Question:
Did anyone ever have pain and numbness in the leg after surgery?
Since my Lap RNy srugery on 3/25 I have had some degree of numbness and pain in my right thigh. I talked to the doctor and his nurse who also had the surgery herself. They said it was from having my legs elevated during the insertion of the tube in my throat. The weight of my abdomen put pressure on a disc or nerve in my back and the pain and numbness would go away after some time. I tend to believe this since I had disc surgery 7 years ago and the pain and numbness is very similar to what I went thru back then. The amount of numbness and pain is a lot less than right after surgery wo I believe its getting better. Anyone els have this problem. Thanks in advance, Don. — Don A. (posted on May 4, 2002)
May 4, 2002
I too experienced this sort of pain a week or so after surgery. The pain
was completely coming from my back and a pinched nerve. It was just
aggrivated since I had been sleeping in different positions and in a
recliner. Sleeping in a recliner was great for my tummy, but not good for
my back. The pain went away in a couple days. I have had past problems
with the nerve pain down my leg, so I was not surprised that it happened
after surgery when my body was being in positions that it was not used to.
— Amy T.
May 4, 2002
Hi...I had/have the numbness, but never really had any pain. It is on the
outside of my right leg, and runs from just below the knee to just 1/2 way
up my thigh. I had LAP RNY on 8/28/01, and my surgeon gave me the same
reason as yours did, and said that it would eventually go away. It's been
8 months, and it has diminished, but is still slightly numb to the touch.
— lily1968
May 4, 2002
Hi. I am post op lap rny 11/02/01. I had that numbness too and forgot all
about it until I read your question. I think it lasted a couple of months,
I remember asking my surgeon about it at my 3-week follow-up and he said it
would go away, and it did. But I did not know that's what it was from.
W-O-W.
— blank first name B.
May 5, 2002
Hi. I didn't have this type of pain but a good friend of mine did. When I
asked my Dr. about it she explained that in open surgery if an organ or
tissue is in the way, they can use their hands to move it but in Lap
surgery moving it with the instruments might damage it so they move the
table that you are laying on to shift things out of the way. At one point
they had her table nearly vertical with all her weight on her knees (where
she was strapped to the table). She also said the pain will diminish and
over time go completely away. Good Luck and God Bless.
— Leah H.
October 19, 2002
I haven't had surgery yet.. but after my 1st pregnancy both my thighs would
do that numbness thing. Dr. said it was because the baby was pushing on a
nerve, and it would go away eventually... well it's 5yrs later and it
hasn't... seems very fesible that it could be a nerve out of wack. hope it
gets better!
— Amber D.
October 19, 2002
I have the same pain - right thigh. My doctor says it's an offshoot of the
lateral femoral cutaneous nerve where blood flow is being blocked and it
will go away as I lose weight.
— jen41766
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