Re: Numbness in Toes

[Guest guest]

It can be Tethered Cord. I had foot numbness pre TC surgery at TCI

and immediately that was relieved and has stayed away 1 yr post op.

If it is circulatory, they can simply listen to your feet with a

stethoscope and see if your pulse is strong in the feet.

Virginia

4 plc fracture of the C1; Tethered Cord; " acquired chiari " (not ACM),

5.7 mm, resolved by SFT; Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation, mild

Scoliosis, and " severe " Functional Cranial Settling all due to

equestrian accident,

2004. TC surgery, Nov. 2007 at TCI. CC Fusion upcoming.

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> The numbness you are experiencing in your toes could be

circulation, but it

> could also be due directly to Chiari. I had/have issues with

numbness in my

> right foot. While it's much better after surgery, as opposed to

prior to

> surgery, I have noted a direct correlation to having my neck bent

for

> periods of time. One of the neurologists I saw early on didn't like

the term

> numbness. He wanted me to call it a parethesia, which the correct

medical

> term, but can also include other strange sensations. Of course, he

totally

> ignored the Chiari!

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> Suzanne Hill

> ACM I

> Decompressed 1998

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[Guest guest]

I'd be sure to mention it to my doc(s) though. There are a lot of

reasons for weird sensations in the feet and for circulatory problems

- with many of them having nothing to do with Chiari. I have weird

toe problems myself, but they're due to Reynaud's which for some

reason bothers my feet more than any other part of my body (except

for, oddly enough, the tip of my nose). My husband who admittedly

doesn't have Chiri has weird feet sensations, they thought at first it

was due to arthritis, then due to his circulation and finally it

turned out to be diabetic neuropathy. But it's important to find the

right reason because you'll need the right treatment to get relief -

and as you can see from my husband's experience, sometimes it takes a

lot of persistence and several doctors to find out what the problem

really is.

Dee