Re: Wondering if this will go away?

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim, it takes a while for some of the symptoms to subside. I'm

about 2 months post-op and some symptoms have gone away, but not all

of them. I'm still suffering from a number of symptoms, but they come

and go now (and stress brings them on). Seems like fatigue is

something I'm having a hard time shaking, and my joints swell. Before

I had the expalnt surgery, it seemed like everything was getting worse

all the time, and new symptoms were popping up every couple of weeks.

I can't say how your own progress will be, I'm still on the mend, but

give it time and don't expect things to clear up immediately. If they

do, that's a bonus, but our bodies have been through a trauma and it

takes many of us a while to heal. Just drink your water and take good

care of yourself, and have faith.

Sis

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> I explanted 5 days ago.I feel so good about the decesion and have

seen

> amazing improvement in many of my symptoms.I am still getting pain

and

> numbness in my right arm and hand though.Will this always be with me?

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

It's way, way too soon to know if all your symptoms

will go away. There's a very good chance they will

though! . . . Stressing over them won't help. If you

can just accept those you have as temporary and look

forward to a better day, you will actually heal more

quickly. Stress is a killer!

Hugs,

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Probably not. It can take some time for all symptoms to resolve--

anywhere from weeks to years. Also, it is not unusual for symptoms to

leave and come back and then to finally leave for good. You will

probably need to do some detoxing and cleanses. We have much

information on this site about ways to detox and to support your

immune system. It sounds like you are doing great so far! You should

be very encouraged! Congratulations on your explant.

Hugs Kathy

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> I explanted 5 days ago.I feel so good about the decesion and have

seen

> amazing improvement in many of my symptoms.I am still getting pain

and

> numbness in my right arm and hand though.Will this always be with me?

>

[Guest guest]

This should go away in time. I think many of us have suffered through

bouts of numbness, tingling, and twitching. There is no way to tell

how long it will take to go away though. We've had members who

suffered with it a long time (Beth L comes to mind) and others who

have never had it.

Let me tell you about my experience. I had the intermittent numbness

and tingling when I first got sick. It was never chronic or anything,

just an annoyance every now and then. After explant, suddenly I got

lots more twitching. I've mentioned several times that after that 6

week " honeymoon period " following explant, sometimes women see more

symptoms...well, for me, that was the twitching that hit in a bigger

way. It drove me mad. That was followed by the cold crawly feeling

up my leg. Those two symptoms gradually went away over a period of a

couple years after explant.

Except for this one scary episode, which happened out of the blue. One

morning I woke up to go to the bathroom and felt a log on the bed. I

realized after not being able to rise myself up from the mattress that

the log was my arm! It was totally dead to any feeling whatsoever,

and I couldn't move it. I totally freaked out! I started beating it

cuz I was scared. I think it took several minutes of panic and

constant slapping, but it finally started tingling again and

eventually the feeling came back. I never had anything like that

happen before in my life, and never again since then.

The strange feelings of twitching, creeping coldness and numbness

gradually faded away completely to the point that I never get them

anymore at all.

It took a couple of years, but it's gone!

Patty

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> I explanted 5 days ago.I feel so good about the decesion and have

seen

> amazing improvement in many of my symptoms.I am still getting pain

and

> numbness in my right arm and hand though.Will this always be with me?

>

[Guest guest]

By the way, congratulations on your explant!

Patty

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> I explanted 5 days ago.I feel so good about the decesion and have

seen

> amazing improvement in many of my symptoms.I am still getting pain

and

> numbness in my right arm and hand though.Will this always be with me?

>