Tingly fingers, gah.
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batskeetsLazy Tuesday was sufficiently lazy. Ate a Subway wrap for dinner, and lazed around the best way I knew how. I didn't get around to watching Prison Break, but I caught up on Veronica Mars and The Colbert Report. God, that show is genius. Actually, both shows are genius, just, y'know, not in any ways that are similar to each other. ;p
Recent problem: One night about a week or two ago, when I was laying in bed, trying to fall asleep, I suddenly noticed that my foot felt tingly. I nudged it with my other foot, and it felt oddly numb, so I shifted positions, figuring that I was laying funny and cutting off the blood circulation, and fell asleep after that.
Two nights later, it happened again, and this time I felt numbness in my right foot *and* tingling in the calf above it. I had to get up and walk around the room for a minute before I started feeling normalish.
On Monday, I was shivering behind my desk at work, because I've always had less-than-great circulation,and the climate control there sucks, so my hands and feet are always a bit chilly. I'd been using the mouse exclusively for most of the afternoon, but when I stopped to actually type something, I noticed that my right pinky and left index finger were numb.
Since this all started, I've had numb foot/calf issues when I go to bed, and sometimes at my desk, every other day or so. And, today, the same two fingers went numb again.
I'm starting to get really concerned, because this numbness thing just came on all of a sudden, and I can't figure out what the cause could be. My clothes can't be cutting off the circulation, because they're all at least slightly too big. I haven't made any wild changes to my lifestyle recently, and the weather has been freezing for months, so I can't even blame cold temperatures.
Anyway, if this keeps up for much longer, I'll have to schedule a doctor's appointment, because this? Not normal.
Well, at least I have wushu tonight, so maybe *that* will get my blood flowing properly. Until then, I'm off.
Recent problem: One night about a week or two ago, when I was laying in bed, trying to fall asleep, I suddenly noticed that my foot felt tingly. I nudged it with my other foot, and it felt oddly numb, so I shifted positions, figuring that I was laying funny and cutting off the blood circulation, and fell asleep after that.
Two nights later, it happened again, and this time I felt numbness in my right foot *and* tingling in the calf above it. I had to get up and walk around the room for a minute before I started feeling normalish.
On Monday, I was shivering behind my desk at work, because I've always had less-than-great circulation,and the climate control there sucks, so my hands and feet are always a bit chilly. I'd been using the mouse exclusively for most of the afternoon, but when I stopped to actually type something, I noticed that my right pinky and left index finger were numb.
Since this all started, I've had numb foot/calf issues when I go to bed, and sometimes at my desk, every other day or so. And, today, the same two fingers went numb again.
I'm starting to get really concerned, because this numbness thing just came on all of a sudden, and I can't figure out what the cause could be. My clothes can't be cutting off the circulation, because they're all at least slightly too big. I haven't made any wild changes to my lifestyle recently, and the weather has been freezing for months, so I can't even blame cold temperatures.
Anyway, if this keeps up for much longer, I'll have to schedule a doctor's appointment, because this? Not normal.
Well, at least I have wushu tonight, so maybe *that* will get my blood flowing properly. Until then, I'm off.
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Date: 2006-03-23 12:17 am (UTC)But seriously, I hope it's nothing, er... serious. Things like that can be pretty unnerving.
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Date: 2006-03-23 12:54 am (UTC)I have cubital tunnel syndrome (well controlled now), and I mistook it for circulation issues to begin with.
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Date: 2006-03-23 01:19 am (UTC)I still wonder WTF is up with the foot/leg tingling, though... gah.
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Date: 2006-03-25 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-25 02:08 am (UTC)http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/Concern/Vitamin_B12_Deficiency.htm#Condition-Symptoms
Symptoms of severe vitamin B12 deficiency (regardless of the cause) may include burning of the tongue, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, intermittent constipation and diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, menstrual symptoms, psychological symptoms, and nervous system problems, such as numbness and tingling in the feet and hands. Most symptoms can occur before the deficiency is severe enough to cause anemia. Healthcare professionals have a series of laboratory tests that can determine B12 deficiency at earlier stages that are not accompanied by anemia.
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Date: 2006-03-25 03:58 am (UTC)It'd be really weird for me to have a B12 deficiency, though, since it usually comes with meat, dairy, and eggs, and I eat more than my share of that stuff... O_o;
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Date: 2006-03-25 12:43 pm (UTC)It may not be B12 deficiency, but B12 deficiency is a type of anemia (spelling? it's too early for me) so you may be anemic...?
Or maybe I'm just crazy and you can get on with life. =D