Weird feeling in legs post surgery

AB002 1 day ago

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Hi all,

I had an anterior resection 6 weeks ago, it was very successful, no stoma and was discharged from hospital after 3 days.

I am 48 and pretty fit and was very active prior to surgery. Which has helped me recover so quickly.

I have been experiencing some odd feelings down the front of my thighs which I can't really explain. Not numbness nor pins and needles l, almost like slight nerve tingling. It seems to be linked to when I need to have or when I am having a bowel movement or when I may have wind.

It's not painful. It reminds me of the feeling I sometimes get when I am due on my period or having a heavy period.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

I'm about to start 3 months of Capox so worried itsy worsen once started that.

Thanks

Kareno62 23 hours ago

Hi AB002 This may just be a sign of the nerves recovering from the surgery but I’m not medically trained so you could maybe try posting this in the Ask a Nurse section?

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_experiences/ask_the_expert-forum/ask_a_nurse

Macmillan Support Line - 0808 808 00 00, 7 days a week between 8am-8pm

BlueBlue 21 hours ago

Hi AB002

I had something similar after surgery. More noticeable when walking - it felt like tingling from my toes which in the early days started after I'd been walking for 10 minutes or so. I was throwing my right leg a wee bit too. It started to resolve itself through time. I could walk further and longer. Think I stopped noticing it around the 6 month mark. I'd had excruciating back pain the night after surgery which was attributed to nerve or disc damage during surgery (you're in a very awkward position on the table apparently) so I just assumed that it was linked to that.

As Karen said though, try the Ask A Nurse section. It would be interesting to hear what they say. Hope things improve and it doesn't become too worrying.

Good Luck

AB002 19 hours ago in reply to BlueBlue

Thanks for the reply blue blue.

Thinking about it I had really bad back ache for the first 2 nights, I had just presumed it was lying in my back all night on those mattresses but I you mentioned it could be more to do with positioning surgery.

Sorry to here about the tingling that you experienced. 6 months seems some time for it to last. Did you speak to anyone about it at the time?

I will raise it with nurses on my pre assessment for the chemo. I have been averaging around 10,000 steps a day for the last two weeks but doesn't feel like muscle ache through usage.

Will also use the ask a nurse forum too.

Thank you

BlueBlue 18 hours ago in reply to AB002

Hi AB002

I initially thought it was the mattress too (I wanted out of bed and into a chair at 2am the night of the op - they wouldn't let me). However they let me up around 6am and I got a painkiller injection which was great. Back gradually eased off in the next couple of days.

It wasn't until after I got home and started proper outside walking that my leg felt funny. As I say, initially it bothered me after around 10 mins of walking, but that did improve after time the more I walked. I think at around 6 weeks it took about an hours worth of walking before the leg felt funny. It wasn't a muscular pain, just this tingly feeling.

I didn't seek advice to be honest. It was during covid so nothing face to face and I didn't see the surgeon again until 6 months post op, by which time it had resolved. Thinking back, I'd had an epidural around 35 years earlier which resulted in my other foot staying numb for a few weeks. Anaesthetist at that time wasn't in the slightest bit bothered.

It would be good to know if you get a definitive answer.