Optic Neuritis - now my leg is numb - worried - please help?
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:44 am
Hello all,
Firstly thank you for starting to read this and hopefully you'll get to the end and be able to help
About May last year my vision went a bit faint in my right eye, various checks and MRi and they said I have Optic Neuritis, wasnt bad enough for steroids and sure enough it went away about November time. It has now come back in my left eye but no where near as bad as last time and I dont get the feeling or pressure either. I am taking 2 1000 unit Vitamin D tablets a day in the hope that helps as the consultant advised.
Now, and this the part making my heart miss beats, about a month ago I felt a numbness on and off in my left upper thigh on the outside. When I saw the consultant she said that part is very sensitive especially if you have gained weight, id say ive gaine a stone or maybe two tops so put it down to this after doing many checking with sharp things and push up push down etc... it went away and then this week come back but worse. It feels like my finger knows im touching it but my leg is not sure. I did have something similar in my lower leg about a year ago and it was because I had put my back out and after a couple of trips to the Osteopath it went away. I have been doing work on the house again, bending about, lifting and stretching so on Friday I went to the Osteopath again sure enough my back was out, in fact he cracked it in 6 places, ouch! and I believe my leg feels betterrrrr but not right, I must say he did said if it wasnt better but Monday or Tuesday then to go back and yes I am probably being impatient. However the reason for this is my Dad has MS and he had the eye thing thirty years ago, nothing, then his right knee and leg started causing problems and i know all the symptoms he has talked about.
Last night I went to bed and I would say only 1/5 of the affected area is still numb or should I say very very sensitive, the ostepath mentioned it could be swollen. My main concern is i woke in the night and it felt like my whole upper outter thigh was on fire and almost moving or crawing feeling and I know this is pretty much what my Dad has described before, im not sure if I imagined or dreamt this but I thought I could feel it in my hips and possibly other knee which is what is weird and really worrying me
Can anyone tell me if this sounds like a next stage sympton or if maybe it really is just connected to my back being out? Which is what I am hoping just like last time.
Many thanks to anyone taking the time to read this and any input much appreciated.
Davcos
Firstly thank you for starting to read this and hopefully you'll get to the end and be able to help
About May last year my vision went a bit faint in my right eye, various checks and MRi and they said I have Optic Neuritis, wasnt bad enough for steroids and sure enough it went away about November time. It has now come back in my left eye but no where near as bad as last time and I dont get the feeling or pressure either. I am taking 2 1000 unit Vitamin D tablets a day in the hope that helps as the consultant advised.
Now, and this the part making my heart miss beats, about a month ago I felt a numbness on and off in my left upper thigh on the outside. When I saw the consultant she said that part is very sensitive especially if you have gained weight, id say ive gaine a stone or maybe two tops so put it down to this after doing many checking with sharp things and push up push down etc... it went away and then this week come back but worse. It feels like my finger knows im touching it but my leg is not sure. I did have something similar in my lower leg about a year ago and it was because I had put my back out and after a couple of trips to the Osteopath it went away. I have been doing work on the house again, bending about, lifting and stretching so on Friday I went to the Osteopath again sure enough my back was out, in fact he cracked it in 6 places, ouch! and I believe my leg feels betterrrrr but not right, I must say he did said if it wasnt better but Monday or Tuesday then to go back and yes I am probably being impatient. However the reason for this is my Dad has MS and he had the eye thing thirty years ago, nothing, then his right knee and leg started causing problems and i know all the symptoms he has talked about.
Last night I went to bed and I would say only 1/5 of the affected area is still numb or should I say very very sensitive, the ostepath mentioned it could be swollen. My main concern is i woke in the night and it felt like my whole upper outter thigh was on fire and almost moving or crawing feeling and I know this is pretty much what my Dad has described before, im not sure if I imagined or dreamt this but I thought I could feel it in my hips and possibly other knee which is what is weird and really worrying me
Can anyone tell me if this sounds like a next stage sympton or if maybe it really is just connected to my back being out? Which is what I am hoping just like last time.
Many thanks to anyone taking the time to read this and any input much appreciated.
Davcos