Tingling hands and feet and lower back pain

I've had tingling hands and feet for the last few weeks. The feet happen when I bend over for a bit.
I checked websites and of course it could be a huge number of things including vitamin deficiencies but I'm really good at taking my vitamins now and it usually takes longer to get a deficiency bad enough to cause problems like that. I think?

Also, I've had a lot of lower back pain whereas before surgery I really only had it if I walked for a while.

Here's my guess, could my spine be thrown out of whack from losing roughly 60 lbs in a short amount of time, thus causing some nerves to be pinched? Most of my weight has been off my top half. Considering trying the chiropractor.

I think I will probably go to my PCP as well just to make sure but I don't want to engage the whole medical process if I don't have to.

But wondering, is it too early to have another full blood panel done to check my nutrient levels? I'm 6 weeks out.

Did anyone else have anything weird like this start up after surgery? (I'm not substituting this post for seeing my doctor, just wondering.)

Thanks!
Anna

Yep, go to the doc and be safe.  AND I love the chiropractor!!  Hope all is well and you lose the aches and tingles!!

Hi Anna,

I didn't get any new tinglies... I have them anyways from poor circulation.

I did have some major pain though and it was explained to me that my body is trying to readjust to a new center of gravity.  It startedin my lower back.  I also had major hip pain as my legs learned to come back together with the loss of major thigh weight.  My shoulders hurt too as my arms came back to my sides  lol  They don't tell you about this stuff and i"m not sure everyone gets it.

Go to the doc to be safe but also think about what your body is going through... the changes it's making in a miraculous amount of time  :)

Happy journey!

I agree...it really takes the body a while to adjust after losing weight. We walk differently and ever part of our body is off some. Check in with your doctor but it really sounds like a chiro  adjustment would help.

Hugs....connie d

I have an appointment at the doctor at 3 today. I'll let everyone know what she says.

A friend suggested it could be calcium deficiency so I'm going to ask my doctor to run the whole blood works just to make sure and at the very least, calcium levels.

I hope it isn't anything to worry about.

Anna,

I hope all is well with you.  60 pounds in 2 months!  That is amazing.. Thought of you at the club tonite.  You obviously were in no condition to be walkin on the treadmill with me though.

Feel better!

Steph

How was your doctor visit?

My doctor thinks it's my Requip, the medication I take for restless leg syndrome. Apparently 3% of patients develop that side effect. So I'm going off it and we'll see what things are like by the end of the week. Let's hope this is what the problem is.

I did have a bunch of labs done so I will have those results later today. Will keep you posted.

I don't know if anyone is still reading this but I also have low potassium. Have to go on pills today.

The whole center of gravity thing IS a major cause of aches and pains - we had this discussion at PNC about a year ago.

As for the RLS, I have that as well, although not "officially" diagnosed or medicated.  I have found that when it's out of hand, one Advil Liqui-gel will calm the jitters quite nicely.  And I was told, by one of the nurses in my program, that taking Advil in the liqui-gel form is acceptable once in a while, when nothing else will take care of it.  You might run that by your doctor?