Re: numb fingers

September 2, 2003

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numb fingers

Hello everyone, I am nearly 2 years post op and have been having numb

fingers

in my left hand, has anyone ever had this? Could this be a vitamin

deficiency

of some kind? I have been real tired lately and have gained about 10 lbs

back

in the past 4 months, I see my doc soon but I was curious if anyone ever

had

the numb finger thing? Thanks for any advice.

September 2, 2003

ALL of my fingers, and toes have been numb for several years now. If they

aren't numb, they're cold or tingly, like pins and needles. It always feels

like I have sand in my shoes. All kinds of tests have been done. All the

doctors could tell me is that it is Reynaud's Syndrome. Basically, this

means they don't know what causes it. But it seems that a lot of WLS

patients do. My mother does. Her doctor called it neuropathy. Here's a link

that tells a little more about it.

http://www.neuropathy-trust.org/mainpages/education/pn/what_is_pn.htm

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numb fingers

Hello everyone, I am nearly 2 years post op and have been having numb

fingers

in my left hand, has anyone ever had this? Could this be a vitamin

deficiency

of some kind? I have been real tired lately and have gained about 10 lbs

back

in the past 4 months, I see my doc soon but I was curious if anyone ever

had

the numb finger thing? Thanks for any advice.

September 2, 2003

> Hello everyone, I am nearly 2 years post op and have been having

numb fingers

> in my left hand, has anyone ever had this? Could this be a vitamin

deficiency

> of some kind? I have been real tired lately and have gained about

10 lbs back

> in the past 4 months, I see my doc soon but I was curious if anyone

ever had

> the numb finger thing? Thanks for any advice.

Yes, the fingers of my left hand have had varying degrees of numbness

ever since my RNY surgery on 12/13/01. There can be many different

reasons for it but because yours started so long after surgery, I

would first check out possible vitamin deficiency.

The next time you have your blood profile done, I would ask your

doctor to include a blood glucose test to check for signs of Diabetes.

High blood glucose levels can damage nerve endings over time causing

a condition called Diabetic Neuropathy. Because I was a Type II

Diabetic prior to my weight loss, I do experience nueropathy in my

feet and legs. But the numbness in my left hand still baffles me as

my blood glucose levels have been normal for quite some time and my

recent blood profile showed no vitamin deficiencies. Guess I'm just

lucky.

Joe Parks

VBG 1992

Medial RNY 12/13/01

295/205/190

September 2, 2003

Every surgery or procedure that I've been put through I've come out with a crick

in something it seems. I was finally convinced to see a Chiroprator in the

late 80's after I having WLS surgery in 1981, and being involved in a car

accident in 1982. I had headaches every day for 4 1/2 years. The Drs put me on

every muscle relaxer, pain killer, and physical therapy regime they could think

of. I couldn't take the meds during the day and work. So I endured the

blinding sick headaches, went home and took the meds and went to bed. Pretty

sad for a 20 something person, and 4 1/2 years of my life in pain. When I went

to the Chiroprator, I was really sceptical, but the person that did the

convincing is a person I trust. After 3 1/2 months on treatment 3x's a week, I

finally was headache free, no tingling in my hands and arms, no pain in my low

back and legs. Towards the end of the 3 1/2 months, I left his office one day

and didn't know if I'd make it home before I feel asleep. My body was totally

relaxed for the first time in years. It was like I had been given a sleeping

pill or a muscle relaxer. I still see the Chiroprator as needed, and he really

gave me my life back! If anyone in the OKC area would like to know of a good

one, be more than happy to give you his name! This may not be the answer for

everyone, but it sure did the trick for me.

Gail

Loop 1/12/81 - Revision in my future!

September 2, 2003

Well, neuropathy is a different animal than Raynaud's. Raynaud's is in the

auto immune family. Usually associated with rheumatoid arthritis (mine is

osteo, though); lupus; fibro & so on. Treated by a rheumatologist.

Raynaud's is why I am 5 weeks post-op from this minor foot surgery & not

healed. Still have booboos where I should have smooth scars. This is the

first time in 20 yrs that it has made me think about it as other than

inconvenient & uncomfy. I can't go very far with the PT while I have

" wounds " . And if I don't, I'll be in worse shape with those joints than I

was before the surgery. I don't think the pod or I knew how bad the

Raynaud's was. Was a big surprise to me, lemme tell ya.

NOW I know it is pretty serious business and you can actually lose toes to

it. I've only actually met one other person with it, at least who KNEW that

was it.

The numb fingers--do they lose color? Only when cold? Or temp has nothing to

do with it? Raynaud's actually slams shut some of the blood vessels. Still

got blood, can't get it to the extremities. My fingers turn absolutely

white--no blood at all. And in a certain order. The toes probably go white

at some point, but I usually notice when they are purple. They actually

turned blue a few times at the conference since it was sustained cold in the

a/c.

I know almost nothing about this disease, but it surely has got my

attention NOW.

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>

> Hello everyone, I am nearly 2 years post op and have been having numb

> fingers

> in my left hand, has anyone ever had this? Could this be a vitamin

> deficiency

> of some kind? I have been real tired lately and have gained about 10 lbs

> back

> in the past 4 months, I see my doc soon but I was curious if anyone ever

> had

> the numb finger thing? Thanks for any advice.

>

September 2, 2003

Mine turn white. Nail beds turn purple. At 90 degrees outside. ly, I

didn't think the doctor (who is no longer my PCP) knew what the heck he was

talking about. He did labs, and sent me to a cardiologist for an ultrasound

on my legs, put me on meds for circulation that didn't help. Nada. I've had

it so long, and it doesn't seem to get any worse, so I just live with it.