Hello again. 
My brother had a stroke last March. He told me today that he has numbness in part of his foot. Is this common ? He also says he cannot sleep on his weaker side as it is too uncomfortable. Also, one more question, he was doing really well with his walking. Then during November and December he couldn’t walk outside at all due to dizziness. Thankfully this seems to have passed but he is now struggling to get back to where he was with his walking. He gets weak and wobbly and it’s frightening for him to go out alone. I’m hoping with help from physio therapy he’ll gain confidence again. Thanks for any advice. Wishing you all well. Stephanie x
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Thank you so much for your reply. I will let my brother know that he is not alone with these symptoms. No wonder it’s difficult to walk when you can’t feel your feet on the ground. I wish you all good things for the future.
Stephanie
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@Stephy1 dizziness is quite common after a stroke but if it is a new symptom for your brother it’s definitely worth seeing a gp just to rule out other things like vertigo etc.
As @Nigelglos says your stroke affected side can become very sensitive so it can be difficult to lie on it.
A numb foot will also make walking difficult as you can’t feel the floor so you’re not sure if your foot is down or not. This will take time to get used to and physio should help with this.
Best wishes to you and your brother.
Ann xx
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Yes, as the others say, these symptoms are relatively post stroke. But it is still well worth getting the dizziness and foot numbness checked out with his gp. Just to out any other conditions such as diabetes or being deficient of certain nutrients in the body. So make sure his gp does blood tests to check these, it’s best to err on the side caution and these things checked out before you settle with it as a stroke symptom.
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Thank you for the reply Ann. I will pass this on to my brother. I wish you well. Stephanie
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Thank you. I have asked for blood tests. Stephanie
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Like I said, its more likely the stroke effects.
But for his foot, it wouldn’t do him any harm to do the the foot exercises Simon posted this morning.
As a result of my stroke, I was left with foot drop. I do remember at the time I was receiving physio the therapist reckoned that it was coming from the hip. So just rolling the ankle inwards 30 times a set a couple times a day for just a few days was enough to trigger an unlocking effect that went all the way up the outside leg to the hip and into the lower back. It was a couple of days discomfort, particularly in bed at night…fine now and no more foot drop.
So if he has say a pinched nerve, that can have this sort of numbing effect…for example S1 of the lumber region, the nerves that travel down the leg. And there are 26 bones, 30 joints and over 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments to be affected by those sciatic nerves. So get him gyrating like Elvis 
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Thanks for the interesting post, I hope your brother’s numbness in his feet has been resolved.
I too am experiencing intermittent numbness/tingling in my feet, mainly in left but can also be in right foot. I had a stoke in January of this year, clot in cerebellum, spent ten days in hospital and rehab gong well at home. Stroke affected my right side and my GP thinks numbness may be a nerve issue in lower back rather than linked to the stoke. He is sending me for an MRI scan of lower back next week to see if signs of trapped nerve.
I’m able to walk and have been able to do 2-3 mile well being walks recently despite the numbness.
I mainly experience it on getting up from sitting position and moving about, also sometimes when walking but subsides when resting.
I think it is linked to stroke but I will wait and see, also get giddy spells a bit like coming on dry land after being on a boat.
Would be interested if any other members experience/experienced similar symptons .
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Hi @Rob6
This looks like your first post - the rest of the community see a advisory when folk make their first post ( maybe you’ve already private messaged somebody because we haven’t seen one this time !)
Anyway I my main point was if I’m right that this is your first post let me welcome you 
to the forum and commiserate that you have had reason to join 
There are definitely folk on here with after effects of their stroke That could be described in similar terms to ones that you describe. You’ll be able to find those already contributed by using the magnifying glass at the top of the page.
Your GP is right too realise that not all post stroke malfunctions are due to the stroke many are and many people experience GPs who fob everything off on their stroke you’re lucky if yours is willing to seriously investigate things that may have other causes
Caio
Simon
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Thanks for your reply. Yes I’m a new member on the site and this was my first post, thanks for the welcome.
I’ll take a deeper look at other folk’s posts but its good to know there are others with similar issues.
There are other issues I have with my right arm/hand, having to learn to write again took me back to memories of primary school. I’m able to write now but only for a limited time before my hand/arm gets tired. Can use a keyboard but also not for any length of time.
Many thanks
Robert
All the best
Robert
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I’m looking forward to being able to use a mouse keyboard and write again
Being nearly 4 years now so it’s not coming any times soon so I use speech to text most of the time part of stroke is about finding compensations so that the future is the best it can be without looking back and bemoaning the losses
my arm now works reasonably well but the wrist and fingers are recalcitrant !
Yeah looking through the back archives of posts is pretty useful. You might also find something useful in the SWP - stroke wellcome post
Caio
Simon
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@Rob6 hi & welcome to the community.
It’s good to hear your GP is checking to see if there is something other than tge syroke causing your numbness. We all tend to blame a stroke for all our ills but we are susceptible to other ailments too. Hopefully you’ll have a resolution to that soon.
I get the giddy / feeling like I’m on a boat sensation regularly. I’ve had all sorts of tests & they have now put it down to my stroke & not other causes and they’ve said there is no more they can so for me in that respect. I have got more used to it as time has gone on although i’d be very happy if it just went away.
Wishing you all the best
Ann
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Ann have you had an MRI? Or heard any discussion about having “small vessel disease”?
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I’ve had a few MRIs and CT scans and CT angiograms. There has never been any mention of small vessel disease but I did get one result that said they couldn’t see some of my arteries which they said may be because they are hypoplastic (I think that means small). When i mentioned that to the consultant he said it was nothing…or words to that affect.
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Ok so if you’ve heard several MRIs has anybody ever commented at home a change between the first and last?
Or any evidence of new infarcts - mine show new in fact and I get lots of dizzy. Spacey is my word for it and I know you had a new event that categorised as a TIA recently as did I.
Was only when I asked to read the analysis of my MRI that I was able to question and see that the findings were in my notes That had not been disclosed to me
Caio
Simon
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And that can be a pain in the proverbial when your fingers choose to go rigid, click mouse buttons randomly, highlight inconsequential text/pics, shut down what you’re on and click to start up random software you didn’t want to start 
I know my issues are small in comparison to others but they can still be so darn maddening 
Mouse and keyboard are not all they’re cracked up to be anymore 
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They tell me that there haven’t been any new strokes. I have had my dizziness since my original stroke. That along with nausea were my first symptoms. It’s just never gone away. My 2nd admission to hospital, 10 days or so after being discharged following my stroke, was due to severe dizziness which they never got to the bottom of. They were then going to admit me a 3rd time but after sitting in A&E for 12 hours and being told I would have to wait there till a bed became available (which could have been days) i negotiated a way home so I could at least rest. I think i’m still waiting the results of my last MRI but I don’t expect it to show anything to what I already know.
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I used to cause all that chaos with a mouse pre-stroke never mind now & i never use a laptop mousepad…i can cause extra chaos with that 
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Oh gosh, don’t remind me about them mousepads, they were always a curse for me
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It looks like the speech to text route is working for you and thanks for the encouraging and wise words. The software for speech recognition appears to be getting better than it was. All the best. Robert
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