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Re: stless Leg Syndrome anyone? Just curious
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed May 4 16:51:47 2005
I know exactly what you're talking about all too well. The endo pain
for me is on my right side mostly and really effecting my right leg. At
one point it got so bad my leg would go numb from the knee up. It's
miserable. Hope yours isn't too bad.
At Tue, 3 May 2005, S.S. wrote:
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>I am hoping and praying no one here knows what RLS is, it's a hell
>almost as bad as endo for me. Since last fall, I have been curious if
>there was any connection between endo and RLS. My only case study, so
>to speak, is myself. I have both and have been wondering why my endo
>pain is almost exclusively on my left side and the RLS affects my left
>leg far more than my right leg. During one of my previos gyno visits,
>my doc was telling me that endo can cause nerve pain in the back and
>down the legs... which got me thinking about restless leg syndrome.
>There probably isn't any connection at all, but it would be interesting
>if a lot of other women have both as well.
>
>If you have never heard of restless leg syndrome, it's a bit hard to
>explain. It's a feeling that you can't keep your legs still, you have
>to keep moving them continuously to keep a horrible creepy crawly
>feeling away. It isn't pain, more like if you have been cramped up in a
>small car on a long trip and you feel like you just HAVE to stretch your
>legs, multiplied by a thousand. It usually happens in the evening and
>at night much more than during the day.
>
>Like I said, I doubt there is any connection, but I figured it couldn't
>hurt to ask now that I have found this forum.
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