Re: [SPAM] tingling pins/needles spreading in leg

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My legs often get like that when I get too warm. Does the heat ever make you feel worse especially since you live in a warm state?

Bill

[sPAM] tingling pins/needles spreading in leg

Hi everyone:My left leg is always my weaker leg. And I always have numbness and strange sensations. But yesterday morning my left foot started tingling in a different way with pins/needles. It was uncomfortable to step down, but not painful. Now it's spreading up my leg and is up to my upper thigh. I was dxed with Transverse Myelitis in 1997 (then MS dx came the next year). I just realized a few minutes ago that the left leg is reminding me of the beginning of my experience with Transverse Myelitis. It is kind of like the feeling of a foot going to sleep but my leg is feeling draggy. Anyone else get this (without having TM?) Here is a brief blurb about TM from NINDS: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/transversemyelitis/transversemyelitis.htm

What is Transverse Myelitis?

Transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder caused by inflammation across both sides of one level, or segment, of the spinal cord. The segment of the spinal cord at which the damage occurs determines which parts of the body are affected. Damage at one segment will affect function at that segment and segments below it. In people with transverse myelitis, inflammation usually occurs at the thoracic (upper back) level, causing problems with leg movement and bowel and bladder control, which require signals from the lower segments of the spinal cord. What usually begins as a sudden onset of lower back pain, muscle weakness, or abnormal sensations in the toes and feet can rapidly progress to more severe symptoms, including paralysis, urinary retention, and loss of bowel control.Now my right foot is more numb than normal and is feeling stranger than normal. I thought about calling my neuro but he's 45 miles away and I don't want to go in to see him. And I don't want to be on solumedrol. I'm contrary, you know.hugs)))Sharon

Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time..