ 1 wk postop/3 lumbar inject/P.T. Increased Pain & numb on Rt/LTside,8.30.10 L5/S1 Fusion
I get the crawlies on the right side of my mid-back and have had it, very occasionally, in one calf. Check out some dermatome maps and you may be able to relate to why it's happening to you.
Tracy
P.S. Here is a link that Ron posted a few weeks ago:-
http://www.manateechiropractic.com/interactive_spine/c1.htm
Any information I provide is through personal experience ONLY....I am not a medical professional, though I could write a book on the impacts of chronic pain and the treatments I've tried!
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Nodding, get them as well, forearms and legs. I have peripheral neuropathy in my legs and right arm (more so in the motor nerves region). I find myself reaching to scratch or flick off this 'bug' that isn't there. It doesn't last long most times which is good.
NVC wise, I should have it constantly on my right forearm, but I don't - here and there only.
Brenda
ACDF C5/6 2/08 - C6/7 8/09 - Neuropathy right arm and both legs - Cervical Myelopathy
10-11-11 PCF C4-T2 - C4-C7 Lamies; Surgery #2 Emergent removal large Hematoma!
L2/3/4 & L5/S1 fusions and Laminectomy on hold till neck fused.
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I have a lrg. spider tat on my rght thigh. My then dr. said that must be the problem. funny then....I can almost get the sense of any new injuries by feeling that dang feeling....a spider map...for me its usually the first indication of a new disc going. My latest one is in my hairline...its been itching for days..Thank goodness tick season is almost over!!!!
littlefish
herniated disc T12-L1,L1-L2,L2-L3,L3-L4,L4-L5,L5-L6, Stenosis Same area,
Herniated discs, cervical spine, thoracic area
morphine pump as main pain relief
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