New to forum, banded for 2+ years

[Pieternella 0]

Hi everyone, just found this forum on the net. Hope you can understand my posting as English is not my native language. I was banded in October 2004 and have finally reached my goal. I'm used to metrics, so I'll use my BMI. I went from 47 to 25 in just 2 years. I'm a member of a forum in my own country, but now I have a question no one on that forum can answer. For over a week now I'm suffering a dropfoot, and it was mentioned to me that one of the reasons can be a lack of Vitamins. Is someone on this forum familiar with this? Please help as I'm really frightened at the moment. I have been to the hospital and was seen by a neuro specialist who told me the dropfoot wasn't the result of a stroke, but I have to wait 3 weeks for a follow up appointment and would like to have some answers sooner. Thanks!

[jahair 0]

Hi everyone, just found this forum on the net. Hope you can understand my posting as English is not my native language. I was banded in October 2004 and have finally reached my goal. I'm used to metrics, so I'll use my BMI. I went from 47 to 25 in just 2 years. I'm a member of a forum in my own country, but now I have a question no one on that forum can answer. For over a week now I'm suffering a dropfoot, and it was mentioned to me that one of the reasons can be a lack of Vitamins. Is someone on this forum familiar with this? Please help as I'm really frightened at the moment. I have been to the hospital and was seen by a neuro specialist who told me the dropfoot wasn't the result of a stroke, but I have to wait 3 weeks for a follow up appointment and would like to have some answers sooner. Thanks!

Hi there and :welcome2: to the forum. Dropfoot doesn't only come from a stroke -- there may be other forces at play. I couldn't find anything that specifically mentioned Vitamins as a trigger, but this link explains some of the neuro-muscular things that might be going on.

Click here: Drop Foot (Foot Drop) and Steppage Gait (Footdrop Gait)

I'll share also that earlier this year I was tripping a lot and once fell out flat on my face while walking around the neighborhood. :faint: Since I had broken my ankle several years prior, I thought this was the result -- dropfoot. I went to my orthopedist and he took X-rays, watched my walk and pronounced that I did not have dropfoot, I was just a lazy walker and did not fully pick up my feet! Duh! I can report, no tripping since then.

Hope your story turns out well for you. Hang in there!

Jo Ann