Leg cramps

[GingerSlim 128]

Im 6 weeks post op & feeling great..BUT...I have been recently getting really bad cramps in my calves. I'm drinking enough & just started to take potassium to see if that helps. Did anyone else experience this?

It happens all the time...while walking, laying in bed, etc.

It's really starting to get annoying. I just hope I'm not lacking something.

[BitterSweet* 835]

Fortify your Water intake with electrolytes, and you're right on target with the potassium. Soak in a hot bath with Epsom salts, and that will also help pull some of the lactic acid from your muscles.

[Vickybli 64]

When i get really bad cramps what helps me is a magnesium supplement. Talk to your nut about it

[audnmac8 44]

Should I be worried.....I just experienced a leg cramp in my calves and right away was thinking blood clot! I went on a 8 hour car drive but always got up and walked around to avoid any kinda of blood clot. i'm drinking enough fluids but was worried when I felt this cramp in my right led this morning. Hopefully someone can please help me what should I do?

Thanks,

[Brigette 65]

OMG, I had to verify I hadn't typed this. I too was experiencing bad leg cramps. I upped my Water intake and increased B12 and started eating bananas. We will see what happens. Keep us abreast of updates.

[audnmac8 44]

I called my nurse and she says I gotta drink more fluids! So I did n cramps are gone wow I'm such a worry head!! Lol good luck to you on your journey of health!

[Kushka 36]

I'm glad to see this post came up when I searched leg cramps - no sense me starting a new one. Mine were awful last night. Good information above. I'm just under four weeks post-op and know I need to up my Water.

[KarenKaye 16]

I was having leg cramps pre-surgery. I haven't had them since. I was hoping they were gone for good. It's nothing for me to be up walking around the yard at 3:00am to work out cramps.

[Kushka 36]

My leg cramps are gone since I added a magnesium/zinc/calcium supplement. Whew.

[Daisee68 2,493]

Mine seems to be related to begin hypothyroid. Anytime I start getting the and I get my thyroid checked, it turns out I need to adjust my thyroid med

[staceymeaux 90]

I am having bad leg cramps 4 days post op. I took a potassium supplement and will try to drink some more today. Hoping these go away so i can get some sleep.< /p>

[mmwishart 41]

Mine have disappeared since the surgery too. I've had them since I was a kid.

[byebyedarkpassenger 203]

Vitamin D deficiency also causes leg cramps.

[NaomiAus 104]

Vitamin D deficiency also causes leg cramps.

This is definitely true, I was getting terrible leg cramps all the time, then I started taking a vitamin D supplement, and they have improved so much. I still get them from time to time but no where near as frequent as I used to