Did I get MS or Fibromyalgia from my surgery?
Hello, My name is Danielle and I was wondering if you folks might be able to help me. I had a VSG in April of 2007 and got pregnant 6 months later. The pregnancy went fine besides loosing a ton more weight and hardly being able to keep food down for most of the time. 3 months post partum I have developed numbness and tingling in my hands and feet and sometimes I have really bad pain in my spine with zappy feelings in my back. My muscles feel weak sometimes and twitch a lot. I feel overwhelmed with depression and sometimes have full blown panic attacks. I am afraid I am dying. The soles of my feet and my hands turn bright red and feel so numb sometimes. I lost the tastebuds on half of my tongue (They grew back in a week) and get white patches inside my right cheek (Like I bit my cheek while chewing). I get a rash on my arms when I carry something. Not like a raised bumpy rash, but a rash like under my skin,blotchy red. It goes away in a few minutes. I wake up at night in a panic and have a hard time going back to sleep. I get dizzy when I first stand up and I get constipated a lot.(sorry, TMI) Also my hands and feet get cold a lot. I am losing hair like crazy. I have dry skin and chapped lips chronically. My hands shake a lot too. Sorry this is so scatterbrained sounding, that is just how my brain is lately. I have three children, only one was born post VSG. I read that weight loss surgery can sometimes bring MS or Fibromyalgia on in patients. Did I doom myself? Or does this sound like something else?
The only thing I have been told is I may be deficient in some vitamins. I admit I have eaten not good since surgery and I havenot take a vitamin regularly since surgery. Any feedback is so appreciated!!!
Thank you!
I have had MRI's on mt brain and neck. I have seen a neuro and Chiropractor. MRI's were normal, only one small cyst that doc was not concerned about.
You didn't have this surgery to be miserable and thin, you wanted to be healthy right?
Oh And I don't know about your intrinsic factor for b-12, so take in in the sub-lingual form under the tongue.