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mmglobal · #1 (**permalink**) 12-09-2010, 04:48 PM

Greetings from Zwickau. I get the occasional VERY intense pains that are tough to explain. Last night, I got one that was about the worst I've ever experienced. It was in my big toe... felt like someone was standing on a knitting needle, balanced on my toe. Yow! This sounds similar... just an unexplained and very intense pain... very localized. I don't know what to think of this... I just hope I don't see it too often.

Regarding the negative incline: are you saying it really was 5 degrees negative, or it felt like that (as if you were experiencing some vertigo???)

I think you are saying it was really tilted head-down. Here in Zwickau, I'm learning about arachnoiditis and many related ailments. There are some positional / gravity dependant configs, but trying to explain them now is still over my head, or feet if I'm on a negative tilt!

Talk to you soon,

Mark

Maria · #2 (**permalink**) 12-09-2010, 05:14 PM

Dale,
I've experienced something like Mark has with these zinger/zapping types of sharp or electric very abbreviated pains shooting out of my big toes. They didn't last long ... maybe several weeks. I was already off Neurontin as I recall so I had wondered if it was related to this or something else.

Whichever ... went away. I do so many things that are sometimes a new endeavor for me or one I've not done in a long time so I'm always wondering if this is related to that..

I've had other symptoms that lasted a bit of time like a few weeks of feeling water or something wet on one of my legs and checking thinking I spilled something but knowing I didn't. Went away.

Many little weird pains that I basically am wondering "what's this?" and then they seem to disappear and I forget about them.

Hopefully they mean nothing. Or let me rephrase that.. "nothing significant." Good luck!

dshobbies · #3 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 04:01 PM

Funny about the knitting needle reference. It's the same term I use and have been getting jabs since feeling first returned to my leg 5 years ago. Big toe, foot, ankle, (both legs) and knee and thigh have been it's favorite spots but my calf is a new one.

Pretty sure I was slightly negative and can't help but think it's a cause and effect though by now, the needles have slowed considerably. Wish they would stop as I'm still unsure which is appropriate, hitting the ceiling or the floor- though the floor has the advantage of being easier

. PM says it's nerves waking up- I say they're aggravated because I did something stupid!

D... ouch!

Maria · #4 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 06:31 PM

I tend to agree with your assessment since we know ourselves re some *stuff* we do and I am quite thankful if nerves haven't woken up to give me full time grief again however long the duration the jabbing zings/pains might be. If something should continue I'd have it checked out. Otherwise usually whatever is gone before I can even have an appt. date!

Maria · #5 (**permalink**) 12-14-2010, 11:22 AM

Dale,
Are you still having the same symptoms or have they increased in frequency, duration and intensity? Have you seen or talked to your doc if so re symptoms? Hope they've gone away

dshobbies · #6 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 06:33 PM

Maria -

Symptoms are definitely subsiding but I'm getting new jabs in my right leg now. The whole thing is connected to everything including the weather but as long as whatever pains don't keep me from doing whatever and they don't take anything away but my breath - it's doable.

On another note, I was so sick yesterday, I couldn't get out of bed. One day in bed and my back is complaining. You'd think it would say thank-you but no, it's saying get your lazy ass out of this thing! Glad it was short lived because another day in bed and I'd be in some serious pain

Dale

Maria · #7 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 11:32 PM

I'm like that as well Dale re if it's not so bad to keep me down I'm up and going. Re staying in bed my back tires out that way as well and esp. if I'm lying on my love seat at night watching TV and fall asleep. I wake up with achey hips and back hurting. Really need firm surface. Two hours of sleep in bed on back w/legs elevated and cervical pillow (proper positioning for my body/back/probs) seems to help that all out and I wake up feeling fine usually.

It's weird.. use to have to stay in bed for back to feel better and now I have to stay out of it to feel better and I'm definately happy that the latter is what keeps my low back feeling good. Of course sitting long periods still flares me up tho I don't have the problem to the degree I used to re sitting.

Hope your "jabs" will go away and leave you not even remembering they happened and also hope you feel better ASAP!