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Leg Issue, no answer from Doctors, please help!

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Anxiouspatient · 13/12/2024 16:47

I have recently had facial surgery (multiple surgeries actually)and since my most recent surgery I have had a weird sensation in one of my legs. Kind of numbness and feels like it’s lost circulation to it. It feels almost that I don’t have control over it. It’s causing me to move around quite slowly but I can walk on it ok and move my foot around fine. It’s less worse when I move around, when I sit down or lie down it’s awful. I’ve seen about 10 doctors to ask about it, no one has come up with anything. I would feel better if I had an idea of what it was. So far Doctor Google has suggested potentially vitamin B12 deficiency or nerve damage (which I don’t know if could happen in facial surgery!) any ideas?

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TheDotMatriX · 13/12/2024 16:50

Were you under anaesthesia during facial surgery? How soon after the surgery did the symptoms start?
my thought would be that this is lower back related and you were in a position (while aneathetised or shortly after) which annoyed the nerve. Is it getting better with time?

TimeAndTideAndButteredEggsWaitForNoMan · 13/12/2024 16:50

Could it be sciatica? I had a terribly bad back after a long operation, just from being flat on my back for so long, and being moved around. Nothing to do with the actual operation itself! Could you try a physio and explain what’s happened?

TimeAndTideAndButteredEggsWaitForNoMan · 13/12/2024 16:51

@TheDotMatriX Great minds thinking alike there!

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Anxiouspatient · 13/12/2024 17:04

Thank you @TheDotMatriX and @TimeAndTideAndButteredEggsWaitForNoMan Yes I was under anaesthetic for about 8 hours all together. I never thought it could be back related but yes that does make sense. It started the morning after the surgery. I was on morphine on the day of surgery and then it started when I woke up the next morning. It hasn’t got better at all, it’s stayed the same since it started.

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TimeAndTideAndButteredEggsWaitForNoMan · 13/12/2024 17:07

Anxiouspatient · 13/12/2024 17:04

Thank you @TheDotMatriX and @TimeAndTideAndButteredEggsWaitForNoMan Yes I was under anaesthetic for about 8 hours all together. I never thought it could be back related but yes that does make sense. It started the morning after the surgery. I was on morphine on the day of surgery and then it started when I woke up the next morning. It hasn’t got better at all, it’s stayed the same since it started.

Then I think a physio appointment should be the very next thing you try. Hope you get some relief soon!

Nap1983 · 13/12/2024 17:11

what kinda facial surgery did you have? Nerve damage is a possibility

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Anxiouspatient · 13/12/2024 17:13

Nap1983 · 13/12/2024 17:11

what kinda facial surgery did you have? Nerve damage is a possibility

Tumour removal and then developed blood clots in the face, so the following surgeries were to remove the clots.

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janeavrilavril · 15/12/2024 14:27

TheDotMatriX · 13/12/2024 16:50

Were you under anaesthesia during facial surgery? How soon after the surgery did the symptoms start?
my thought would be that this is lower back related and you were in a position (while aneathetised or shortly after) which annoyed the nerve. Is it getting better with time?

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that is a stretch

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Anxiouspatient · 15/12/2024 15:41

janeavrilavril · 15/12/2024 14:27

that is a stretch

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Can you explain?

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