Meralgia Paresthetica - anyone else experienced this complication? Help!

[wicked 61]

For a couple of days now, I have experienced a numbing on my right upper thigh, with pins and needles sensation when I sit or lay down. It makes it impossible to fall asleep without pain medications (not because it's painful, at least not for me yet) but because the numbness and tingles are so uncomfortable. I put some ice on my leg yesterday and it barely made a difference

I looked up my symptoms and meralgia paresthetica makes the most sense; one of the risks factors is surgery or trauma exactly in the place in which most of the work is done during GB (also the part of my body that hurt the most). I attached a picture for better understanding.

I looked into it more and found that there have been studies and peer-reviewed journal articles on meralgia paresthetica and bariatric surgery:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10484294

http://minsurgery.com/?page=article&article_id=5091

Anyone else dealing with this? I hope that it will go away soon.... it is so uncomfortable, I can barely stand it anymore. :(

[hellohealthy 32]

Yes!! For the past few weeks! Mine has gotten better with alternating walking and resting. It's worst for me at night but it's more of a weird feeling and not pain. My surgeon said it should go away on its own.

[Stinab64 4]

I had this problem directly after surgery for about 3 months... and I still have a slight numbing to this day...it's been just over 6 months...

My Dr. told me it was because of the way and force he has to strap you down for surgery ... that most likely its nerves that were pinched.

HOpefully...it'll be gone soon.. but you are right... it was very bothersome at first...and pain meds did not take care of it!

GOod luck!

[red37 116]

Yep me too. I am one week out-had horrible numbness in right leg around the knee which made walking wobbly-that has gotten a lot better. Also numbness in my left buttock-which is still there. This makes sitting or laying in one position for too long very uncomfortable. Surgeon and nurses didn't think it was a big deal, or at least they down played and and almost acted like it was very rare...!