Ever since I had my spinal fusion surgery a few years ago I’ve had tingling in my legs. The tingling slowly developed into twitches. The twitches now make my whole body jerk. I’m fine when I stand, but I can’t stand for long periods. The happens mostly when I sit certain ways or when I’m laying down. It’s more of an annoyance than anything. The doctors have told me that I’d most likely end up with permanent nerve damage and I guess this is a side effect of that damage.
It must look like, to other people, that someone came up behind me and poked me and made me jump. It doesn’t happen when I’m sitting in the car driving thank goodness… that could be a huge problem. I jerk so hard that I’d probably end up crashing the car. It’s like when you’ve just fallen asleep or are almost asleep and you get that “I’m falling” feeling and you jump and wake up.
It’s only on my right side, which is the side that was injured in 2001 that caused me to have 2 back surgeries. And it’s just the strangest feeling too. I can feel it coming. It starts with a tiny fluttering feeling just above my foot. It moves slowly up my leg and it gets to a certain point and then BAM… I jump/jerk. Just so very annoying. It will happen several times in a row then go away for awhile then I feel it coming back again. It’s a viscous cycle… calm, twitchy, jerky, calm, twitchy, jerky.. rinse and repeat!
Sorry to hear that! I had a similar thing happen to me after my c-section but it didn’t last. Seems like we trade one problem for another sometimes, doesn’t it?
Charlotte, I sooooo know what you’re going through. I had back surgery in 2001 and like you went with years of tingles and discomfort. I would even say if I had this do over again I wouldn’t have had the surgery. It took almost 5 years for the numbness to leave my leg (Like you, my right leg). The numbness has finally left my foot, that took 7 years. The tingling happens now only when I’ve been standing for long periods of time or have lifted weight heavier than the prescribed 20 pounds. There are nights that I still have the “restless leg syndrome”. All I can say is, hang in there, it does get better over time…….Smiles from across the miles.