Humbled yet still impatient

[Mrs5K]

@brissle it is reasonably common for people to experience tingling in their affected side.

You will find many posts on the forum about it and I have copied some links in for you to have a look through.

Calling all Thalamic stoke brothers & sisters

@jay.langdon @Clguest My stroke was in June 2023 when I was 65. I would love to chop my stroke arm off - it feels so uncomfortable. I didn’t have a thalamic stroke but can relate to what you’re experiencing. I’ve had numbness and tingling from the start, with the tingling predominately in the stroke arm. I was able to regain considerable sensation through sensory reeducation. I don’t experience the temperature extremes - hot and cold water feel equal on both the right and left sides. But there…

Numbness and tingling

Hi Group, I have mentioned my paresthesia before, I actively “encouraged it” with my vibration board and other gadgets. I’ve put them on pause for a few days… but the results have been good. I recently learnt to turn off (relax) my quads (thigh muscles) and calf muscles. They had been locked in (spasticity) for months but now I am practicing releasing them faster and faster. Got it down from 5 secs to 1 sec. Mechanically it makes sense when you realise a muscle is switched on and off by ne…

Tingling worries

Hi I had a sensory stroke July 2020 and experience permanent numbness and tingling all down my right hand side. My worries are that sometimes the numbness and tingling seem worse than at other times and I worry that I am having another stroke. My Consultant advised me that symptoms can vary daily. So how are you supposed to know if you are having another stroke. Also I sometimes find it difficult remembering specific words when in conversation which affects the flow of conversation. Has anyone e…

Tingling and numbness

Hi. I’m 5 months post stroke. The whole of my right side was hit, and I have no sense of touch. I have a feeling the my stroke side skin surface is “mutating”. Numbness and tingling are taking over, and my stomach is touched too… had terrible emptying of bowels and pain. What’s happening to me ? anyone experienced anything similar?

I hope this helps a little for you.

Best wishes

Ann