Hey guys, I've been experiencing a burning sensation along with pins and needles in my left thigh for almost two weeks now, I believe the medical term is paresthesia. It seems to be more intense when I'm in bed. I'm feeling incredibly anxious about it as I'm worried there might be possible nerve damage. Has anyone else experienced this and did it eventually go away?
It is but is going to heal by itself, i had some serious burning pain by the end of my lenghting phase, i was unable to sleep or even watch the tv for a week but everything fixed itself
Thanks Rei. How long did it take before it went away? What worries me is that I finished lengthening quite a while ago and then this just seemed to come out of nowhere
Quote from: Nestor on February 22, 2020, 12:40:53 PMThanks Rei. How long did it take before it went away? What worries me is that I finished lengthening quite a while ago and then this just seemed to come out of nowhere
A couple of days after the lenghting, the numbness went away after a month, you prob damaged them more than me but i’m sure they will heal with time
Folks on this forum seem to regularly character symptoms as "nerve damage".
Nerves can be cut; they can be torn, or they can be compressed--that's about it.
In all instances, nerves work to heal themselves.
It is possible for a surgeon to cut a nerve in surgery--rare but possible. If so, feeling is immediately lost.
It is also possible to tear a nerve during distraction. However, nerves both stretch and grow by 1 mm per day; therefore, if you distract no more than 1 mm per day, it is almost impossible to tear a nerve.
In either case, the open ends of the nerve grow through soft tissue in order to find each other. Usually, the ends find each other.
Conceivably, if you cut or tear a nerve at the start of distraction; then, distract 3 inches, you could impede the ends from finding each other. Eventually, the open distal end of the nerve will die and permanent nerve loss will result.
HOWEVER, the usual nerve issue results from compression. Think about standing on a garden hose. Swollen tissue compresses the nerve and impairs transmission of the nerve signal. Take your foot of the hose and water flows.
When you begin to heal, swelling reduces and the nerve signal begins to flow more normally.
HOWEVER AGAIN, the impaired nerve signal may be blocking what would otherwise be a pain signal. That is, you are having more pain than you realize because compression is reducing your nerve's ability to carry a pain signal. When the nerve begins to work better, you feel more pain.
Stated simply, when nerves heal, you tend to go from numbness, to tingling, to pins and needles, to pain and burning; then, these symptoms recede in essentially the same order except that you have normal feeling rather than numbness at the end of the process which can take up to a couple of years.
Last, even understanding your body's healing process, it is important to continue to monitor your body and to consult with your MD.
Thanks for the detailed explanation California, much appreciated. A bit of background to my situation - I was only experiencing numbness in my left shin during lengthening but no burning sensation in my thigh. After going into a state of panic about my femurs being out of proportion I regrettably decided to reduce in length but stopped at around 3mm as I was having leg pains which were most likely caused by overdoing it with squats but I wasn't sure if maybe the reducing length was affecting things too. About 5 days later the burning sensation kicked in and hasn't gone away.
I'm not sure if perhaps the small reduction in length caused this or its due to something else. The thought of having to live with some permanent nerve issue has really got me depressed this past few days, I hope the nerves heal like you mentioned.
I am having same exact issue… started with numbness over left knee and shin and now burning and pins/needles. Does this heal after distraction? Did people get full sensation of shin back?
I’m over 14 months post surgery and my shin numbness is still there. It’s way better than it was right after distraction and it feels like it’s still improving though, so maybe I’ll get full sensation back eventually.
Quote from: BelowTheMean on January 26, 2022, 04:47:59 AMI’m over 14 months post surgery and my shin numbness is still there. It’s way better than it was right after distraction and it feels like it’s still improving though, so maybe I’ll get full sensation back eventually.
Is it just a smaller area of numbness? How much did you distract? How long till improvement of numbness? Maybe after rod removal you’ll get full sensation?
I had dead/tingling/itchy patches on Tib frontalis on both legs still 2 years still after femur CLL, i tried Pregabalin to no avail. At the ~ 4 year mark i now have naturally improved almost 100% - although have been taking MK677 10mg for 5 months, maybe this has helped.
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